Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Top-down arcade shooter with hovertank combat and destructible environments
Kot in Action Creative Artel · Released May 11, 2011
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 82
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 1, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 11 years ago
- Jun 20, 2015
Metacritic: 55/100 (critic reviews)
What is Steel Storm: Burning Retribution?
A top-down action shooter set in an alternate universe, where you pilot a hovertank against alien invaders. You fire on groups of enemies across 25 missions, while a real-time mission editor lets you create or modify levels.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast-paced arcade shooting and chasing high scores
- +you want online co-op or competitive multiplayer
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeated firefights and enemies spawning around you
What players say
77% of 82 reviews are positive
Players praise the shooting and frantic fights. The most common complaints concern awkward controls and camera movement, with several players reporting motion sickness.
Screenshots and trailer
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution system requirements
Minimum: 7600GT+, 1 GB RAM, 0.9 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Steel Storm: Burning Retribution?
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- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- 2.0+ GHz Single Core Processor (Dual-Core Processor recommended)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT+ or ATI Radeon 2400+ HD with 256 Mb of VRAM (512 Mb of VRAM recommended). latest OpenGL video drivers must be installed
- Memory
- 1 Gb RAM (2 Gb or greater recommended)
- Storage
- 900Mb
Does Steel Storm: Burning Retribution have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Steel Storm: Burning Retribution run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Gamepad not enabled by default
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal.
Does Steel Storm: Burning Retribution 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Jun 20, 2015 · Steel Storm 2015 beta branch update: Linux binaries
- Jun 20, 2015 · Steel Storm 2015 beta branch update: Linux binaries
- Jun 12, 2015 · Final (hopefully) updates/fixes for Steel Storm
- Jun 12, 2015 · Final (hopefully) updates/fixes for Steel Storm
- Jun 4, 2015 · Steel Storm: Burning Retribution bug fixes of 2015
2 DLC available.
