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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.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 961 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 961 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 31 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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