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Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge

Invent4 Entertainment · Strategy First · 2009-07-20

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 20, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game where rats finally get their bloody revenge on their new prisoners: The cats. Come up with creative solutions for each puzzle using physics, functional objects, and your specially trained Rats. Try different ways of solving each puzzle to finish faster or earn higher scores.

Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge is a $1.99 Indie game released in 2009, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (79% of 14834 reviews).

4
playing now
79%
positive of 15k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
32/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Bad Rats: The Rats' Revenge is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Invent4 Entertainment. Over a string of levels, the player places a set of rats and static objects to guide a ball towards a trap that kills a cat. Bad Rats was released as Invent4 Entertainment's debut game on 20 July 2009 via Steam, followed by releases on other services in 2010. While it received no reviews at release, retrospective pieces criticised the game's graphics, puzzles, and physics. Bad Rats is considered an oddity for having been released on Steam while the platform's catalogue was still hand-curated. It became a popular gag gift on Steam, leading to more than 400,000 owners by 2018. A sequel, Bad Rats Show, was released on the seventh anniversary of Bad Rats in 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 593k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,826 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at IndieGala Store (2018-06-18) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 28 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1032026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
821Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 24May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 6Oct 2013 — avg 5 · peak 45Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 18Aug 2014 — avg 37 · peak 260Jan 2015 — avg 53 · peak 161Jun 2015 — avg 61 · peak 169Nov 2015 — avg 20 · peak 37Apr 2016 — avg 27 · peak 65Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 51Feb 2017 — avg 20 · peak 67Jul 2017 — avg 27 · peak 42Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 117May 2018 — avg 17 · peak 115Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 78Mar 2019 — avg 15 · peak 24Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 22Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 47Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 59 · peak 1,526Sep 2021 — avg 38 · peak 511Feb 2022 — avg 25 · peak 199Jul 2022 — avg 25 · peak 396Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 103May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 38Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 351Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.152015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $0.192015-12-01 — best price $0.242016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-05-16 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $0.382019-04-04 — best price $0.992019-10-14 — best price $0.992020-03-23 — best price $0.492020-06-10 — best price $0.892020-07-20 — best price $0.892020-08-17 — best price $0.492020-09-23 — best price $0.892020-11-06 — best price $0.992020-12-05 — best price $0.992021-01-21 — best price $0.152021-03-02 — best price $0.992021-03-30 — best price $0.892021-05-05 — best price $0.992021-06-04 — best price $0.992021-09-21 — best price $0.892021-12-11 — best price $0.992022-04-07 — best price $0.992022-07-25 — best price $0.992022-12-10 — best price $0.722023-03-16 — best price $0.542023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-12-18 — best price $1.992024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-09-09 — best price $0.242026-01-22 — best price $1.992026-05-14 — best price $0.402026-08-21 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10282026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 23 pageviews2026-07-05 — 17 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 28 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-10 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 pageviews2026-08-30 — 15 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 31 pageviews2026-09-15 — 17 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 13 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 18 pageviews2026-10-05 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
15.8%
earned "Fast Thinker "
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreCo-opIndieHentaiMaturePuzzlePhysicsViolentAddictive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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