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Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

GIGANTIC ARMY is a runner, action and indie game developed by ASTRO PORT and published by Henteko Doujin.
Released on March 06th 2014 is available on Windows and Linux in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 359 reviews of which 271 were positive and 88 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.53€ on Steam with a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified GIGANTIC ARMY into these genres:

Runner Action Indie Mechs Platformer Arcade Side Scroller Shoot 'Em Up 2D Platformer 2D Retro Pixel Graphics Robots Shooter Sci-fi Difficult Casual Anime 1980s Controller

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 2000, XP, 7, or 8
  • Processor: Pentium 4 1.4GHz or better
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX9-compatible GeForce or Radeon recommended
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 512 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible Sound Card
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
  • Processor: Pentium 4 1.4GHz or better
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL-compatible GeForce or Radeon recommended
  • Storage: 512 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible Sound Card

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
fun game! great graphics and fun gameplay despite how challenging it can be at first. would recommend!
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May 2025
really good old school run and gun mecha game
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Dec. 2024
(Prefix: This was purchased for 2.39 on sale, so your value and enjoyment derived from that point, may vary.) This game shouldn't be divisive. First and foremost, the major observations and complaints in most of the reviews are real things within the game. There is slow movement, a time limit, no checkpoints, a credit system, and a low weapon variety. However, from my perspective, these read WAY worse than they actually play out within the game. I'm sure you've noticed, but I do think this game deserves a little defense. Maybe it's partially the awesome art and concept winning me over, but in general, this game is genuinely fun. I want to primarily touch on two of the complaints that stuck out to me the most, being the movement and the time constraints. Both are very over-stated in many of the negative reviews. Yes you do move slow, however even in tandem with the time limit, neither of these were a problem at all. Same can be said for the jet pack. The game is generous with the time it gives back, which you will inevitably get by destroying crates. You have room for error. I have not timed out once in my few times of play, throughout 5 of the levels i've played, multiple times. Honestly, I'll kill all the birds with one stone. I argue in favor of the time, the exclusion of checkpoints, and credit system because: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁. Not to say it isn't fun; you feel powerful and cool plowing through everything in your path. Now if it were simply that, with no time, no credits, with mid level checkpoints, this game would be baby easy and 𝝗𝝤𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚. Even if you could get more credits, or just mid level checkpoints, those would still make the game too easy. All of these things in tandem work with you, making you get better at the game; they force you to memorize levels, enemies, boss patterns, and make you learn not to make mistakes. The time investment for all this is very little, too. Now the most legitimate criticisms to me, are weapon variety, and the dash. You can't switch weapons throughout or after levels, and you only get 3 normal weapons, and 3 special weapons (or so i've seen). Regarding the dash input, it has a clear pause between attempted constant dashes, for whatever reason (I assume so you can't spam). It's minorly annoying. My personal critique would have to be the shield. The shield you get in this game is a one way shield- you block whatever comes in front of your direction. Sounds good? Well there'll be a few moments where objects fly behind you, and you can't rotate your shield fast enough. Enemy attacks also wont block, if you block seconds before they hit you. You cannot block in air either. The shield also has a "damage" limit; I never found it to be an issue. Frankly, jumping over objects is usually more successful than blocking. It would've been way better if the shield you got, was simply a full body energy shield. To close, I think a lot of the reviews of this game are unfair. They have a few valid criticisms, but (I reiterate) all of the ones regarding the mechanics would make the game boring. I personally found it a fun, well done, straight to the bone, game. The spritework is awesome, the animation is great, you feel like a powerful tank, the guns are fun, and the music isn't half bad. If you like 2D action games, or even platformers, I would suggest you try this out.
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July 2024
guys how to unlock hard and insane mode?
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Frequently Asked Questions

GIGANTIC ARMY is currently priced at 3.53€ on Steam.

GIGANTIC ARMY is currently available at a 40% discount. You can purchase it for 3.53€ on Steam.

GIGANTIC ARMY received 271 positive votes out of a total of 359 achieving a rating of 7.12.
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GIGANTIC ARMY was developed by ASTRO PORT and published by Henteko Doujin.

GIGANTIC ARMY is playable and fully supported on Windows.

GIGANTIC ARMY is not playable on MacOS.

GIGANTIC ARMY is playable and fully supported on Linux.

GIGANTIC ARMY is a single-player game.

GIGANTIC ARMY does not currently offer any DLC.

GIGANTIC ARMY does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

GIGANTIC ARMY does not support Steam Remote Play.

GIGANTIC ARMY is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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GIGANTIC ARMY
-40% 5.89€ 3.53€
7.1
271
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Release 06 Mar 2014
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