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Droid Assault cover art

Droid Assault

Puppygames · 2013-01-09

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Jan 09, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 09, 2013 (Linux), Jan 09, 2013 (Mac)

Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.

Droid Assault is an Action, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 371 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 370 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Droid Assault is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Puppy Games and released on May 2, 2008 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game received mixed reviews from critics, praising its art style and gameplay but calling its length short.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 370 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-06-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320142026Week of 2014-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
170Jan 2013May 2021Jan 2013 — avg 17 · peak 82Apr 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2013 — avg 5 · peak 54Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2014 — avg 6 · peak 31Apr 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2014 — avg 6 · peak 26Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-27 — best price $9.992015-10-29 — best price $7.492016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-09-01 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-04-17 — best price $4.392017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $4.192018-08-06 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $3.692019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-09-09 — best price $3.192019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $12.992022-07-07 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $6.492023-08-07 — best price $12.992023-11-21 — best price $4.412024-02-26 — best price $4.412024-04-22 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $6.492025-04-14 — best price $12.992025-09-26 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $4.292026-05-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

502026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 0 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-28 — 0 pageviews2026-08-01 — 0 pageviews2026-08-05 — 0 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 0 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1 pageviews2026-09-11 — 0 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1 pageviews2026-10-01 — 2 pageviews2026-10-05 — 0 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews2026-10-10 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Security 1"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8981%35

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeRobotsSci-fiShooterTop-DownLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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