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A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1

The Dreamerians · HandyGames · 2026-04-03

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 03, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 03, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Apr 03, 2026 (Xbox One)

Mat, a young rat, is willing to risk everything for love. Determined to reunite with Nat, a pet mouse, he secretly ventures to the upper floors of "the Giants" house. Longing for a new life on the "Outside", Mat's actions and the dark secrets harbored by his commune put both their lives in danger.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $16.49, with a Positive review sentiment (88% of 40 reviews).

88%
positive of 40 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.49
steam price (US)

Mat is a young male rat that lives among a rat commune in an abandoned wine cellar, together with his best friend Toby and other rodents. Having felt in love with Nat, a female house mouse kept as a pet in the upper floors, he decides to become a Scavenger, for sneaking to his beloved somehow officially. Being from different worlds, they plot a plan to escape to “the outside” together. His overconfidence however puts them in peril’s way, and not everything in the commune is as it seems. In a series of unlucky events, Mat finds himself alone, far away from the house. He must make his way back (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$21.99

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12-month high $21.99 · on sale 22 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820262026Week of 2026-04-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$21.99$16.492026-08-272026-10-152026-08-27 — best price $16.492026-08-29 — best price $16.492026-08-31 — best price $16.492026-09-02 — best price $16.492026-09-04 — best price $16.492026-09-06 — best price $16.492026-09-08 — best price $16.492026-09-10 — best price $16.492026-09-12 — best price $16.492026-09-14 — best price $16.492026-09-16 — best price $16.492026-09-18 — best price $21.992026-09-20 — best price $21.992026-09-22 — best price $21.992026-09-24 — best price $21.992026-09-26 — best price $21.992026-09-28 — best price $21.992026-09-30 — best price $21.992026-10-02 — best price $21.992026-10-04 — best price $21.992026-10-06 — best price $21.992026-10-08 — best price $21.992026-10-10 — best price $21.992026-10-12 — best price $21.992026-10-14 — best price $21.992026-10-15 — best price $21.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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