According to PC Data, which tracked computer game sales in the United States, sales of "Rocket Jockey" reached nearly 3,000 copies by the end of February 1997. Erica Smith of CNET Gamecenter described these figures as "grim". Writing for "Wired", John Alderman explained that the game and Rocket Science's "Obsidian" both "failed to generate the sales needed to justify costs", despite a high level of pre-release excitement. As a result, the company could not secure funding from a publisher to develop another game, and was forced to close in April 1997.