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Rover Mechanic Simulator

▲ Pyramid Games · Pyramid Games S.A. · 2020-11-12

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 06, 2021 (PlayStation 4), TBD (Nintendo Switch), Sep 22, 2021 (Xbox One), Jan 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.

Rover Mechanic Simulator is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $11.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 667 reviews).

76%
positive of 672 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (67 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 50,869 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 672 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.03 at Steam (2025-12-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 12 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220202026Week of 2020-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$2.032020-02-062026-10-122020-02-06 — best price $10.192020-03-31 — best price $11.992020-06-08 — best price $11.992020-09-17 — best price $9.592020-11-19 — best price $10.192021-02-15 — best price $11.992021-05-21 — best price $8.032021-07-27 — best price $11.992021-10-28 — best price $7.192022-01-05 — best price $11.992022-03-28 — best price $5.392022-05-24 — best price $11.992022-08-11 — best price $11.992022-10-26 — best price $11.992022-11-18 — best price $4.792022-12-12 — best price $4.792023-01-10 — best price $11.992023-02-10 — best price $11.992023-05-21 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $3.592024-01-27 — best price $11.992024-05-03 — best price $3.592024-08-03 — best price $11.992024-09-16 — best price $2.392024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-02-10 — best price $11.992025-04-26 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-11 — best price $11.992025-11-05 — best price $11.992026-02-05 — best price $4.792026-04-13 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.792026-08-31 — best price $13.992026-10-05 — best price $13.992026-10-12 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
54.2%
earned "First blood!"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Italian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5185%30
Xbox One (Xbox)16526%24
PS4 (PlayStation)10439%25
PS4 (PlayStation)4443%25
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

MarsIndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxScienceBuildingEducationRealisticSpace Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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