Action · August 28, 2017

Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ (2017)

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The greatest “giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages” tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder. Just like the title says, Bigger &Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER. With an emphasis on the chaotic new multiplayer for up to four rock-rollers, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by Unreal Engine 4, players will need to be ready for some intense rocking and rolling. ACE Team’s Trademark Quirkiness The Monty Python-esque humor is turned up to 11, as players literally rock and roll through the ages. Humorous animated vignettes will also make a return in full force, so famous historical figures beware! An Emphasis On Multiplayer A little friendly competition never hurt anyone, so that’s why ACE Team decided to improve the multiplayer feature of the game. Play with a friend in local split-screen or up to four players online in a 2v2 match to the death, all with the ability to customize banners and colors for your units and more. Oh, and did we mention that opposing tracks can now intersect each other? A Positively Absurd Art Style Just like in the original game, ACE Team has created various levels inspired by the greatest art periods in history. Players will gaze upon exquisite art from the Egyptians, Late Gothic era, Early Renaissance, and Surrealist movement, as they carve a path of destruction with their rolling rocks of doom! Historically Inaccurate Bosses Take on works of art come to life in boss battles featuring the likes of The Thinker and the Great Sphinx, leading up to the all-powerful final boss in a showdown like you'd never imagine! Improved Physics and Destructible Environments With upgraded physics and even more things to be cracked, crushed, flattened, and slammed, rolling various rocks down a hill has never been a more pleasant experience! Utter Chaos With the addition of brand new defensive units and unique boulders with special traits, chaos reigns supreme so be sure not to take each turn for granite.

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180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Action titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 92
  • Action · 68
  • Comedy · 67
  • Racing · 62
  • Indie · 61
  • Multiplayer · 57
  • Tower Defense · 53
  • Funny · 50
  • Historical · 33
  • Co-op · 23
  • Split Screen · 22
  • Singleplayer · 19
  • Local Multiplayer · 16
  • Memes · 14
  • Destruction · 11

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.4k Steam reviewsTop 75% in Action
Positive rating85% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 55%
Metacritic79/100Genre average 77 — top 47% of Action titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 82% for session depth among Action

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

85%Very Positive · 3.4k reviews

2.9k positive · 503 negative

Metacritic

79/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.1/10

Curator recommendations

2.6k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese

Press Quotes

“The historically accurate bowling/tower defense game returns. Everythings bigger and better than the first, the games cutscenes are all hilarious, the gameplay is improved, 4 player. It rocks.” TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 28, 2017
DeveloperACE Team
PublisherSEGA
Base price$2.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

21

Steam unlocks available

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Editions & Packages

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