Rugged Rovers

Name: Rugged Rovers
Rating: 3.59 (13601 reviews)
Author: Science Museum Group

By: Science Museum Group Game

Design your own space rover and travel further than your friends!

Overview

Google Play Store

Downloads

1,042,298 ▲ 23

Data as of 2026-08-26

Rating:

3.59

(13,601)

Version:

1.2.0

Last updated: 2026-03-11

Ranking

#66,348 ▼ 143

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Rugged Rovers is an exciting Chrome extension from the Science Museum in London that lets you design, build, and race your own all-terrain space rovers. Use easy-to-use drawing tools to create custom rovers with movable motors and resizable wheels.

Race against friends and rivals across dramatic Mars-inspired landscapes filled with gaping canyons and treacherous boulder fields. Utilize jet hover and speed boosts to overcome challenging terrain obstacles. Compete for high scores and achievements, and see if your rover designs measure up against those made by professional Mars rover engineer Abbie Hutty.

Whether on mobile or on the big screen at the Engineer Your Future exhibition, Rugged Rovers delivers immersive rover racing and engineering challenges for anyone interested in space exploration and engineering careers. Find out more about engineering futures at sciencemuseum.org.uk/engineeryourfuture.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

1.2.0 Last updated: 2026-03-11

Version code:

Creation date:

2014-12-12

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe

Size:

28.74MB

Email:

ru*****@sciencemuseum.org.uk

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-26

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 66,348 ▼ 143

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Developed by:

Science Museum Group

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preloaded.RuggedRovers

Email:

ru*****@sciencemuseum.org.uk

Website:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/online_science/apps/rugged-rovers

User Reviews

Summary: Users praise the game's space rover concept and note it can be fun when stable, but stability and usability issues dominate. The top complaints are crashes and freezing, inability to save designs, unresponsive startup/menus, lack of mobile multiplayer, and missing features with few updates. Overall merit is hindered by reliability and feature gaps.

Pros

Interesting concept and space rover theme.
Potentially fun and engaging gameplay when the app runs without crashing.
Some users call it great or excellent when functional.

Cons

Frequent crashes and freezes that prevent progress.
Designs and progress are not saved between sessions.
App is often unresponsive or fails to open / menus become non-functional.
No multiplayer mode on mobile.
Missing features and controls, and little to no updates.

Recent reviews

nice game but app crash when I reach around 300M

Na*****, 2026-07-02

Game is always crash. My teacher told me to use this game for homework and now I'm failed bcs no matter how great my design is, I can only run up to 400m before the game closed. Btw I can't save my design every time I close it. It's a very daunting job to draw the design again and again when you start playing, comparing designs.