Halo: Spartan Strike on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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*

Halo: Spartan Strike is a action, top-down shooter and sci-fi game developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on April 16th 2015 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 1,527 reviews of which 1,230 were positive and 297 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Halo: Spartan Strike into these genres:

Action Top-Down Shooter Sci-fi Singleplayer Aliens Shooter Strategy Multiplayer Great Soundtrack Twin Stick Shooter Adventure Futuristic Third Person Co-op Top-Down Isometric Touch-Friendly Third-Person Shooter RTS

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
Processor: Dual core processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 2550 MB available space
Additional Notes: ** DirectX feature level 10 required **

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Feb. 2025

A Thrilling and Accessible Shooter Experience In the summer of 2013, Microsoft released a twin-stick shooter set in the Halo universe called Spartan Assault. Two years later, this same gameplay formula returned in Halo: Spartan Strike, available on Steam. It’s clear that this title is an unpretentious spin-off designed to deliver a fun, short experience. It caters to both long-time Halo fans—offering a slice of its lore—and those seeking a light yet engaging action game. The fight against the Covenant As mentioned, Halo: Spartan Strike follows the classic twin-stick shooter model, where the shooting direction is independent of movement. The camera, as usual, is set in a top-down perspective, providing a clear view of the environment at all times. For Mouse/Keyboard players, a controller is the most ideal control method (I used an Xbox One controller, though any controller with dual analog sticks will work fine). While it's possible to play with a keyboard and mouse, doing so becomes more challenging during the more intense moments. The structure of Spartan Strike mirrors that of Spartan Assault, featuring short missions that last around ten minutes each. These are grouped into five episodes, each with six stages. Before each mission, a briefing introduces the primary and secondary objectives, as well as allowing players to set up their equipment. The basic equipment is provided at no extra cost, but by spending in-game currency, players can swap out primary and secondary weapons, upgrade armor abilities, or purchase bonuses to make their time on the battlefield easier. Customizing the combat experience At its core, Halo: Spartan Strike is a straightforward twin-stick shooter that's easy to complete without much hassle. However, the experience can be customized to suit individual preferences thanks to the "skulls" system—modifiers that impose challenges but increase the rewards at the end of a mission. Each stage also has specific secondary objectives ("kill X enemies with weapon Y", etc.), which completionists will find important. Additionally, there are weekly objectives updated by the development team. Unfortunately, there’s no way to track progress during the missions themselves, meaning players must write down their objectives beforehand to keep track—unless they have an impeccable memory, in which case, they’re lucky. The game’s maps are relatively small, offering little room for exploration. The levels are essentially a series of narrow paths where players engage in intense combat against waves of enemies. However, variety is added by allowing players to pick up weapons dropped by the Covenant, which can be swapped instantly. Occasionally, players are given the opportunity to pilot the iconic vehicles from the main series, or even commandeer enemy turrets to use their firepower against the opposition. A solo mission It’s unfortunate that Halo: Spartan Strike does not feature any multiplayer modes, as the gameplay structure would be well-suited for cooperative play. Thankfully, Halo: Spartan Strike is a cross-buy title across Microsoft operating systems, provided the purchase is made directly through the Microsoft Store. For Steam users, there is also a mini-bundle available, which includes the previous game, Spartan Assault.

Dec. 2024

Halo: Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault on sale is an absolute steal! Both Halo's are addictive shooters that retain enough of the look and elements of the Halo universe. The varied miniature missions fit the top-down play style perfectly. These worked great on my steam deck, nice and easy to pick up and play instantly. I recommend if you want some nostalgic Halo :D

Oct. 2024

Overall better than Spartan Assault and actually plays as a game with substantive narrative progression in contrast to the monotonous and repetitive arcade prior. On the other hand, it’s also far easier than its predecessor: there are no time bonuses, vehicles are vastly overpowered and trivially resupplied, turrets have no cooldown, the ‘Assault Ops’ are simpler – and the UI reveals a hasty PC transfer.

May 2024

The Halo community is wrong, this game is perfectly fine. Great little mobile-friendly translation of halo's mechanics into a top down format. Bonus points for using Bungie era sounds. Its just fun, especially on Steam deck

May 2024

It's like took everything good about spartan assault and kept it the exact same, and then improved all the slightly annoying stuff from the first game, then added a few more fun things. Incredibly similar to the first game but overall better. The line to indicate where you're aiming is helpful and I like that mounted guns don't overheat, and the XP system is much more rewarding. Having the mission-specific challenges display on-screen when starting a mission is a great improvement over the first game where you could literally only see them through the main menu. Anyway, like I said with the first game, they're worth your time and money if you're a Halo fan, if you're still unsure grab em on sale.

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2.99€

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Developer

343 Industries, Vanguard Games

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Release 16 Apr 2015

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