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Assault Android Cactus+ cover art

Assault Android Cactus+

Witch Beam · 2015-09-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2017 (Xbox One), Sep 23, 2015 (Mac), Sep 23, 2015 (Linux)

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.

Assault Android Cactus+ is an Action and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 2015 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (1,398 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Assault Android Cactus is a twin-stick shooter developed and published by Witch Beam. The game was released for Windows, OS X, and Linux in 2015, PlayStation 4 in 2016, Xbox One in 2017, and Nintendo Switch in 2019. An enhanced version for the Switch was released in 2019 as Assault Android Cactus+.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.992015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-04-04 — best price $12.742016-07-07 — best price $24.992016-07-15 — best price $14.992016-09-08 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $7.492017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $5.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-09-10 — best price $19.982020-12-01 — best price $19.982021-03-25 — best price $7.992021-11-08 — best price $19.982022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-06-08 — best price $3.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1632026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
65%
earned "Weak Link"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)320%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCuteActionArcadeRobotsSci-fiShooterTop-DownDifficultController

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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