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Halo: Spartan Assault
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
45 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Gunplay was fine, but that’s about the only positive. The story wasn’t very good, and the game gets annoying and frustratingly difficult at certain points. Overall, it just wasn’t an enjoyable experience. 2/10”
“Fun little game that still feels very much like halo”
9 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Game doesn't work. Stuck at black screen upon start up. Tried literally everything suggested and nothing works, but hell it's 80 cents right now.”
“Fun fact, this game was original created for the Windows Phone. And… yeah you can certainly tell. But also you can get it for like 74¢ on sale, so overall not bad for the price. Though it is missing the co-op missions…”
“Probably a biased review as I am a massive halo fan, but for cool little arcade game, it still felt like halo game and was enjoyable to play. It is a short game but worth the small price tag.”
5 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Nice edition to the Halo franchises. It develops the Halo lore and universe in a fine manner. 5€ for both Halo: Spartan games is a steal. Great fun for low cost.”
“Fun for playing once, explores about Palmer's lore, but nothing relevant about the franchise itself.”
“I'm not a fan of the gameplay but the story is surprisingly very good. Would work well as a mobile game.”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“I think this is my 3rd ever halo game and ive been having alot of fun. No issues running the game at all.”
“Unlike other reviews, I play on Windows 11 (laptop with RTX2070) and the game runs fine (except that when I switch the resolution to 1980x1080 it went to a windowed mode at that resolution but scaled down window, I dare…”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Luke warm recommendation but the mobile game simple pick up and play nature of this game works surprisingly well on the Steamdeck. Also tilt shift Halo is pretty darn cute.”
9 of the 66 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Probably a biased review as I am a massive halo fan, but for cool little arcade game, it still felt like halo game and was enjoyable to play. It is a short game but worth the small price tag.”
“A very mild "sure" but as a whole, no. If you can get it on sale dirt cheap, it will take you about an evening and at that I would say give it a chance. It was clearly designed with a touch pad in mind, I played it on…”
“like spartan strike, even shorter and sweeter!”
9 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Will not launch on Windows 11. It's a known issue and all the fixes have failed”
“Game doesn't work. Stuck at black screen upon start up. Tried literally everything suggested and nothing works, but hell it's 80 cents right now.”
“Game doesn't work, stuck on black screen when starting it up. Tried the fixes others users found and none of them worked for me. Don't buy this.”
6 of the 66 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“[list] [*]Only supports max 2560x1440 resolution, so the game gets stretched out on a 32:9 super ultrawide 5120x1440 monitor. (Technically you could "hack" 32:9 using Borderless Gaming, but the camera is delayed…”
“The Scorpion is literally impossible to drive with mouse and keyboard. Whoever designed the controls should never work in the gaming industry again.”
“Both Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike are very simple top down shooters with almost the same issues. The controls are good on gamepad (but people seem to have issues with mouse + keyboard). The shooting is…”
5 of the 66 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Both Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike are very simple top down shooters with almost the same issues. The controls are good on gamepad (but people seem to have issues with mouse + keyboard). The shooting is…”
“I'm not a fan of the gameplay but the story is surprisingly very good. Would work well as a mobile game.”
“Fun little shooter from the Halo universe .. nothing too deep sadly and near the end poorly executed .. But still fun .. nuff said”
4 of the 66 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Gunplay was fine, but that’s about the only positive. The story wasn’t very good, and the game gets annoying and frustratingly difficult at certain points. Overall, it just wasn’t an enjoyable experience. 2/10”
“Unlike other reviews, I play on Windows 11 (laptop with RTX2070) and the game runs fine (except that when I switch the resolution to 1980x1080 it went to a windowed mode at that resolution but scaled down window, I dare…”
“Fun for playing once, explores about Palmer's lore, but nothing relevant about the franchise itself.”
Counted across 66 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Idk why people pretend this game is the reincarnation of Satan. This was fun idk lol”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I liked this game as much as the other Halo games from the Master Chief Collection. The weapon reworks are strange, yet compelling. You can definitely FEEL that it's a mobile game though with some of it's baffling decisions like the XP system. You gain XP as a currency, and you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Since the game is only showing a black screen at startup and nothing else is happening, and since i can't fix this seemingly common problem, i can't give a thumb up.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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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.
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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.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Top-Down Shooter · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Top-Down · Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Strategy · Touch-Friendly · Arcade · Adventure · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Official site | http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 Processor: Dual core processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2550 MB available space Additional Notes: ** DirectX feature level 10 required **