TYPE ROYALE IS HERE!
Rocket Rush now includes an entirely new competitive typing game mode, along with major gameplay, presentation, audio, accessibility, and online improvements.
A WHOLE NEW GAME MODE
- Type Royale pits you against a 100-pilot field of players and bots.
- Play Solo Practice, Daily Transmissions, Quick Match, or host a lobby for friends.
- Quick Match searches for real players and fills the remaining field with bots after 60 seconds.
- Keyboard and controller players receive separate competitive divisions and leaderboards.
- Your distance is banked even if your rocket explodes. Steam only replaces your leaderboard score when you set a new personal best.
NEW TYPING GAMEPLAY
- Capital letters, Shift inputs, and punctuation must now be typed correctly.
- Mistakes appear in red exactly as entered and temporarily stop your progress.
- Use Backspace to repair mistakes during the three-second grace period.
- Sentences appear progressively, keeping the typing area focused and readable.
- Every 60 seconds, there is a 50% chance of an incoming asteroid.
- Press Tab and complete an emergency diversion sentence to evade it—or take five hull damage.
YOUR ROCKET NOW RESPONDS TO YOUR SPEED
- The rocket is centered in the action with a translucent terminal near the bottom of the screen.
- The faster you type, the faster your rocket appears to climb.
- At 55 WPM, the afterburner changes into bright cyan and violet plasma.
- At 70 WPM, Hyper Burn activates with a larger white-blue flame, wind streaks, shock rings, and stronger engine audio.
- Rocket damage, asteroid impacts, hull condition, and explosions are now clearly animated.
- Live placement and nearby opponents remain visible on the right side of the screen.
TRAINING, DAILY CHALLENGES, AND ANALYTICS
- New interactive training teaches capitals, punctuation, mistake correction, and asteroid diversions.
- Added keyboard-layout help for Shift combinations and international layouts.
- Daily Transmissions provide a shared challenge and personal-best ghost competition.
- Post-run analytics show WPM, accuracy, mistakes, corrections, damage, asteroid reactions, and performance over time.
NEW AUDIO AND ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS
- Added quiet mechanical typewriter sounds for typing and Backspace.
- Added rocket ignition, engine, damage, critical-hull, explosion, and speed-dependent afterburner audio.
- The full gameplay music playlist now plays in Type Royale.
- Added a dedicated Typing SFX volume control.
- Added Reduced Motion, Reduced Flashing, and High-Contrast Hazard options.
NEW STEAM FEATURES
- Added six Type Royale achievements: First Transmission, Signal Complete, Perfect Copy, Top-Ten Telemetry, Black Box Record, and Letterboard Pilot.
- Added separate Type Royale progress leaderboards for keyboard and controller pilots.
- Improved online host verification, synchronized races, bot-filled lobbies, disconnect handling, and leaderboard reliability.
Thank you for playing Rocket Rush. Strap in, warm up those fingers, and see how far you can fly!