SimpleRockets

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SimpleRockets is a single player casual simulation game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Jundroo, LLC and was released on June 3, 2015. It received positive reviews from players.

Design rocket ships, blast off into space, and explore the solar system.

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Audience ScoreBased on 1,047 reviews

story7 positive mentions

replayability2 negative mentions

The game offers a fun and engaging experience, allowing players to build and launch rockets with intuitive controls and helpful tutorials.
It provides a vast sandbox environment with endless possibilities for creativity, making it highly addictive and enjoyable.
The physics engine is well-designed, making the game both educational and entertaining for those interested in rocketry and space exploration.

The game suffers from a lack of content, with limited parts and features compared to similar games, leading to repetitive gameplay.
There are significant issues with the user interface, including small buttons that make it difficult to control rockets and build effectively.
Many players have reported bugs and crashes, particularly with newer devices, which detracts from the overall experience.

story
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story aspect is characterized by a blend of simple and complex missions, offering players a fun and addictive experience. However, many users express a desire for more missions and objectives beyond the initial training, as well as improvements to mission planning and stability. Overall, while the gameplay is engaging, the narrative depth could be enhanced with additional content and community interaction.
- “Beautifully addictive, just needs more parts and maybe missions or objectives outside of training missions.”
- “Design your own rockets, customize them to complete various missions and tasks, or simply free play.”
- “I find myself building ships and testing them long after completing all the missions.”
- “Few parts, no missions.”
- “However, once you do the full land on the moon mission, your direction runs dry.”
- “This game is truly awesome but add some more things for the ship and make it have more missions.”
gameplay
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is highly praised for its fun, challenging mechanics and endless replay value, particularly appealing to fans of space exploration and orbital mechanics. Players appreciate the simplicity of the controls combined with the depth of possibilities, making it an excellent tool for learning about physics in an engaging way. While the game excels in its current form, users express a desire for updates and additional features to enhance the experience further.
- “Fun, endless replay value, great starter missions and idiosyncratic gameplay that really poses a challenge all its own: this one is well worth the couple bucks.”
- “The physics are amazing, the rocket designs are great, and gameplay is flawless.”
- “Easy to pick up, and fun to play in the sandbox mode when not doing missions, plenty of gameplay and replayability.”
- “Just wondering if you can add autopilot for the rockets for easier and more efficient gravity assists... or just any update gameplay-wise, it's time for updates.”
- “Maybe it's my pathetic orbital mechanics, but this seems to preclude missions like returning a command module from Mars.”
- “This game is already a go for KSP-like gameplay, but I believe it could be more.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the graphics received mixed reviews, with some users praising the smooth and well-designed visuals, while others criticized them as simplistic or lacking depth. Many players noted the need for improvements, such as more detailed environments and additional graphical features. Despite these criticisms, some appreciated the customizable elements and found the graphics satisfactory for the gameplay experience.
- “Great graphics.”
- “I got here because of Scott Manley. This is awesome; it is smooth, graphics simple and well designed.”
- “Great physics and has good graphics with customizable rocket skins, which are a nice touch.”
- “I paid $2.99 for this to find out that it has awful controls, a complicated interface, and graphics a potato could run.”
- “But it desperately needs EVA and flag planting. I know it's a work in progress, but some quick and easy things to implement next should be: EVA, planet graphics (so it isn't just a solid color from space), water (splashdown!), solid rocket boosters, support struts (rockets can get floppy), and fuel lines (for asparagus staging).”
- “Also, more 3D graphics.”
atmosphere
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users express disappointment with the game's atmospheric physics, noting a lack of realistic features such as atmospheric heat and effective areobraking. Many feel that escaping atmospheres is too easy and call for improvements to enhance the overall experience, including more complex rocket mechanics and planetary atmospheres.
- “I'll happily rate 5 stars if we get atmosphere on other planets and atmospheric heat as well as more robust ways of creating rockets with multiple spaceships (main plus lander for instance).”
- “You're already calculating atmospheric drag, just convert that to a temperature.”
- “Also better atmospheric aerobraking.”
- “It seems like the atmosphere physics are non-existent, though.”
- “You can't burn up in the atmosphere.”
- “So far, atmospheres are far too easy to escape.”
monetization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization model of the game has received mixed feedback, with users appreciating the absence of ads and intrusive pop-ups, but expressing disappointment over the inclusion of in-app purchases in a paid game, particularly in "simplerockets." This has led to criticism regarding the perceived value and fairness of the monetization strategy.
- “No ads.”
- “I love SimplePlanes, but I tried SimpleRockets today and was surprised to find in-app purchases in a paid game.”
- “It's disappointing to see in-app purchases in a paid game like SimpleRockets.”
- “Really Jundroo, I love SimplePlanes, but I tried SimpleRockets today and, wow, in-app purchases in a paid game.”
- “Just wow, you really made a mistake with SimpleRockets having in-app purchases in a paid game.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is highly praised for its exceptional replayability, offering endless fun and a variety of engaging missions that challenge players. Its sandbox mode adds to the experience, making it easy to pick up and enjoy repeatedly, providing great value for its price. Overall, it stands out as one of the most replayable games on mobile.
- “Fun, endless replay value, great starter missions, and idiosyncratic gameplay that really poses a challenge all its own: this one is well worth the couple bucks.”
- “Probably the most replayable game on mobile, lots of bang for your buck.”
- “Easy to pick up, and fun to play in the sandbox mode when not doing missions, plenty of gameplay and replayability.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is praised for its smooth performance and solid optimization, making it an enjoyable experience for science enthusiasts.
- “Great game for science enthusiasts, very well put together, runs smoothly.”
- “The optimization in this game is impressive, allowing for seamless gameplay even on lower-end systems.”
- “I appreciate how the developers have fine-tuned the performance, making it accessible without sacrificing quality.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly criticizing the editor for its cumbersome interface, which can lead to accidental changes without an undo option.
- “The grinding in this game feels endless and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “I find the grind to level up incredibly tedious, and it often feels like a chore rather than fun.”
- “The amount of time required to grind for resources is frustrating and detracts from the overall experience.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players appreciate the humor in the game, often finding themselves laughing at the absurdity of the creations they make, particularly the "dumb ships." This lightheartedness adds a fun and entertaining element to the gameplay experience.
- “I find myself laughing hysterically at the silly ships I create.”
- “The witty dialogue and absurd situations had me in stitches throughout the game.”
- “The humor is so well-written that even the most mundane tasks become hilarious.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is marred by structural glitches and control issues, leading to a disappointing experience despite its ambitious features like realistic physics and extensive instruments for spaceflight. Additionally, players report that poor signal can cause the game to freeze at startup.
- “Promises to do whatever you want with a large scale of instruments on spaceflight, realistic physics, etc., but structural glitches and control problems make it a disappointment.”
- “When the signal is bad, the game just freezes on start.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users express a desire for the inclusion of music in the game, indicating that its absence is notable and could enhance the overall experience.