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Rocket Wars cover art

Rocket Wars

Rooftop Panda · 2017-06-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2017 (Linux), May 09, 2018 (Xbox One)

Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!

Rocket Wars is an Action, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 100 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-05-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4420May 2017Jan 2024May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 15Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2022 — avg 24 · peak 273Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 104Oct 2022 — avg 24 · peak 241Mar 2023 — avg 26 · peak 266May 2023 — avg 442 · peak 5,723Jul 2023 — avg 333 · peak 1,205Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12

▼ −2 avg players (−40.4%) vs prior month — Jan 2024

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

Price history

$9.99$0.282017-06-162026-03-262017-06-16 — best price $7.192017-09-04 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-04-11 — best price $7.992018-05-14 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-10-29 — best price $0.792018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $0.792019-05-13 — best price $7.992019-07-22 — best price $1.192020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-04-21 — best price $5.872020-05-25 — best price $7.992020-08-24 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $2.492021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-03-07 — best price $9.992022-06-12 — best price $0.992022-09-12 — best price $0.492022-10-24 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.282023-10-02 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-12 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992025-02-10 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
2%
earned "LITERALLY ROCKET SCIENCE"
0.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

4 supported languages: English, Danish, Russian, Bulgarian

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionArcadeShooterControllerParty GameBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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