Hope Hornsby, Analog Addiction. "Upon starting the campaign of Assault Android Cactus, the debut title from the independent Australian studio Witch Beam, you’ll get a quick introduction to Cactus, a Junior Constable with the Interplanetary Police. She is sent to investigate a space freighter that is under attack by its own worker robots.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense PC twin-stick shooter that is as awesome as it is relentless. Whether you play alone or utilize the local co-op, you will be facing wave after wave of very cranky robots intent on neutralizing anything in their path. The Early Access build offers 25 campaign stages that can be played alone or with up to three other players as well as an Infinity Drive mode where you must stay alive as long as you can. After the tutorial, you’re free to play as one of four android heroines (my favorites are Holly and Coral) with unique abilities. Four other heroines can be unlocked as you play through the game."
Assault Android Cactus has been upgraded on PC. Assault Android Cactus+ adds a number of features from the recent Switch version.
From GameWatcher: "Assault Android Cactus is a top-down shooter that's got an 'overwhelmingly positive' review rating on Steam, but as it turns out, this is not nearly enough for the game to get accepted for release on Epic Games Store."
It doesn't even have 1K reviews and it released in 2015. Plus, I never even heard of this game so I'm not all that surprised really.
It's one thing to filter out pornographic content and worthless cash grabs with exploitative real money transactions, and quite another to turn away a polished and acclaimed indie game. This doesn't add up.
This game released 4 years ago and it wasn't successful enough to be an epic game store game
Who the f*ck wants to play twin stick shooters and sh*t when you got real games wtf?!
I don't support Epic because of Tencent but I agree with them on this being a trash game I wouldn't want cluttering my store page, looks like a GTA mini-game.
Fuck Epic. Gamers don't need Epic being an overbearing parent telling people what to play. Just proving more and more why they're an absolute joke.
Miguel Moran:
"When Assault Android Cactus originally came out back in 2015, it totally passed me by. I vaguely remember the lead up to its release, but it just never grabbed my attention. I was a fool for letting that happen, because just a year later I happened upon the game during a sale and decided to pick it up. What I discovered was a gem of a co-op game and my absolute favourite twin-stick shooter of all time. Now, almost 3 years later, one of my favourite indie games is back with an enhanced and upgraded Nintendo Switch port."