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C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)
C.A.S.T is a third-person PvE extraction shooter playable solo or in co-op. Select your character and loadout to battle enemy hordes, evade anomalies, and complete objectives across handcrafted maps with dynamic procedural elements.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
47 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“C.A.S.T (Chernozem Anomaly Strike Team) is one of those surprise finds that immediately hooks you with its gameplay loop. As a third-person PvE extraction shooter, it drops you into missions where you select a…”
“Great with friends better than Helldivers 2 YEAH I HATE HELLDIVERS SO WHAT!?”
“For that price, pretty great shooter and funny with friends”
29 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Great with friends better than Helldivers 2 YEAH I HATE HELLDIVERS SO WHAT!?”
“For that price, pretty great shooter and funny with friends”
“This game is great, I wish it was more popular and had some DLC/new content though. Its a fun team based game similiar to Helldivers, cool unlocks/progression. Great game!”
12 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“For that price, pretty great shooter and funny with friends”
“i would definitely recommend this game. great fun for the price, i'll try to convince my friends to play now lol”
10 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“This game is great, I wish it was more popular and had some DLC/new content though. Its a fun team based game similiar to Helldivers, cool unlocks/progression. Great game!”
“extraction shooting with zombies, monsters, and unknowable horrors. keeping inventory is really refreshing on the more punishing difficulties. crafting and buying new weapons and equipment is a fun way to scale the…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this.
10 of the 76 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Beat the game in 8 hours with 2 friends, only got to level 55, never upgraded the van at all and the SMG backpack trivializes the game. That being said, pre-SMG backpack or just playing without it makes this game one of…”
“stupidly good do get this it might be short but for 10- its a good pickup even if its not being deved anymore”
“About 10 hours in so far, my currents thoughts surrounding the game are wishing for even just one more map and the ability to either jump or hurdle onto whatever platform, be it rock, box etc. I am enjoying the…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“stupidly good do get this it might be short but for 10- its a good pickup even if its not being deved anymore”
“Good game that's simple and short -- probably most similar to helldivers 2 in how the missions work(pick a map, go do a primary objective w/ optional sides, extract). Devs have been silent since launch basically, so…”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Beat the game in 8 hours with 2 friends, only got to level 55, never upgraded the van at all and the SMG backpack trivializes the game. That being said, pre-SMG backpack or just playing without it makes this game one of…”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“If Helldivers 2 and Left for Dead would've a baby, it would be CAST. Big open spaces to complete different objectives, decent amount of classes, weapons and upgrades to choose from (although there are some way more powerful classes / weapons than others). Gameplay is more about…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“"Hey, mom..." "Not this time, kids. We got Black Ops Zombies at home" Black Ops Zombies at Home:”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Please keep developing this game, a new map every now and then would be a fun project and keep people playing. Love the gameplay, love the progression. You did a really good thing here.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.0.3 is out!
Patched Unity runtime vulnerability CVE-2025-59489 . Attempted to fix an issue where the van could not be repaired, causing the timer to go into negative values. If you run into this bug and you were
Patch 1.0.1 is out!
Airship and Flower of Infestation will no longer spawn close to the van to avoid annoying issues with spawn killing. Airship now equips its first rocket launcher in Uber difficulties instead of Medium
Full Release – Patch 1.0.0 is live!
Greetings, operatives! It was about an 8-month journey from patch 0.1.0 to 1.0.0. Time flies, huh? Overall we're happy with the result, as this is the first serious project for our two-man team. We me
Major Patch 0.9.0 is out!
Greetings, operatives! Patch 0.9.0 is out! Added Relics have been reworked, each one now has its own unique gameplay effect. They also give different amounts of rewards, so the riskier ones now pay ou
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer |
| Player tags | Early Access · Action · Online Co-Op · PvE · Multiplayer · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Co-op · Extraction Shooter · Alternate History · Horror · Gun Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, Simplified Chinese, German * |
| Achievements | 69 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 or AMD FX-6350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space