Halo: Spartan Assault
Top-down sci-fi shooter with 30 missions against the Covenant
Vanguard Games, 343 Industries · Published by Xbox Game Studios · Released Apr 4, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 4,930
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 15 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Halo: Spartan Assault?
This single-player, top-down shooter follows a Spartan fighting the Covenant across 30 missions with weapons, vehicles, and armor abilities. Set before Halo 4, its story traces the origins of the Spartan Ops program.
For you if...
- +you want short missions built around quick combat
- +you enjoy using Halo weapons, vehicles, and armor abilities
- +you like replaying missions for higher scores
Not for you if...
- −you prefer longer campaigns to short arcade missions
- −you want complex objectives and deeper progression
- −you want cooperative play rather than solo missions
What players say
78% of 4,930 reviews are positive · 53% of 15 in the last 30 days
Players praise the quick missions and Halo-themed combat. Recent players repeatedly report a black screen at launch that prevents them from playing; some also find the missions repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Halo: Spartan Assault system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
- Processor
- Dual core processor
- Graphics
- DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2550 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
- Notes
- ** DirectX feature level 10 required **
Recommended
- OS
- Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
- Processor
- Quad core processor
- Graphics
- DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 1GB RAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2550 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
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