Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop Review (Steam)

As always I like to give a shout-out when someone is nice enough to send me a game to review, and Kasedo Games was nice enough to do exactly that with Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop which you can find over on Steam. It is also available on both Xbox and PlayStation.

Another thing I would like to get out of the way is that I am bad at this game. I am truly terrible. This isn’t the fault of the game or its creator, the tutorial while short and sweet, is great. It gives you a quick and easy-to-use reference book that you can access with the push of a button. Each section is quickly accessible and is easy to read and are even outlined with easy-to-read pictures and numbered diagrams. If you want to see how to check a ship’s oil, it shows you on the ship and in the book what tab to look at, etc. They made it almost idiot-proof. Unfortunately, they didn’t plan on my existence.

The story is simple, you work for a giant floating head, you fix ships while your customers hang out in the diner and you charge them for parts and labor. This portion is essentially out of your hands. You can choose between two game modes that you can swap between. Timed where you get paid based on how quick you are and you can do pretty much unlimited jobs per day, or untimed where you can only do 3 jobs a day but you are judged on accuracy.

Fixing parts is pretty straight forward, you got your tools, you take them out, recharge or replace the broken stuff, then put them back in, usually in reverse of how you took them out. You will use a screwdriver and many other things with your mouse just like you would a real one. There are ways to upgrade to powered versions to make this quicker and easier.

Another thing to add, you are supposed to fail at this game, and it is going to happen a lot. You can tell this game was made with love. I will say again, I am not good at this game. I will keep playing it, I doubt I get better at it, but I will keep playing at it. It is sitting at very positive Steam reviews for very good reasons. Without a doubt an 8/10 game that you absolutely should check out. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.