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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 · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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!

Rock of Ages is an Action, Indie, Racing, Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 4089 reviews).

9
playing now
92%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

Rock of Ages trailer thumbnail

Rock of Ages - Official Trailer 1 (HD)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 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 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 164k–329k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 21 of 36 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

2002026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1052Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 22 · peak 53Dec 2012 — avg 20 · peak 71May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2014 — avg 23 · peak 121Aug 2014 — avg 21 · peak 122Jan 2015 — avg 65 · peak 342Jun 2015 — avg 83 · peak 965Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 54Apr 2016 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 39Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 36May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 30Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 22Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 37Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 30May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

97212026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 37 pageviews2026-06-17 — 38 pageviews2026-06-21 — 42 pageviews2026-06-25 — 59 pageviews2026-06-29 — 40 pageviews2026-07-03 — 48 pageviews2026-07-07 — 57 pageviews2026-07-11 — 38 pageviews2026-07-15 — 61 pageviews2026-07-19 — 74 pageviews2026-07-23 — 52 pageviews2026-07-27 — 58 pageviews2026-07-31 — 36 pageviews2026-08-04 — 38 pageviews2026-08-08 — 69 pageviews2026-08-12 — 35 pageviews2026-08-16 — 57 pageviews2026-08-20 — 34 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-28 — 40 pageviews2026-09-01 — 21 pageviews2026-09-05 — 52 pageviews2026-09-09 — 41 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews2026-09-17 — 40 pageviews2026-09-21 — 25 pageviews2026-09-25 — 97 pageviews2026-09-29 — 48 pageviews2026-10-03 — 55 pageviews2026-10-07 — 50 pageviews2026-10-11 — 29 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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