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ROCKETRON

ASTRO PORT · Henteko Doujin · 2020-02-07

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q4 2021 (Dreamcast)

Fly through the sky! Rain down fire on the enemy forces from above! Enjoy solid combat and simple non-linear exploration in this high flying side-scrolling action shooter!

83%
positive of 81 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

The year is 2049. A mysterious group known as "The Congregation of Gogoh" has incited global insurrection on the cyberhuman planet of Metnal 28 as part of a nefarious plot for world domination. A galactic peacekeeping group that operates under the name "ARGO EXPRESS" has sent a cybernetic warrior known as "B.L.A.M" armed with a new weapon, a "rocket musket", to try and stop them...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,134 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2022-06-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720202026Week of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.392020-02-082026-10-082020-02-08 — best price $5.392020-05-28 — best price $4.192020-08-07 — best price $4.192020-11-07 — best price $3.592020-12-22 — best price $3.592021-02-11 — best price $3.592021-04-29 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $3.592021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-01-14 — best price $2.992022-03-04 — best price $5.992022-06-13 — best price $5.992022-09-02 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-12 — best price $5.992023-04-18 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-02 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-01-22 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-06-24 — best price $5.992024-08-18 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $5.992024-12-14 — best price $5.992025-01-29 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-20 — best price $5.992025-08-16 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-06 — best price $5.992026-01-17 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-15 — best price $5.992026-07-30 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGIndieMechsActionScienceShooterAdventurePlatformerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.