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Steel Assault
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“[code]Heavily inspired by games like Megaman and Contra, Steel Assault provides 16-bit retro action gameplay that looks and sounds incredible – but may prove to be too frustrating unless you’re part of its very specific audience[/code] Originally announced through a…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“8.5 Wow this game is absolutely gorgeous. Really good gameplay too although I didn't like the hook gimmick too much. It's not that it was badly done, it just wasn't my cup of tea. But I still enjoyed it and it was used intelligently during the level design. Really good game.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Hard to recommend when the game is less than ONE HOUR! That's including the optional tutorial. It's 'Okay'. The art style kind of gets in it's own way as the colors all kind of blend together and it can be hard to tell what's going on. Most enemies it's better off just trying to…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch 1.0.0.379
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | 2D Platformer · Fast-Paced · Arcade · Action · Post-apocalyptic · Side Scroller · Pixel Graphics · Retro · Bullet Hell · Difficult · Sci-fi · Perma Death (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://steelassault.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+, 64-bit only Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 9600 GT or Radeon HD 3870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 300 MB available space