Some games only need one button, and Rocket Dash makes that button count. You're piloting a little rocket through an endless field of glowing energy pillars, tapping, clicking, or pressing Space to fire your thrusters and rise, then releasing to fall. Slip through each narrow gap. Repeat. That's the whole contract, and it's a good one.

The pressure comes from the drift. Survive longer and the pillars crowd tighter and the pace pushes harder, so the run that felt breezy at the start turns into a white-knuckle balancing act between too much thrust and not enough. One touch of a pillar, the ceiling, or the ground and it's over — which is exactly the kind of clean, honest failure that makes you tap Play again.

It runs on both desktop and mobile with the same single input, so it's equally at home on a keyboard or a thumb. If you like endless arcade games built around one tight mechanic, this is a quick and moreish one. There are more arcade games waiting when you finally crash.