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ActionIndieRacingSportsMultiplayerFootball (Soccer)CompetitiveTeam-BasedOnline Co-Op

7,665 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 30,419

Peak in the last 7 days: 31,598

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Game description

Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...

Basic info

DeveloperPsyonix LLC
PublisherPsyonix LLC
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateJul 6, 2015
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 (64 bit) or Newer (64 bit) Windows OS
Processor2.5 GHz Dual core
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 760, AMD Radeon R7 270X, or better
Storage20 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 300 reviews from the past 1 year

66.6/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Very Positive (88%)

Metacritic: 86 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 23, 2026)

Soccer played with rocket cars still hooks its veterans, yet Rocket League scores 66.6, weighed down by complaints about how it is run. We read 300 reviews.

👍 Strengths

86 reviews find the car soccer as fun as ever, a rhythmic mix of driving mastery and shooting precision. 24 say it is even better with friends, recalling late nights, team plays and big comebacks. 11 praise the depth of its purely skill based mechanics, such as aerials, car control and rotations, and some describe a skill ceiling with no end in sight. Gameplay ranks 373rd of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

Multiplayer ranks 549th of 642, and Tech & Support ranks 1256th of 1399. 49 reviews describe a toxic community, with insults, griefers and teammates who go idle, and some advise muting online chat. 45 say matchmaking is spoiled by smurfs, boosters and bot accounts, and some blame the switch to free to play for making it worse. 41 feel the developer has let the game decline since its change of ownership, and some list removed trading, dropped Mac and Linux support and long stretches without new content. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1275th of 1399, and a few call the item shop expensive.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“fun and rhythmic game combining driving mastery and shooting precision” · 86 reviews
“matchmaking is horrible, smurfs and boosters everywhere” · 45 reviews
“last 300 hours with Epic Games is utter torture garbage fest after Psyonix era” · 41 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.71 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “pure skill-based mechanics with no RNG, deeply rewarding” · 11 reviews

Progression 6% · Difficulty 10% · Onboarding 7% · Freedom 1% · Controls & feel 5%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Characters -3.00 · How memorable the characters and their relationships are

Story 0% · World 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Replayability +4.46 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

Volume 5% · Variety 5%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Audio +3.33 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting

Visuals 1%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.96 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “extremely toxic community with smurfs and griefers” · 49 reviews
Positive “welcoming community without trolls” · 3 reviews

Playing together 22% · Servers & Connection 14%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 35% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Matchmaking -0.66 · Skill gaps, team balance, and queue times
Negative “matchmaking is horrible, smurfs and boosters everywhere” · 45 reviews

Anti-cheat 6% · Pricing 20% · Balance 3%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.85 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “last 300 hours with Epic Games is utter torture garbage fest after Psyonix era” · 41 reviews

Stability 7% · Performance 3%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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