Rocket Wars (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Rocket Wars

Rocket Wars is a fast-paced local multiplayer game for up to 4 players! The game features crazy weapons, lots of powerups and several game modes. Rocket Wars is the go-to party game when you have people over…

80 15 June 2017

What Rocket Wars is

Rocket Wars was released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rocket Wars is a fast-paced local multiplayer game for up to 4 players! The game features crazy weapons, lots of powerups and several game modes. Rocket Wars is the go-to party game when you have people over and are looking for fast and furious pvp battles! In Rocket Wars you take control of a spaceship with different strengths and weaknesses and proceed to do all in your power to kill your enemies.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 18 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Rocket Wars holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.66 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 3000/2000. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Rocket Wars launched on 15 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Tekken 7. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Tekken 7.

Rocket Wars — frequently asked questions

When did Rocket Wars come out?

Rocket Wars was released on 15 June 2017 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Rocket Wars?

At minimum, Rocket Wars needs 1.66 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 3000/2000 graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Rocket Wars?

The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "300 MB available space" and the recommended line says "400 MB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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