2015 · Action · Indie · Racing
Rocket League
by Psyonix LLC
Hours played
How long do people play Rocket League?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 130 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 25 hours and 480 hours.
First 2 h
79% recommend
2–5 h
89% recommend
5–10 h
92% recommend
10–20 h
92% recommend
20–50 h
92% recommend
50–100 h
90% recommend
100–200 h
89% recommend
200–500 h
87% recommend
500 h and up
82% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 581,000 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Rocket League hold up?
It is recommended most by players at 10–20 hours: 92% of them. Among players past 500 hours that falls to 82%.
Is Rocket League better now than at launch?
Its Steam reviews began in July 2015. Of those posted in the first 30 days, 94% recommend it; of those posted in the last 12 months, 69% do.
Jul 2015
94%
≈ 7,490 reviews
Now
69%
≈ 9,140 reviews
One token is 2% of the reviews first posted in its first 30 days, and in the last 12 months. Each counts with the verdict it carries today, so a review its author has since changed shows the new one. The biggest comebacks and falls.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Rocket League tell you?
3% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 79% of those recommend it. After the window, 88% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 95% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 245 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 1 came while a refund was still possible and 19 after the window had closed.
Everyone's copy
16 of 79 copies here were never launched
In 79 libraries here. 16 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 44 h. 2 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 20% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 5: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.