Type Royale has arrived! This major Rocket Rush update adds a completely new game mode alongside online matchmaking, dedicated leaderboards, Steam Achievements, restored music, and improved rocket audio.
NEW MODE: TYPE ROYALE
• Race by typing instead of completing QTEs.
• The faster and more accurately you type, the faster your rocket climbs.
• Incorrect characters damage your rocket, break your streak, and knock you backward.
• Type through transmissions featuring NASA mission history, space facts, and original stories from Ashlee’s adventures.
• A progressive sentence display keeps the current text readable instead of showing the entire passage at once.
• Compete against a complete 100-pilot field.
ONLINE TYPE ROYALE
• Quick Match supports up to 16 real pilots.
• If the lobby is not full after 60 seconds, the remaining positions are filled with skill-calibrated bots.
• Host Friends lets you invite players and manually launch the race with bots.
• Solo Practice provides a full 99-bot field without requiring an online lobby.
• Improved race-start synchronization, live standings, disconnect handling, and match-leaving controls.
KEYBOARD AND CONTROLLER DIVISIONS
• Physical keyboard pilots compete in the Keyboard division.
• Gamepad pilots can race using a fully controller-navigable Letterboard.
• Each division has separately balanced passages, rivals, hull limits, and records.
• Keyboard endurance races provide 24 hull across three transmissions.
• Controller races provide 8 hull with a shorter, Letterboard-friendly dispatch.
LIVE RACE PRESENTATION
• See your live rank, completion progress, field leader, and closest rivals.
• Character-gap readouts show exactly how far ahead or behind another pilot is.
• New overtake and position-drop alerts make every change in rank clear.
• Faster typing now creates stronger background movement, rocket lift, exhaust, and engine intensity.
• Mistakes visibly knock, tilt, spark, and damage your rocket.
TYPE ROYALE LEADERBOARDS
• Dedicated local records for Keyboard and Controller divisions.
• Separate Steam competition for both input methods.
• View Global and Friends results directly from the Type Royale hub.
• Records display WPM, accuracy, errors, finish time, placement, and result.
AUDIO AND MUSIC
• Restored the complete Rocket Rush music playlist.
• Added rocket ignition, takeoff, and speed-reactive engine audio to Type Royale.
• Added damage, critical-hull, explosion, countdown, success, and failure cues.
• Improved music and ambience transitions between the hub, launch, race, pause, and results.
STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
• Connected 20 Rocket Rush milestones to Steam Achievements.
• Achievements cover launching, altitude, QTE streaks, perfect timing, overdrive, cash-outs, repairs, explosions, world discovery, and high scores.
• Offline-earned unlocks are saved and synchronized when Steam becomes available.
FIXES AND POLISH
• Improved reliability of packaged world backgrounds, intro video, controller prompt artwork, music, and sound effects.
• Removed customer-facing dependencies on developer-only files.
• Improved controller disconnect behavior in solo and online play.
• Added stronger validation for online results and Steam leaderboard submissions.
Thank you for playing Rocket Rush. We’ll see you in the Type Royale launch queue!