Rex Rocket overview

Overview

Rex Rocket comes from Castle Pixel, LLC. and is published by Castle Pixel, LLC.. It arrived on Steam on Aug 5, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Rex Rocket's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 05:17:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 75% positive across 267 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Rex Rocket is available in 1 languages including:

1 regional rating boards including pegi

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Rex Rocket has sold up to 20,070 units and has 187 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $90,302. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Rex Rocket overview details

Rex Rocket combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Tell me about Rex Rocket! Inspired by the glorious retro days of 8-bit gaming, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer that pays tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid. Old-school fans and platformer newcomers alike will find Rex Rocket an enjoyable and rewarding experience thanks to one-of-a-kind handmade pixel art that makes up over 100 handcrafted levels connected in an expansive starship-- each filled with a wide variety of puzzles, enemies, hazards and bosses. An original chiptunes soundtrack by Saskrotch, captivating setting filled with quirky characters, and ability to choose the gender of your hero is only a handful of the many awesome features in the game. Set in Earth's distant future, Rex Rocket alludes to the classic conflict of Man vs. Machine. You play as either Captain Rexford or Rexanna, a former war hero who now transports scientists throughout the universe in the epic Star Ship-- S.S. Montana. The game begins on Earth as the crew prepares for another routine mission for the Council of Science that involves transplanting bio-engineered Terra-Oozlings onto an uninhabited planet on the other side of the galaxy. While the ship's crew are in cryo-sleep, all heck breaks loose when the dangerous specimens escape and cause the ship's main AI computer to go insane. It's up to Rex Rocket to stop the rogue AI, rescue the crew, and take back control of the ship! Features Classic 2D platforming with shooting, wall-jumping, and more-- all combined with innovative gameplay twists like shooting your laser downward for a handy aerial boost with e…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Rex Rocket is listed as a game with $0.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 05:17:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 75% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionAdventureIndieMetroidvaniaPlatformerRetroPixel GraphicsDifficult2DGreat SoundtrackSci-fi

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