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Super Mutant Alien Assault cover art

Super Mutant Alien Assault

Cybernate · Surprise Attack · 2016-07-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 12, 2016 (Xbox One), Jul 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.

Super Mutant Alien Assault is a 2016 Action and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 178 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 178 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (111 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

"Three fleets of spaceships flee a doomed Earth carrying the last humans in cryostasis. Pursued by aliens, it’s up to the lowly security droids to save humanity."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.5k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 178 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2023-09-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152026Week of 2015-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.73$1.292015-08-202026-10-092015-08-20 — best price $9.992016-06-06 — best price $8.492017-04-17 — best price $9.992017-11-17 — best price $9.992018-05-28 — best price $9.992018-09-07 — best price $2.122018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-07-06 — best price $2.122020-01-07 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-06-26 — best price $7.342020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-09-13 — best price $8.892021-04-26 — best price $9.992021-08-28 — best price $2.122021-11-26 — best price $1.992022-01-28 — best price $7.862022-05-17 — best price $8.892022-08-23 — best price $1.482022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-02-19 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $7.892023-08-03 — best price $1.612023-09-22 — best price $7.952023-11-12 — best price $9.992024-01-08 — best price $1.652024-03-15 — best price $1.602024-06-15 — best price $1.992024-08-08 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-08-09 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $1.992026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
35.5%
earned "Galaxy 1 Boss Vanquished"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls

Player tags

2DIndieRetroSpaceActionAliensArcadeShooterDifficultFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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