Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop
December 5, 2024
Where most of his customers find meaning in pastimes like worshipping deranged space gods, feeding random crap to a sentient black hole, endlessly digging for The Treasure™ or mentally enslaving donut shop workers, Wilbur lives a more humble life, fixing the galaxy’s ills one broken ship module at a time. …
Critic Score
83.2
14 critic reviews
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Critic Reviews (14)
Graphics
30.0
Gameplay
85.0
Story
60.0
"Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop provides an interesting mechanic simulator and expects you to figure things out as you go. This is the perfect undertaking if you’re a fan of taking things apart to see how they tick and diagnosing issues. …"
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45.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
45.0
"It’s fun and knowing, and it’ll put a smile on your face while giving you something to think about, which is what good comedy is all about."
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75.0
Gameplay
60.0
Story
80.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop is a simulative roguelite as ambitious as it is original, perhaps a little too brutal for its own learning curve but packed with quality content to offer. Recommended on handheld systems (Switch, Steam Deck)."
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25.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
60.0
"A rather original approach to Roguelite with a friendly and fun design. In its normal mode there is a stress that could be part of the game if it wasn&s;t compounded by the problem of the controller controls."
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55.0
Gameplay
65.0
Story
45.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop blends simulator-esque puzzle solving with a roguelike framework. The result is an often tedious slog that requires the utmost patience, a laser-focused attention span, and a love for tinkering. Put simply, at the end of a …"
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50.0
Gameplay
68.0
Story
42.0
"Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop has a lot going for it, but I think a lot of your enjoyment will be based on how or where you play it."
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70.0
Gameplay
85.0
Story
60.0
"Uncle Chops Rocket Shop is going to turn off a lot of folks. The things it wants you to learn and the effort it takes to learn them are going to feel a little bit too much like work or …"
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85.0
Gameplay
90.0
Story
95.0
"Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop is a brain stimulating, mind bending, visually satisfying, sonically pleasurable experience that I’ll return to again and again."
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40.0
Gameplay
60.0
Story
40.0
"Though its expressive fix-&s;em-up modules and its detailed manual made us want to love the game, we left Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop feeling frustrated, having been beaten down repeatedly by punishing, sadistic mechanics and unfriendly controls. It&s;s not a great …"
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80.0
Gameplay
95.0
Story
95.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop is the perfect blend of a comedic story being told with fun mechanics. Fixing every ship is suitably challenging, although the time limits do make it very difficult if you play the frantic mode before the …"
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30.0
Gameplay
75.0
Story
65.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop is a especially satisfying routine game that emulates the best bits of furniture building and tech troubleshooting to provide a roguelike you&s;ll feel is worth mastering. It&s;s silly but narratively dense. It&s;s randomized but always feels …"
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30.0
Gameplay
65.0
Story
48.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop is a very good video game that manages to fit the simulation soul and the roguelite one. Making mistakes makes poor Wilbur&s;s life a real hell like the real one, and what he manages to achieve …"
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30.0
Gameplay
60.0
Story
85.0
"Roguelites usually frustrate me, but I’ve never once wanted to rage quit Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop. Whether it’s the fact that I’m armed with new knowledge, I’ve got new perks to push me further, or it’s just that Droose has …"
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65.0
Gameplay
85.0
Story
40.0
"Uncle Chop&s;s Rocket Shop is a great game with fun mechanics, a cool art style, and humor that complements all of them. It&s;s not something that you should play if you are short on time and don&s;t have patience, but …"
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