The Game Census
BORIS THE ROCKET πŸš€ cover art

BORIS THE ROCKET πŸš€

toR Studio Β· 2020-10-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player Β· Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 30, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense. Survive a freezing Siberian winter, untangle nasty bear intrigues and adapt to always changing environment in this cold war simulator.

98%
positive of 96 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.74β˜…
PlayStation Store rating (35 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • Β· 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • Β· Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • Β· Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • Β· Top 42% of 26,305 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews β€” how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2020-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 Β· on sale 8 of 10 observed days Β· $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720202026Week of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$6.992020-10-142026-10-082020-10-14 β€” best price $8.992020-12-07 β€” best price $6.992021-02-01 β€” best price $6.992021-03-22 β€” best price $6.992021-06-24 β€” best price $6.992021-08-30 β€” best price $6.992021-10-28 β€” best price $6.992021-12-06 β€” best price $6.992022-01-27 β€” best price $6.992022-04-04 β€” best price $6.992022-06-13 β€” best price $6.992022-07-18 β€” best price $6.992022-09-26 β€” best price $6.992022-11-22 β€” best price $6.992022-12-23 β€” best price $6.992023-02-13 β€” best price $6.992023-03-27 β€” best price $6.992023-07-24 β€” best price $6.992023-10-16 β€” best price $6.992023-12-04 β€” best price $6.992024-01-15 β€” best price $6.992024-04-01 β€” best price $6.992024-06-27 β€” best price $6.992024-09-02 β€” best price $6.992024-11-27 β€” best price $6.992025-01-13 β€” best price $6.992025-03-13 β€” best price $6.992025-05-26 β€” best price $6.992025-07-21 β€” best price $6.992025-09-29 β€” best price $6.992025-12-18 β€” best price $6.992026-09-17 β€” best price $14.992026-10-08 β€” best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsCommentary availableFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish

Player tags

3DCRPGCold WarSurvivalManagementSimulationCompetitiveExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only β€” dates are observation dates.

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