Sky Racket

Double Dash Studios · Oct 22, 2019

Everyone

About

The universe is in peril! Two kids are chosen to hold the powerful artifact "Sky Racket" and put a stop to an evil tyrant. Play as Racket Boy or Racket Girl, and with the help of cute and strong buddies, travel through a nonsense dystopian pixel art universe in a fast paced Shoot'em Up inspired game. Use your mighty Sky Racket to strike back at enemies and anything in your way, from cute blocks to gigantic half-peeled banana bosses.

Trailers & screenshots

Scores by platform

PC

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 9.6

Nintendo Switch

Critic 7.2 (7 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

NintendoLife
Mark MSX · May 28, 2020
7.0
The most difficult part of reviewing Sky Racket is knowing which audience is going to be the most interested in the game. As mentioned before, while the boss fights are fun and full of stuff to dodge, the block sections of the game may be too slow-paced for the more dedicated shmup fans. With that being said, it is also possible that the people looking for a relaxing experience of Tennis and Break-Out might be taken off guard by the more demanding boss fights.
Read review from NintendoLife (opens in a new tab)
Gamezebo
Maria Alexander · May 05, 2020
7.0
Sky Racket is also quite a short game, and could leave you feeling a little short-changed if you pay full price for it. As mentioned this is an experience best played with two players, but still doesn’t quite offer enough to make it your next must-play co-op title. Ultimately in borrowing from so many genres Sky Racket is hugely appealing and hard to resist on a base level, but somehow lacks the clarity of the classics it cribs from.
Read review from Gamezebo (opens in a new tab)
Shacknews
Donovan Erskine · Apr 09, 2020
8.0
Sky Racket is an excitingly fun love letter to retro gaming. Double Dash manages to marry two genres in such a way that makes it feel like they should’ve been together all along. The game suffers from an overall lack in content, but just about everything there is terrific. Now hitting the Switch, Sky Racket is a great addition to the eShop.
Read review from Shacknews (opens in a new tab)
Nintendo World Report
Jordan Rudek · Mar 18, 2020
7.5
If you don’t mind running through stages multiple times to achieve all of the objectives, or you’re looking for a fresh and compact co-op game, Sky Racket is certainly worth a look. The amount of content and the controls do leave something to be desired, though.
Read review from Nintendo World Report (opens in a new tab)
Cubed3
Renan Fontes · Aug 06, 2022
7.0
Short, sweet, and essentially a Sega Mega Drive shoot 'em up developed for modern audiences, Sky Racket is a fantastic throwback to 16-bit gaming. Emphasising mechanical mastery and pattern memorisation, the core design is philosophically in-line with the era it's throwing back to - a sight for sore eyes, considering so many indies never take their inspiration beyond the surface level.
Read review from Cubed3 (opens in a new tab)
CGMagazine
Joe DeClara · Apr 08, 2020
5.0
Ultimately, in trying to combine shoot-em-ups and brick breakers, Sky Racket misses the point of both genres. Its reliance on enemies’ projectiles is a clever concept, but poorly implemented. And the level design and difficulty are so inconsistent, one can only wonder how much thought was put into the game after the core concepts were conceived.
Read review from CGMagazine (opens in a new tab)