Space Rovers

The pitch

Strap in and get ready to conquer the Red Planet in Space Rovers — a physics-based rover builder and cargo delivery game where your engineering skills are the key to survival. Design unique vehicles, transport goods across unforgiving Martian landscapes, and experience the thrill of interplanetary logistics like never before.

Controls & how it runs

Assemble rovers from a wide selection of wheels and blocks. No two vehicles are the same — each build reflects your creativity and problem-solving skills. Whether you favor compact designs or massive cargo haulers, the possibilities are endless. Desktop Controls: ↑ (Up Arrow) / → (Right Arrow): Move forward. ↓ (Down Arrow) / ← (Left Arrow): Move backwards. Mobile Controls: Left Pedal: Move forward. Right Pedal: Move backwards.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Space Rovers — quick-fire questions

Does Space Rovers cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Space Rovers?

It stands on our Space row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Space Rovers on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Space Rovers is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Space row is powered on and waiting — Eleven space cabinets — zero-gravity drifts, orbital trick shots and the occasional very lost astronaut. The final frontier, pocket-sized.