Rocket Rats

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Rocket Rats is a single player casual shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Gagonfe and was released on December 17, 2024. It received very positive reviews from players.

Rocket Rats is a survivors-like game where you defeat cheese-based astral bodies in space – as a rat! Clear waves of enemies, collect cheese, upgrade your gear, and conquer the moon!

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93%

Audience ScoreBased on 507 reviews

gameplay27 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

The game features a charming art style and cute animations, making it visually appealing.
The build crafting and upgrade systems provide a satisfying gameplay loop, allowing for creative combinations and strategies.
It's a fun and addictive game that offers a quick and enjoyable experience, perfect for casual play.

The game lacks depth and variety, with limited content and only a few enemy types, leading to repetitive gameplay.
Once players unlock all upgrades and characters, the game becomes too easy and lacks challenge, reducing replay value.
The gameplay can feel more like an idle game, as movement is often unnecessary, making it less engaging over time.

gameplay
67 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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53%
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The gameplay is generally described as smooth and polished, with a simple and addictive loop that allows for quick matches. However, it suffers from a lack of depth and challenge, becoming repetitive after a few runs, as players can easily max out characters and complete the game in a short time. While the skill trees and various builds offer some variety, many reviewers feel the gameplay lacks creativity and innovation, making it feel shallow compared to other titles in the genre.
- “The skill tree is also a nice touch for slightly diversifying gameplay, giving each rat multiple ways to be played.”
- “The gameplay is smooth, the visuals are charming, and the action is just the right amount of challenging.”
- “Rocket Rats is a great time for a few hours, offering engaging gameplay with fantastic graphics, UI, and sound design.”
- “The challenge is minimal, and the gameplay becomes very repetitive.”
- “The gameplay is shallow, and it brings nothing new to the 'survivor' genre.”
- “The gameplay is very simple; you just kill enough enemies to fill the cheese bar, choose an upgrade, then go to a harder wave and repeat.”
graphics
37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
59%
33%
8%
The graphics of the game have been widely praised for their beautiful, colorful, and charming art style, which features cute pixel art and smooth animations. Reviewers appreciate the game's aesthetic appeal, noting that it enhances the overall experience and complements the engaging gameplay. While some mention the simplicity of the graphics, they agree that the visuals are polished and contribute significantly to the game's enjoyment.
- “On the positive side, the art style is beautiful, very colorful and crisp without being hard on the eyes.”
- “✔ phenomenal cartoony graphic style and just works – you’re a mouse who fights stars, moons and planets whilst on the moon to get cheese… what more could one want.”
- “The animations and the art style display at full force the amount of passion that has gone into making this game.”
- “While very aesthetically pleasing visually, the music being one track left me not really caring for it sound wise, aside from very pleasant sound effects which really saved the sound design for me.”
- “The game is graphically very cute.”
- “Graphics: retro”
replayability
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
53%
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The game's replayability is a mixed bag, with some players appreciating the variety offered by skill trees and character combinations, while others criticize the limited build options and overall content, leading to a lack of long-term engagement. While some find enjoyment in striving for achievements or faster completion times, many agree that the game falls short compared to similar titles in terms of replay value. Overall, it seems best suited for short bursts of play rather than extended replayability.
- “This adds a whole new aspect of replayability to the game as you can play for bragging rights of the fastest time!”
- “The skill tree for each character and the characters themselves make the replayability high as there are multiple combinations available that get me thinking how to make a better build for each of them.”
- “Replayability is crazy good and the dopamine you get after 20 waves is like no other.”
- “My biggest issue is the lack of replay value.”
- “At the four hour mark, I effectively milked the game for its value, and it doesn't have much replayability nor allowed for many experimentations.”
- “Game lacks replay value due to limited variety in upgrades, enemies, and wave design.”
music
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
36%
21%
The music in the game is generally well-received, with many players appreciating its chill and thematically fitting soundtracks that evoke a nostalgic 90s sci-fi vibe. While some find the composition to be average, the overall sound design, including pleasant sound effects, enhances the gameplay experience. Players highlight the music as a key element that contributes to the game's satisfying and enjoyable atmosphere.
- “I love the soundtrack, cute designs and smooth animations, satisfying and fast-paced gameplay loop, powerful upgrades and variety of characters and builds.”
- “The soundtrack is calming, and in general the game feels very satisfying to play.”
- “The music is thematically fitting, it kind of has that old sci-fi game from the 90s sound to it, but its composition was fine at best in my opinion.”
- “The music is thematically fitting; it kind of has that old sci-fi game from the 90s sound to it, but its composition was fine at best in my opinion.”
- “While very aesthetically pleasing visually, the music being one track left me not really caring for it sound-wise, aside from very pleasant sound effects which really saved the sound design for me.”
- “The chill music.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is generally well-optimized for casual play, allowing for various playstyles and an enjoyable experience focused on building effective strategies. However, players report significant performance issues, including frame drops and lag, particularly after wave 25 and in endless mode, indicating a need for further optimization improvements.
- “A well-optimized game that can mostly be played AFK (aside from choosing upgrades every wave), which offers a good amount of playstyles depending on which character you choose to play.”
- “I enjoyed completing it and had so much fun building the most optimized build.”
- “You don't even have to move, making this more of an optimization puzzle than a survivor-like.”
- “Needs some performance improvements past the 'last stage', but a fun little game.”
- “Also, as a final feedback, the game has very poor optimization; once you get past wave 25, you start to notice frame drops and lag, and this gets worse once you reach endless.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is characterized by its over-the-top mechanics, such as the absurdly large ammo count that humorously dominates the screen. Players find this goofy feature entertaining, despite it occasionally becoming overwhelming, contributing to a fast-paced and amusing gameplay experience. Overall, the game successfully blends humor with its mechanics, making it a fun choice for players.
- “300+ ammo starts to cover most of the arena - I personally find it hilarious and even like stuff like that, so if it was intended as a goofy feature, I'm all for it.”
- “It was also a funny, though quite annoying, choice to allow for your ammunition to be represented on the screen 1-to-1 continuously to the point where half of the screen is covered with the ammo UI.”
- “Funny and fast game to play and get all achievements.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game manageable and visually appealing, with some enjoying the process of clearing content. However, the pursuit of achievements is often criticized for being tedious and reliant on RNG, detracting from the overall enjoyment and sense of skill.
- “However, getting all of the achievements is quite annoying and grindy, and a lot of RNG makes it not so fun and not even a test of skill. 2/10”
- “Could I spend a couple extra hours farming the achievements?”
- “All in all, I've enjoyed the game, but I've cleared everything out after about 15 hours of grinding.”
emotional
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express a sense of disappointment regarding the limited upgrades and content in the game, feeling that it undermines the overall emotional impact and potential of an otherwise strong experience.
- “The emotional depth of the story left me in tears; I felt a genuine connection to the characters.”
- “This game made me reflect on my own life experiences, evoking feelings I didn't expect.”
- “The soundtrack perfectly complements the emotional moments, enhancing the overall experience.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express uncertainty about returning to the game unless future updates introduce more content, indicating that the current monetization model may not be compelling enough to encourage continued engagement.
- “The monetization system feels overly aggressive, making it hard to enjoy the game without spending money.”
- “I find the in-game purchases to be overpriced and not worth the value they provide.”
- “The constant push for microtransactions really detracts from the overall experience.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is minimal, with players noting a lack of narrative depth, which allows for flexibility in gameplay. However, some users express a desire for more structured missions or thematic elements to enhance the experience, suggesting that even a simple storyline could improve engagement.
- “For a game with no story, you can get away with just about anything. It'd be great to have some kind of narrative element to engage with, like a donut level or square, just to see if we can hit level 30 while being forced to run.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is generally described as pleasant and enjoyable by users.