Games like Halo: Spartan Assault
If Halo: Spartan Assault is your kind of game, the closest matches are Halo: Spartan Strike, GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire and Alien Breed 3: Descent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but replayable missions, challenging and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Halo: Spartan Assault is a 2014 top-down twin-stick action game developed by Vanguard Games and 343 Industries. Set between Halo 3 and Halo 4, it covers 30 missions exploring the origins of the Spartan Ops program, with an XP currency system and weapon upgrade rental mechanics. Reviewers describe the combat as intense and satisfying, noting the missions are short but replayable thanks to a mission-rating system. Players highlight the affordable price point and appreciate the lore connections to the broader Halo series. Available for $2.99, the game runs at a challenging difficulty and is playable on Steam Deck, making it suitable for short bursts of portable play. It holds a 74% positive rating from 2369 Steam reviews.
About Halo: Spartan Assault: Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
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Halo: Spartan Strike
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Shares twin stick shooting and an epic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Top pick for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces. Delve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. *DirectX feature level 10 required*
GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire
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Second-strongest match for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Sci-fi top-down twin-stick shooter with 9 weapons, 3 alts and secret hidden collectibles!
Alien Breed 3: Descent
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Third-strongest match for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Experience the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series and uncover the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed. Launch discount good thru Nov. 24 10am PST.
Alien Breed 2: Assault
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Ranked #4 for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Can you survive the alien onslaught? Gamers across the world will now have a chance to play the next chapter in this high-budget, high-quality series.
Exterminators of Saturn
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Ranked #5 for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
A top down, twin stick shooter inspired by classic retro arcade games with loads of enemies, fast paced bullet hell combat, big boss battles and tons of bullets.
Lonefield Evacutation Survivor
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Ranked #6 for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Lonefield Evacuation Survivor is a... survivor in which you play as a ship facing an alien incursion. Destroy your enemies, collect bolts and upgrade your ship to survive long enough and escape. Play alone or with up to 3 friends in local multiplayer or with Remote Play Together for online gaming.
Alien Breed: Impact
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Shares twin stick shooting with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Ranked #7 for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
Cyber Avenger
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Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Ranked #8 for Halo: Spartan Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Cyber Avenger is a top-down action game where you take on the role of a highly skilled covert operative on a dangerous mission to stop a group of terrorists. You must navigate through five maps, facing a variety of enemies, including shotgunners, snipers, melee fighters, kamikazes, and more.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Halo: Spartan Assault
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Killing Floor
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Shares an intense mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Call of Duty®
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The Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Dungeon Defenders
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Shares an epic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Sanctum
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Shares an intense mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
TowerFall Ascension
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Shares an intense mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
Titanfall™
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Shares an epic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Team Fortress 2
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
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Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Halo: Spartan Assault at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
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Priced ~67% under Halo: Spartan Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Halo: Spartan Strike
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an epic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Another title from Vanguard Games, the studio behind Halo: Spartan Assault. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces. Delve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. *DirectX feature level 10 required*
Greed Corp
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Another title from Vanguard Games, the studio behind Halo: Spartan Assault.
Turn-based strategy at its finest.
Gatling Gears
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Halo: Spartan Assault.
Another title from Vanguard Games, the studio behind Halo: Spartan Assault. Shares Action with Halo: Spartan Assault.
When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them.
Frequently asked about Halo: Spartan Assault
- Does Halo: Spartan Assault run on Steam Deck?
- Halo: Spartan Assault is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Halo: Spartan Assault cost?
- Halo: Spartan Assault is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Halo: Spartan Assault?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Halo: Spartan Assault are Halo: Spartan Strike, GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire, Alien Breed 3: Descent.
- Who developed Halo: Spartan Assault?
- Halo: Spartan Assault was developed by Vanguard Games, 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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