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Assault Android Cactus

"Assault Android Cactus is a manic twin stick arena shooter for the PC with screens full of enemies, buckets of bullets and high scoring combo chains! Take on the role of Cactus, an enthusiastic police…

82 23 September 2015

Assault Android Cactus is an arcade developed by Witch Beam, released 23 September 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U and Xbox One.

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What Assault Android Cactus is

Assault Android Cactus is an arcade game developed by Witch Beam and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Assault Android Cactus is a frantic twin-stick shooter set aboard a stricken vessel adrift in deep space. The story follows Cactus, a plucky junior constable of the Interplanetary Police Department, whose patrol takes a sudden turn for the worse when her ship crashes into a massive space freighter called the Genki Star. Stranded aboard the crippled vessel, Cactus quickly discovers that its robotic crew has malfunctioned, turning the freighter's mechanical workers into hostile, rampaging machines. Armed and undaunted, the little android sets out to blast her way through the swarming rogue robots, fighting to restore order and wrest control of the Genki Star back from the chaos. Along the way…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 29 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Assault Android Cactus holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD 4000. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Assault Android Cactus launched on 23 September 2015, within three weeks of Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone and Soma. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, Soma.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Assault Android Cactus — frequently asked questions

When did Assault Android Cactus come out?
Assault Android Cactus was released on 23 September 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Assault Android Cactus?
At minimum, Assault Android Cactus needs Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD 4000 graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Assault Android Cactus?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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