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Rocket Knight cover art

Rocket Knight

Climax Studios · KONAMI · 2010-05-11

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 12, 2010 (PlayStation 3), May 11, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2010 (Xbox 360)

Sparkster makes his triumphant arrival on next-gen platforms with Rocket Knight, the newest chapter in the classic side-scrolling rocket action series. Our favorite opossum hero returns home after 15 years to find the kingdom of Zephyrus in shambles.

73%
positive of 177 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)
Rocket Knight is a 2010 platform video game developed by Climax Studios and published by Konami for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows. It is a revival of the Rocket Knight/Sparkster series, which first began with Rocket Knight Adventures (1993). The game acts as a sequel to the Sega Genesis game Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (1994).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 18,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.1k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 177 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.85-84%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.39-11%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.48 at GameBillet (2018-02-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.39 · on sale 80 of 120 observed days · $1.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420112026Week of 2011-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.39$1.482015-01-012026-09-242015-01-01 — best price $1.842015-07-02 — best price $5.402016-08-30 — best price $14.992017-07-13 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-03-09 — best price $14.992019-12-20 — best price $3.762020-04-10 — best price $3.692020-06-21 — best price $14.992020-07-28 — best price $14.992020-09-02 — best price $2.992020-10-07 — best price $13.392020-11-18 — best price $14.992020-12-26 — best price $12.692021-02-07 — best price $13.392021-03-20 — best price $13.392021-04-29 — best price $14.992021-06-18 — best price $13.392021-09-24 — best price $13.392021-12-27 — best price $2.492022-05-23 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $2.692023-03-24 — best price $13.392023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-11-08 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $3.442024-05-17 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992025-02-08 — best price $3.002025-05-30 — best price $14.992025-10-09 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $2.322026-05-06 — best price $2.672026-08-05 — best price $17.272026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-24 — best price $13.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

180132026-06-26 — 42 pageviews2026-06-29 — 29 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 20 pageviews2026-07-08 — 34 pageviews2026-07-11 — 33 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-23 — 36 pageviews2026-07-26 — 31 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-16 — 34 pageviews2026-08-19 — 37 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 180 pageviews2026-08-28 — 36 pageviews2026-08-31 — 59 pageviews2026-09-03 — 26 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 29 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-15 — 43 pageviews2026-09-18 — 19 pageviews2026-09-21 — 27 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
37.5%
earned "City Saviour"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ActionAdventurePlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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