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ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

Skip · Action · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 26, under the fair line, at $6.99.

Length
0.6h
Value
$11.65/hr
Reviews
75% of 545 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 207 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

Holding it back
Value$11.65/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews75% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 74% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 11 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

24 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 30 weeks ago.

On the same math SpeedRunners ($14.99, scores 84) and Overcooked! 2 ($24.99, scores 53) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 194 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

53% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Great game. The art style is nice, the concept is amazing, and the game feels really new too. It has a nice flat UI that looks pretty and responds nicely. It isn't too cluttered but has it's options. It's a very simple little game where you are a rocket and you shoot missiles, bombs, and explosives at other missiles. Basically you dogfight with rockets. Fun.
TechnoguyficationRecommendedafter 1.4h35 found this helpfulearly accessRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
there's no one who plays or buy the game anymore. The game is simple, and made for party or couch gaming. since people can't really get outside and does not have online multiplayer, the game now falls flop. It was meant to be played with your friends, but since I have no friends that can play with, I play alone with AI. My heart feels the sorrow and loneliness because I feel everyone abandoned me. I wish that this...
nTagRecommendedafter 2.2hJan 2022Read on Steam
I am deeply sadden by this game, because I have never seen such a great potential for a game to be something amazing that was never achieved. Rockets does something that few other games do, it takes a concept, simplifies it, and then perfects it. When you play this game, you find yourself in one of the best feeling, looking, and joy filling games you will ever play, so why is it bad? This game may have some of the...
HugeBa11zNot recommendedafter 14h97 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS scores 26/100 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/289760/rocketsrocketsrockets
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Reviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

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Details

DeveloperRadial Games Corp
PublisherRadial Games Corp
GenreAction
Released2015
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements36