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Steel Assault

Zenovia Interactive · Tribute Games Inc. · 2021-09-28

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2021 (Mac), Sep 28, 2021 (Linux), Sep 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 15, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Steel Assault is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 446 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 446 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (146 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Steel Assault is a 2021 side-scrolling action-platforming video game developed by Zenovia Interactive and published by Tribute Games. It was released for Windows and Nintendo Switch on September 28, 2021 and for Amazon Luna on April 7, 2022. In this 16-bit style game, the player controls the character Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes. The game was first announced on Kickstarter in early 2015.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.9k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 446 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920212026Week of 2021-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742021-09-282026-10-092021-09-28 — best price $13.492021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-02-19 — best price $14.992022-03-24 — best price $8.992022-04-03 — best price $14.992022-05-16 — best price $14.992022-06-18 — best price $14.992022-07-30 — best price $7.492022-10-31 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-01-20 — best price $6.002023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-05 — best price $7.192023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-12-15 — best price $6.002024-01-06 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-09-18 — best price $7.492024-11-14 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.242026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5542026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 28 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 10 pageviews2026-09-28 — 11 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "Taking out the Trash"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6672%20
PS4 (PlayStation)3006%21
Xbox One (Xbox)1742%20
Switch (Nintendo)460%0

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeSci-fiAmericaDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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