Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Steam Deck · unrated

Ratloop Asia · Indie · Oct 15, 2012

Worth it for the right player.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.99.

80%
Mostly Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

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
46% of themes are praise36% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Got to level eleven before the difficulty made it mostly unfun for me, but that was five hours of campaign play.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Rocketbirds is not too hard, the puzzles are interesting, art style, soundtrack and direction are great.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Stylish platformer with fun single and coop player modes.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Rocketbirds is not too hard, the puzzles are interesting, art style, soundtrack and direction are great.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The good news is it has a multiplayer option for both local co-op and internet co-op.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters91 reviews
Audio84 reviews
Co-op60 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Multiplayer8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay78 reviews
65%
Difficulty25 reviews
72%
Controls19 reviews
79%
Performance6 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat44 reviews
52%
Bugs7 reviews
14%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
29
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.