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
- 57% of 21 in 30 days
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
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 · 57% of 21 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.
How many players finish Halo: Spartan Assault?
13% of Steam players have unlocked «Terminated», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Halo: Spartan Assault system requirements
Minimum: HD 3000, 1 GB RAM, 2.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Halo: Spartan Assault?
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- 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
Does Halo: Spartan Assault have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Halo: Spartan Assault run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
Does Halo: Spartan Assault use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
