Rugged Rovers
Science Museum Racing
Design your own space rover and travel further than your friends!
- Rating
- 3.6
- 13.5K ratings
- Downloads
- 1M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Mar 11
- 2026 · v1.2.0
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About Rugged Rovers
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
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
What’s new
Version 1.2.0 · Updated March 11, 2026
Security fixes.
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User reviews
Awesome just wish I could do it with others home
Fun game. Slightly unsure of the mechanics, maybe some over simplification, but great for exploration nonetheless.
Good
Dis dah shiz
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 f...
I like space and planets so I got this game.
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