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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken cover art

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Ratloop Asia · Reverb Publishing · 2012-10-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

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

Releases: Oct 18, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Feb 12, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 15, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2013 (Mac), Sep 18, 2013 (Linux), Nov 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns.

0
playing now
80%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a platform adventure game created and developed by Ratloop for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. OS X and Linux ports were later released in September 2013 as part of Humble Bundle, followed by the PlayStation 4 version in November 2020. A remake of the 2009 Flash game Rocketbirds: Revolution!, Hardboiled Chicken is a cinematic adventure game with full single and co-op campaigns and stereoscopic 3D support.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (64 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 126k–252k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,153 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Nuuvem (2019-04-16) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 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 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 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: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.742015-01-012023-02-042015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-02-16 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $1.492016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-08-16 — best price $1.492017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-09-14 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-04-16 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-08-27 — best price $4.992018-11-12 — best price $0.992018-12-01 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-03-02 — best price $4.992019-04-25 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-08-28 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-03-23 — best price $0.992020-05-11 — best price $1.242020-07-15 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.742021-01-08 — best price $4.992021-04-10 — best price $4.992021-11-02 — best price $0.992022-01-08 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-12-03 — best price $4.992023-02-04 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
61.5%
earned "For What Reason?"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together

11 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,3073%29
PS3 (PlayStation)8,12340%30
PS4 (PlayStation)9341%30

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

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieActionPuzzleShooterAdventureControllerPlatformer

Census log

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

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