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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

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.

5
playing now
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 50k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 7 of 13 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.992015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-11-25 — best price $9.892016-02-05 — best price $11.242016-04-18 — best price $9.002016-07-08 — best price $14.992016-07-15 — best price $14.992016-09-05 — best price $14.992016-10-03 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-01-11 — best price $7.492018-11-15 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $5.992019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-05-03 — best price $19.992019-09-02 — best price $14.852020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-08-27 — best price $7.992020-11-21 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $19.992021-11-08 — best price $19.982022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-21 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

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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