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Rex Rocket cover art

Rex Rocket

Castle Pixel, LLC. · 2014-08-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 25, 2019 (Xbox One), Jul 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2014 (Mac), Jul 02, 2014 (Linux)

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.

Rex Rocket is a $0.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2014, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 267 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 267 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220142026Week of 2014-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Jul 2014May 2024Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2015 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 30May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 14

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012021-07-292015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-01-02 — best price $9.992015-03-05 — best price $5.992015-03-12 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-10-02 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-08-29 — best price $1.242016-09-05 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $2.492016-11-01 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.242017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-10-02 — best price $9.992021-07-29 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
33.5%
earned "Who put those there?"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6530%40
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)546%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionSci-fiAdventureDifficultPlatformerMetroidvaniaPixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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