Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Buy80%

Mostly Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Ratloop Asia · Indie · Oct 15, 2012

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio1 of 12
Subtitles12 of 12

Should I buy Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken?

Buy it if you like
  • Audio: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise17% are divided33% are complaints
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Rocketbirds is not too hard, the puzzles are interesting, art style, soundtrack and direction are great.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game's narrative also deserves praise for offering more depth than expected.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Given the length of the main single player campaign, some people will probably find this is a bit on the expensive side, but if you take into consideration the coop mode, I'd say the price is ok.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style is clean and cartoony, with neat 2.5D elements that make the world feel alive.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Played both on keyboard and gamepad and controls are fine - yes it may feel a bit stiff at times, but I suspect that is part of the design, given the main character is a kind of stylised Rambo sort-of-person.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
4 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Aiming while flying was weird because the cursor was lagging and updating slowly while the fps of the rest of the game was fine.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Audio76 reviews
Story66 reviews
Co-op61 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Controls16 reviews
Performance4 reviews
Divided opinion
Multiplayer
78% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
64% still recommend
Combat
52% still recommend
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Bugs
0% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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