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Cactus Cowboy - Plants at War

Cactus Cowboy - Plants at War

When the bug army attacked Cacti Island, the Cacti Army deployed you into battle. Together with your comrade Emilio, you fight many battles in the trenches, cities, and woods of Cacti Island, unraveling the story behind the backstabbing attack of the bug army.

Released May 3, 2022 Developer Cactus VR Studios Platforms Windows ActionAdventureVRAction-AdventureShooter
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

89.6%positive135 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A24, more immersive than the odyssey in imax. nolan wishes dunkirk could have been as good as this.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“funny fun campain”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“a broken mess”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Latest official news

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

Mar 16, 2024
Desert Warfare on Sale and keeps getting bigger and bigger!

You can now get 25% off on Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare during the Steam Spring Sale! https://i.imgur.com/GICzgqv.png But that's not all! Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare keeps getting bigger. The jus

Mar 15, 2024
2024 QoL Patch

Hello everyone. The freeware vr mega hit Cactus Cowboy - Plants At War just received a QoL update on all platforms. With this update, I've been trying to lower the friction for new vr players to get i

Dec 02, 2023
New Cactus Cowboy content released on Steam!

Hello everyone, Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare just turned 1 month old and for celebration comes the first update/patch bringing new free content and options to the game on top of some fixes. See the

Aug 14, 2023
New Cactus Cowboy Adventure!

heard right! Cactus Cowboy is coming back to PCVR as well and can now be wishlisted right here on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2554800/Cactus_Cowboy__Desert_Warfare/

Jan 20, 2023
QOL Patch

Add: * Sticky Hands option Fix: * Gun gabbing fix * Auto recenter on loading * Auto recenter on menu * Auto recenter for intro/outro/credits * Fix floating objects in Lev 2-2 * Fix floating objects in

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAction · Adventure · VR · Action-Adventure · Shooter · World War II · 6DOF · Bullet Time · Linear · Gore · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Official sitehttps://www.cactusvrstudios.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Processor: Ryzen 3 2000 Series or better Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 Storage: 2 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or OpenXR. Standing or Room Scale Additional Notes: Requires VR Headset, Oculus or Valve Index recommended