Rex Rocket
Skip · Action · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 40, under the fair line, at $0.99.
- Length
- 5.9h
- Value
- $0.17/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 267 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2807 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 MB video card (XNA 4.0 compatible, Shader Model 2.0 or higher), 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
June 2017 is where it bottomed out, at $0.99. Across all 15 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 11 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 26 percent on value. It is cheaper than 90 percent of its genre. On the same math Environmental Station Alpha ($7.99, scores 60) and Gato Roboto ($1.19, scores 93) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Rex Rocket
Steam's global achievement data puts about 5 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.9 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
34% start to 5% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
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1 more review
Steam doesn't allow us to go "meh" or "maybe" with our reviews. Keep that in mind. So. What's it been? 3 years? 5? (Possibly 7?) Since I last played Rex Rocket? I picked it up again yesterday, the 23rd of September (2023), figuring maybe this could scratch my metroidvania itch. I'll just tell you this: I'm fresh off of Blasphemous 2 (which I, after acquiring it earlier in the month, "beat" about 10 days ago). I've...
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Cite this score
Rex Rocket scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/288020/rex-rocketReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.