Rocket Rush

Mission briefing

Take control of a rocket in a 3D arcade flying challenge! Navigate 20 handcrafted levels, dodge obstacles, manage your fuel, and hit your target. Fly through forests, buildings, and industrial tunnels, earn stars, and unlock different rockets and equipment to tackle increasingly demanding routes.

Field manual

Guide your rocket to the target before running out of fuel. Avoid obstacles, collect fuel cans, and improve your completion time to earn more stars. Spend earned credits on rockets and equipment. Keyboard & mouse: Press Enter to launch. Steer with WASD or ZQSD, move the mouse to look around, hold Space to boost, and hold E to use an equipped parachute. Controller: Steer with the left stick, look around with the right stick, hold RT/R2 to boost, and hold B/Circle to use an equipped parachute. Use A/Cross to confirm menu selections. Touch: Tap to launch, steer with the on-screen joystick, drag to look around, and hold the boost or parachute buttons.

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Field notes for action operations

• First run is reconnaissance. Spend it learning where the danger actually spawns from instead of chasing a score — most action games announce their patterns honestly in the opening minute, then repeat them with worse manners.
• Movement is a defensive stat. A moving target at half health outlives a stationary one at full health in nearly every game on this board, so keep relocating between shots, strikes and reloads.
• Learn the exit before the entrance closes. In arena and chase games alike, the players who survive longest are the ones who noticed the second doorway while everyone else was watching the first.

Rocket Rush — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Rocket Rush?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is Rocket Rush?

Rocket Rush is filed in our Action theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run Rocket Rush on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Rocket Rush is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Action theatre is one click away — The main hall of the board: 469 operations where something is always moving, exploding, escaping or being chased. If a game has a pulse and a problem, it is probably filed here.