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Bad Rats Show

Invent4 Entertainment · Strategy First · 2016-07-20

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bad Rats Show is a physics puzzle game where the rats exact their bloody revenge against their main enemies: the Cats. Solve puzzles in 2D and 3D maps using physics, objects and specially trained Rats. All new Rats and Cats, but with the same classic and questionable Bad Rats humor.

Bad Rats Show is a 2016 Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 963 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
79%
positive of 963 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 963 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.19 at Epic Game Store (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 26 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2502026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
131Jul 2016Sep 2024Jul 2016 — avg 10 · peak 53Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2017 — avg 10 · peak 34Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 12Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 48Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 105Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 20Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 37Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 72Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 345Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 180Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.292016-07-202026-08-212016-07-20 — best price $4.242017-07-05 — best price $1.992018-01-25 — best price $1.252018-05-07 — best price $1.992018-08-23 — best price $0.402019-01-21 — best price $1.992019-08-20 — best price $1.652020-03-23 — best price $0.492020-06-15 — best price $1.992020-07-29 — best price $1.792020-09-08 — best price $1.792020-10-12 — best price $0.302020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-01-22 — best price $1.592021-03-03 — best price $1.592021-04-05 — best price $1.592021-05-14 — best price $0.402021-06-21 — best price $1.992021-09-02 — best price $1.992021-11-04 — best price $0.402021-12-25 — best price $1.652022-04-18 — best price $1.592022-07-11 — best price $0.442022-11-29 — best price $0.392023-02-11 — best price $1.462023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-11-27 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.392024-07-18 — best price $0.392024-12-18 — best price $1.992025-06-12 — best price $0.302025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-05-21 — best price $1.992026-08-21 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
20.5%
earned "Unlock Chapter II"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55124%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieMemesActionCasualComedyMaturePuzzleViolent

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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