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Assault Android Cactus+

Assault Android Cactus+

Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

Released Sep 23, 2015 Developer Witch Beam Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Bullet HellTwin Stick ShooterShoot 'Em UpDifficultShooter
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-24)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

94.1%positive2,020 reviews
Recommended · 210 found this helpful

“My first playthrough of the game was with my 7 year old daughter and from start to finish, we had a great time. At first, it felt brutal and maybe too hard for a 7 year old but it felt rewarding with every attempt as we both got better at the game with every try. About 15…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 112 found this helpful

“Geometry Wars has company. Assault Android Cactus is quite the score based twin stick arena shooter. The game also supports mouse and keyboard. I've tried both controller and keyboard and each method of control is more than precise enough for this genre. Multiple characters are…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 42 found this helpful

“200 character summary Assault Android Cactus is an amazing twin stick shooter with a lot of charm, 9 unique playable characters, 4 player sharescreen multiplayer, a ton of gamemodes and even a first person perspective. Story & Characters 9/10 The story begins with Cactus a…”

— a player, Steam review · 113 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

226all-time peak
0 25 50 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 32 avg · Nov 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

29achievements
15.1%median completion
1.1%rarest: Assault Android Awesome
65.0% of players 57.7% of players 43.8% of players 33.9% of players 33.7% of players 30.2% of players 28.7% of players 26.7% of players 24.7% of players 24.6% of players 22.8% of players 21.5% of players 19.2% of players 17.2% of players 15.1% of players 14.2% of players 9.9% of players 8.3% of players 7.4% of players 5.9% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 1.7% of players 1.1% of players 65.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.0%Weak Link — Reach a chain of 100
57.7%No Hold Will Hold Me — Defeat Production Overlord Embryo
43.8%Garden Pruning — Defeat Hydroponics Controller Vespula
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Assault Android Awesome — Earn an S+ ranking on all campaign levels
1.7%Chain Gang — Reach a chain of 1000
2.5%Out Of Your Depth — Reach layer 25 in Infinity Drive mode

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-10-24 11:05 UTC
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 08-01 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-24

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 04, 2021
Get Assault Android Cactus+ for 75% off!

We're marking the release of our studios new title Unpacking, the slow paced, meditative puzzle narrative game, by giving everyone an opportunity to pick up the fast paced, adrenaline and battery powe

Mar 12, 2020
Assault Android Cactus+ physical release on Nintendo Switch

Last year we released Assault Android Cactus on Nintendo Switch as Assault Android Cactus+ with extra content that we were then able to bring back to the Steam version in our biggest content update si

Apr 30, 2019
Assault Android Cactus+

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5074127/c77abeacb13adc1df74a0f5869339e98e1ef3b7c.jpg In our biggest update since leaving Early Access in 2015, Assault Android Cactus

Jun 07, 2018
Mini Update

You may have noticed Assault Android Cactus updating a few times since the last update - after such a long gap we ended up having a few issues that weren't caught in testing. We think we're done now t

Jun 03, 2018
Balance Improvements and Developer Commentary

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5074127/3982669324e8dc1764eb5de5cfbfcd8d87bd2cdf.jpg This update incorporates the beneficial changes and bug fixes that had occurred

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsBullet Hell · Twin Stick Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Difficult · Shooter · Female Protagonist · Arcade · Cute · Top-Down · 3D · Controller · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Official sitehttp://www.assaultandroidcactus.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space