Rugged Rovers

3.6
13.7K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

Design and test your own all-terrain space rover! Race against rivals (including friends!) as you jump gaping canyons and cross treacherous boulder fields. Go as far as you can and try to be the top rover!

Rugged Rovers, from the Science Museum in London, UK, features:

- Now you can RACE AGAINST FRIENDS in your network!
- New HIGH SCORES and ACHIEVEMENTS!
- Easy rover drawing tools, including movable motor and resizable wheels
- Dramatic Mars-inspired spacescape to test your rovers to the max
- Jet hover and speed boost to help your rover overcome terrain obstacles
- Top tips about how to solve common rover challenges

Your rover will be up against weird and wonderful designs some by your friends and some by real-life Mars rover engineer Abbie Hutty. Can your designs beat the professionals at their own game?


Play Rugged Rovers anywhere on your mobile or come to the Science Museum’s cutting-edge exhibition Engineer Your Future to play against your friends on our BIG screen.

Find out more about becoming an engineer: sciencemuseum.org.uk/engineeryourfuture
Updated on
Mar 17, 2017

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Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

3.7
11.5K reviews
A Google user
August 3, 2019
This game is very addictive, making yourself constantly wanting to beat your last score. Nice simple graphics and ease of use. Why only 3 stars? Because it's missing the option of racing against friends in real time like at the Science Museum. You only race against their ghost and only one of them at a time. There should be an option to play over Chromecast with the whole family. Another issue is when designing your rover, the buttons are in the way so it's difficult to utilise the whole screen.
19 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
September 11, 2019
Rugged Rovers is a great game. Very creative, and fun to play with your family and friends. But I've discovered this glitch; if you trace around the motor, the cover your rover in the biggest wheels possible it will go much faster than ordinary rovers and will become bouncy. But on the whole I think this game is great 😀😀😀
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Barry Graham
May 13, 2020
This is a great game. I first saw it when I went to the Science Museum with my 13 year old son. I used to go there when I was a kid but now I live in the USA I can't just hop on a train to get there. When we get home we downloaded this version and we play it together regularly, Good father son bonding. The game is fun. Most recently we got over 1000. It's a shame that you can't connect to the Science Museum screen unless you are in the Museum. My phone had run out of power when we were there so I couldn't play it there. Thanks making it available and maybe you will update it some day.
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What's new

Now you can RACE AGAINST FRIENDS in your network!
New HIGH SCORES and ACHIEVEMENTS!