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InsipidGhost | Expansion Pass @insipidghost.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🎮 NEW INTERVIEW: Spartan Survivors Juan Gonzalez joined XP to discuss: 🟢 Halo Studios playing the demo internally 🚫 avoiding a cease & desist 🎮 Steam Deck support 🤞 hopes for an Xbox release ⏳ the reality of indie game development 📺 youtu.be/CrgO5yXf8rI?...

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The Halo Fan Game Halo Studios Didn’t Shut Down | Spartan Survivors

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Our latest update is now available! With this one, we're adding: 🎮 Steam Deck Compatibility 🪖 New playable character 🔫 New dedicated weapon & perk 🎖️ New achievements You can finally enjoy Spartan Survivors wherever you go, even in the bathroom & face new challenges! Have fun everyone ❤️

Steam Deck Update promotional image for Spartan Survivors, listing the new content: Steam Deck Compatibility, New character with new weapon & perk and new achievements.

Now available on Steam, have fun!

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thanks to all of you who offered to help testing our Steam Deck Beta! You can now give it a try: 1️⃣ Go to the Game's properties 2️⃣ Game Versions & Betas 3️⃣ Select "Proton" This will download our Beta so you can play it and share your feedback ❤️

Interface showing the Game Properties for Spartan Survivors

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Steam Deck users, rejoice: we have a Beta version up & running! 🔥 We would need some testers to help us identify the last remaining issues, if you're up for the mission, please let us know 🙏

Picture showing the main menu from the game Spartan Survivors running on the Steam Deck.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Passing the torch to the next generation 🔥 (I tried to get them to use the original graphics but they like the new flashy one 😅)

Picture showing someone playing Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary on a PC.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Feels like "Bob The Flood" and its ability to unleash explosive Flood Pods is the funniest thing we could add to the game to end on a high note! PS: This is our debug interface, hence why there's no sound 🥶

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

For a game which can be done in > 2 hours and 4 months after its release, we're gladly surprised to still see so many unique players on Spartan Survivors. Nothing of value was never achieved easily. It doesn't look like much but we're graceful for the continued support of the community ❤️

Stats dashboard for the game Spartan Survivors, showing how much unique players played the game in the last few days, with 882 uniques players, 1473 number of start for the game, an average session of 33.4 minutes and 1592 total sessions during that timeframe.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We've deployed a small update to Spartan Survivors: 🎖️ Reclaimer achievement is now fully fixed ⌨️ Keyboard layout auto-detection on launch 🔫 Weapon tuning for the Repulsor & Vico's Fuel Rod Gun 🔩 Quality of life additions More details available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/399...

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Spartan Survivors - Hotfix :: January 2026 - Steam News

Quick fixes and QoL additions to better begin the year!

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

We're wishing a Happy Holiday Season to everyone! We had hoped we could land our next Content Update by now but you'll have to wait for early 2026. Have no worries, it is coming! Thank you for 100 000 unique downloads & see you all next year ☃️

Key art for the game Spartan Survivors turned as a postal card for the holiday season, showing the Spartan, Grunts and Elites covered in snow, with a stamp on top right showing the Eiffel Tower from Paris, France.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Android users: we might be looking for beta-testers in the near future ✨ If you'd like to participate, please reply with your Phone Model and OS version. We're looking for a wild range of phone to perform several tests regarding performance and user experience ❤️

Picture showing an android phone using the Spartan Survivors key art as the background.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Spartan Survivors is now officially available on Steam! ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3997630/... Download it for free, share it and most importantly, have fun everyone ❤️

Spartan Survivors cover art saying the game is now available on Steam.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

✨ Spartan Survivors Giveaway ✨ Get your hands on the game early on #Steam! To participate: ❇️ Follow @spartansurvivors.bsky.social ❤️ Like & Repost this post 💬 Leave us a kind word if you feel like to! We will pick-up 4 winners in 3 hours so LET'S F****** GO! 🔥

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

ℹ️ Update: Steam Support asked us to send them a verification to be reassured we were allowed to distribute Spartan Survivors. We forwarded it to them immediately. Given the exceptional nature of Halo Studios' blessing, it's normal for them to verify everything, have no worries 🙌

Message from Steam Support reading:

Ні,

I'll try to address your questions as best I can here.

1. That's right, you can use an install script to have the dependency installed without the user having to do any additional action. Please see our Creating and using install scripts documentation.

2. You mentioned you have direct permission from someone from halo studios to create and distribute this product. Do you have any written documentation you could provide us with of this interaction?

Steam Support

Mary

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

ℹ️ FYI: We might delay the release on Steam by a few days to a week. Nothing to worry about by the way. With the latest build we submitted, we didn't set the correct parameters for Controller support and had to send a new one for the verification process. We'll keep you posted!

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

These are all the medals & achievements you'll be able to unlock on October 22nd ✨ Hopefully there's enough challenge for you to play the game again and again 🔥

Picture listing all the achievements which can be unlocked on Steam playing the game Spartan Survivors.

There are 25 achievements listed as:

THANKS BATHROBE
Launch the game for the first time

I NEED A WEAPON
Pick up your first weapon

WERE IT SO EASY...
Pick up your first perk

YOU KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THIS GEAR IS SON?
Acquire your first upgrade

I THOUGHT YOU WERE STRONGER
Eliminate 343 Guilty Spark

ROOKIE
Finish all the levels on "Easy"

SPARTAN
Finish all the levels on "Heroic

SOLDIER
Finish all the levels on "Normal"

LEGEND
Finish all the levels on "Legend"

MYTH
Finish all the levels on "Mythic"

HAVE FUN!
Unlock "Custom Game"

NOT BAD
Finish any level at 150% Game Speed

IMPRESSIVE
Finish any level at 200% Game Speed

HAIL TO THE KING!
Finish any level at 300% Game Speed

FORERUNNER
Reach the highest rank in "Career"

DEMON
Finish "The Maw" on Legendary at 300% Game Speed

RECLAIMER
Level up 5 weapons & 5 perks to their maximum in a single run

APEX PREDATOR INCOMING
Eliminate 100 000 enemies

OOHRAH!
Finish a level only using human weapons

BLOODBATH
Eliminate 1 000 000 enemies

WORT WORT WORT
Finish a level only using alien weapons

OH THAT'S HOW YOU SURVIVED
Finish the level "Guilty Spark" with Johnson

BRAWLER
Eliminate an opponent with a melee

SURVIVOR
Finish a level on Heroic difficulty with only 1 weapon

THE GREAT JOURNEY
Finish all the levels on all the difficulties

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Share your might with the Community ✨ At the end of each run, you'll be able to download a Stats Card displaying your score, rank & loadout used and share it online with the Community to show how great you did! Coming day one with the Steam release on October 22th 🔥

Showcase for the new Stats card generated at the end of each run of Spartan Survivors.

The card display the following information:
- Level beaten
- Difficulty of the run
- Gamertag
- Current career rank
- Score for the run
- Summary of the stats for the run, such as the number of elimination, the duration of the run and the progression level reached
- The weapons & perks used for the run

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The community has spoken and Sierra it is! Since some of you really liked the purple one, we tried to find a good excuse to still use it… and ended up adding 2 new achievements to the game. Guess it’s a win-win situation ✨

Picture showing 3 medals for 3 different achievements on Steam, the first one is called the Great Journey and reads "Finish all the levels on all the difficulty settings", the second one is called Wort Wort Wort and reads "Finish a level only using alien weapons, and the third one is called Oohrah! and reads "Finish a level only using human weapons".

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We have one achievement called "The Great Journey" we're struggling to decide which illustration we should go with... So tell us which one you prefer and you'll have the final word on this decision!

Picture showing two medals, one on the left called ZETA is purple with some blue ribbon while the second one called SIERRA is more metallic and showcase a ring structure seen from the inside loop.

The text on top read "The Great Journey - Steam achievement" while the bottom text reds "Vote for the illustration"

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Steam release obviously means Achievements to unlock! Here's a tiny preview of some challenges you'll be able face, and those are only the easy ones ✨ If we achieve 5 000 wishlists, we might even add more of these shiny medals for you to unlock, so... You know what to do!

Picture showing a tiny preview of the upcoming Steam achievements for the game Spartan Survivors.

It lists 6 achievements among many others, listed as follow:

Legend: Finish all levels on Legendary
I thought you were stronger: Eliminate 343 Guilty Spark
Apex Predator Incoming: Eliminate 100 000 enemies
Bloodbath: Eliminate 1 000 000 enemies
Hail to the King!: Finish any level at 300% Game Speed
Oh that's how you survived: Finish "Guilty Spark" playing Johnson

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Working on a last minute feature for all the ones who love to show off their might ✨ Shoutout to anyone who's able to figure it out with just this CSS snippet

CSS code snippet displaying the following:

{
box-sizing: content-box;
min-height: 60px important;
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
justify-content: center; align-items: center;
column-gap: var (--spacer-xl);
& > div {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row; flex-grow: 1;
background-color: gba (var (--accent-primary), 0.7);
margin: 0 var(--spacer-xxl) 0 var(--spacer-xxl) ;
}
& > inth-child (2) {
justify-content: end;
column-gap: var (--spacer-xl);
}
}

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

What's fun is that despite the Steam version coming up and our previously available build being months old, we still have players playing Spartan Survivors as we write. We hope the new content we added will give you even more excuse to play it again and again ❤️

Dashboard showing several stats for the game Spartan Survivors, as the number of concurrent unique players at the moment, the number of game's start and the average duration of a session in minutes.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Close to 3 000 wishlists in less than 24 hours... This is much much more than we could have anticipated... What could we say... Thanks for showing up, you're all awesome 🔥

Picture showing the Spartan soldier from the game Spartan Survivors in low res with a old screen effect with the text 3000 wishlist additions in less than 24 hours and the badge "Wishlist now on Steam".

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

BREAKING: You can now wishlist Spartan Survivors on Steam! ➡️ We're locked & loaded for an October 2025 release In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing all the new content & additions we've made to the game so it's worth your time even if you've already played it. Thank you all for your support ❤️

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We're currently in the Steam Verification Process ✨ It can take a few weeks to be done, which is unfortunately out of our control at this point. As soon as it's validated, we will share the Steam page so you can wishlist it (Xbox will follow) 🙏

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Don't mind us, just adding new units to the game and having a good laugh at our incredible art skills ✨

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Currently having SO MUCH FUN creating and play testing the different bosses we're adding to the game, especially on Heroic at 150% Speed Game 💥 Can't wait to release our next update and get your feedback ✨

Gameplay from Spartan Survivors showing a top down view with the main character at the center of the screen fighting several smaller enemies and two bosses moving toward the playable characters.

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JumperScape Media @jumperscape.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today on The Library: Halo Lorecast we were joined by @bathrobe.news from @spartansurvivors.bsky.social to talk about the Halo fan game space, as well as their amazing accomplishment with their game! Tune in, streaming everywhere you get your podcasts!

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Achievement unlocked: Spartan Survivors reached 10 000 unique downloads a few days ago! Thank you all for your support ❤️ We received so many positive feedback and are learning from them to add new content and challenges to the game. Be sure to follow so you don't miss our upcoming Steam release!

Shiny polygonal medal with a diamond texture showing the number 10000 on a dark blue background.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Actually working on a sweet new feature for our next release, a tiny little one which should definitely be fun once you get your hands on it 🥊

Animation graph with curves from different keyframes linked together

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Answering burning questions we received: we don't take donations nor will we open a Patreon, we're just happy giving the game away and seeing/hearing people having fun with it ✨ At the moment, the best way to support Spartan Survivors is just to share and spread it around you

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

We pushed an update aimed at fixing issues a very small subset of players were facing: 🖥️ Menu should now be displayed correctly accros the board 👑 Games will end up properly when there’re no enemies left You can get those fixed directly on Itchio: juanggz.itch.io/spartan-surv...

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Spartan Survivors by JuanGGZ

Halo x Roguelite x Bullet Heaven

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Since some asked: our Keyart has been entirely handcrafted 🖌️ It was a two-way process starting with @juan.bathrobe.news sketching ideas & doing mock-up for the overall composition We then worked with the very talented @jbn0s0rus.bsky.social who created the amazing final art piece ✨ Quick Thread 🧵

Picture showing several stage of creation for the keyart of Spartan Survivors, coming from a rough sketch to a mockup using photomontage, research regarding how the characters stand then the final key art.

The final key art show an armored Spartan jumping in the air over an horde of alien with a bright blue sky in the background, all with a cartoonish style and vibrant colors.

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Juan 🧖‍♂️ @juan.bathrobe.news · 05/07/2025

I honestly don't know how but @spartansurvivors.bsky.social is getting hundreds of download per day & reached more than 8000 unique downloads just 3 days after reaching 6k. It really is just words of mouth with a growing community. I don't really get it but so happy seeing people having fun with it

Stats from the game Spartan Survivors showing 48000 views, 8089 downloads and 166 followers.

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Juan 🧖‍♂️ @juan.bathrobe.news · 30/06/2025

Definitely some numbers I did not expect at all for @spartansurvivors.bsky.social but I couldn't be happier about the positive feedback we got so far

Picture of numbers from the game Spartan Survivors showing 42600 views, 6500 downloads and 152 followers.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Just reached 6000+ unique downloads thanks to you all ❤️ To celebrate this milestone, we're deploying a new Quality of Life update available right now on Itchio: ⌨️ QWERTY or AZERTY Keyboard 🎮 D-Pad for player selection 🖥️ Full screen options ✨ Text & bug fixes

Picture having a dark background with the following text:
THANK YOU ALL FOR
6 000+
UNIQUE DOWNLOADS
JUNE 2025 PATCH
ADDED:
- KEYBOARD OPTIONS: QWERTY OR AZERTY
- D-PAD SUPPORT FOR PLAYER SELECTION
- FULL SCREEN OPTION: BORDERLESS
- FULL SCREEN OPTION: WINDOWED
FIXES:
- ACCURATE UPGRADE TEXT AT MAX LEVEL
- GENERAL PERF IMPROVEMENT

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

BREAKING: Halo Studios reached out to us and... We have their blessing to keep moving forward with the game! Thank you for the support and appreciation, this will not be forgotten ❤️

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Our next update will bring: 🪲 Bug fixes ✨ UI improvements 🎯 Custom Cursor per weapon 📦 New In-Game Drops ☠️ Bosses 🔥 A new weapon No clear ETA at the moment since we're doing it on our free time but it should be done by the end of June 🙌

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Don't mind us, we're just playing a beta version of the game on Xbox at the moment ✳️

Screenshot of the Xbox Guide above the game Spartan Survivors. The Xbox Guide is in French and showing the following sections "Accueil" and "Mes jeux et applications" and the following games "Spartan Survivors", "Halo La collection le Major", "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" and "Elden Ring Nightreign"

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Well, glad for having delivered your 2025 Halo game. Kinda.

Meme showing a picture of the rumored Halo Combat Evolved Remaster made by Halo Studios with the text "The Remaster you expected", then a gameplay picture from Spartan Survivors with the sentence "The remaster you got".

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

You went above & beyond our expectations! Thanks to your support Spartan Survivors ranked among the most popular games on Itchio 🔥 We feel deeply honored to see you having fun on our game and these stats are nothing to be shy about! Well done Survivors 🙌

Infographic showing stats from the first 72 hours of Spartan Survivors being released.

The game scored 1400 unique downloads, players eliminated 20549029 entities and played on average 29 minutes per session.

The most popular character is Master Chief with The Arbiter being second and ODST Ace third.

The most popular weapons are in order the SMG, the Plasma Rifle, the Frag Grenade, the Plasma Grenade and the Plasma Pistol.

The most popular perks are in order: Efficiency, Big Magazine, Grapple Hook, Luck and Shielded.

Among players, 38% were from Mexico, 28% from USA, 18% from France, 9% from Colombia, 6% from Poland and 3% from other countries in the World.

The infographic features a message at the end saying: We can’t wait to also release Spartan Survivors on Steam & Xbox so everyone can join and have fun! Thank you all for your support and enjoying your time on our tiny little game.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Spartan Survivors is officially available today! ➡️ You can download the game right now on your PC from Itchio: juanggz.itch.io/spartan-surv... Have fun and do not hesitate to share your feedback with us, we're listening and are planning updates ❤️

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

One final test happening at the moment and we're ready for the release! We hope you'll have as much fun playing Spartan Survivors as we did making it, and yes, this is a screenshot of the madness which can ensue if you play your cards well 💥

Spartan Survivors Debug Screenshot of the gameplay with hundreds of 2D explosions

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The wait is over! Spartan Survivors will be available tomorrow on PC and later this summer on Xbox One & Series S/X! Thank you all for your support and patience, we can't wait for you to play and share your feedback ❤️ 🗓️ 5.25.25 🖥️

A Spartan in green armor attacking aliens as the illustration cover for the game Spartan Survivors with the information "release on PC on May 5th 2025 and available in summer 2025 on Xbox one and series".

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Have a look at our final roster of characters ✨ Each one comes with their unique weapon, perk & modified stats. In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing details regarding their respective loadout as well as new features before sharing our release date 📅

In-game screen showing the different characters available in the game Spartan Survivors. There are 9 of them which are as follow:
- Master Chief
- Arbiter
- Bathrobe
- aGoat
- Laper Larden
- ODST Ace
- Halo Dot A P I
- Spartan Vico
- Johnson

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Happy to tell you we pushed our last level: The Maw 🙌 Now working on more polish & Quality of Life updates before sharing our release date. Finally we're seeing the light! Not gonna lie, it was exhausting but worth it. Can't wait to give it to you all ❤️‍🔥

Git push history showing the latest push made for Spartan Survivors which added the final level The Maw and merged the content with the branch "main" of the repository.

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Sliding in to show a little something we just added, and a little someone... Do you recognize him? 🚬 Soon we will reveal the release date for Spartan Survivors! Thank you all for your support so far (and your patience) ❤️

Screenshot from the game Spartan Survivors showing a new character, Sergeant Johnson, as well as a new weapon he's holding: the Battle Rifle

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Hey everyone 👋 A quick & largely overdue update about Spartan Survivors! Due to unforeseen content & technical issues, we've been lagging a bit behind our schedule but rest assured we're still working actively to release the game as soon as possible! Details below ⬇️🧵 #Game #Indie #Halo #Xbox

Gameplay screenshot from Spartan Survivors

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We heard the Halo Community loud and clear so we added two of their most requested features in Spartan Survivors: 💠 Playable Elites ❇️ An actual Fuel Rod Gun Soon in your hands ❤️

Picture showing two features added to the game Spartan Survivors

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Spartan Survivors @spartansurvivors.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Introducing Spartan Survivors 💥 Fight hordes of Covenant & Flood in this new game mixing Roguelike, Halo & Bullet Heaven for hundreds hours of mindless fun! Made with the Community, for the Community and available soon for free 🎁

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