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Rock of Ages cover art

Rock of Ages

ACE Team · SEGA · 2011-09-07

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacingStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: May 15, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Aug 31, 2011 (Xbox 360), Sep 07, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!

4
playing now
92%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Rock of Ages is a tower defense racing video game developed by ACE Team and published by Atlus USA. It uses the Unreal Engine 3. The game was released for Xbox 360 in August 2011, for Microsoft Windows in September 2011, and for PlayStation 3 in 2012.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 175 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 164k–327k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,089 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2015-06-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 30 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2312026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-03-30 — best price $4.992015-07-28 — best price $1.992015-12-22 — best price $1.992017-11-23 — best price $4.992018-04-30 — best price $1.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $3.992019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-09-17 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-10-30 — best price $2.262020-11-19 — best price $9.992020-12-07 — best price $9.992020-12-20 — best price $8.892021-01-11 — best price $8.892021-01-29 — best price $9.992021-02-12 — best price $7.782021-03-01 — best price $8.892021-03-16 — best price $8.892021-04-02 — best price $8.892021-04-17 — best price $8.892021-05-02 — best price $8.892021-05-17 — best price $8.892021-06-04 — best price $8.892021-07-10 — best price $8.892021-10-11 — best price $8.892022-01-06 — best price $8.892023-01-05 — best price $9.992025-02-06 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

74272026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 56 pageviews2026-06-07 — 53 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-13 — 37 pageviews2026-06-16 — 46 pageviews2026-06-19 — 50 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-25 — 59 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-01 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 42 pageviews2026-07-07 — 57 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-13 — 45 pageviews2026-07-16 — 48 pageviews2026-07-19 — 74 pageviews2026-07-22 — 55 pageviews2026-07-25 — 62 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-31 — 36 pageviews2026-08-03 — 48 pageviews2026-08-06 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-12 — 35 pageviews2026-08-15 — 34 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-27 — 50 pageviews2026-08-29 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Escape from Hades"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,6492%19
PS3 (PlayStation)17,5665%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,5567%12
PS3 (PlayStation)4931%12

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieActionCasualComedyRacingBowlingStrategyHistoricalDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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