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Rat Simulator

Visualnoveler · 2017-07-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A survival stealth role-playing simulator where you play as a rat in a suburban neighborhood.

82%
positive of 282 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 25,538 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 282 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-11-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$1.492017-05-092026-10-012017-05-09 — best price $5.392017-06-22 — best price $4.492017-07-27 — best price $8.992017-09-13 — best price $8.992017-10-26 — best price $5.592017-11-22 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $3.192018-02-15 — best price $4.792018-06-21 — best price $3.192018-09-24 — best price $5.592018-10-29 — best price $4.792018-11-21 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $3.192019-02-04 — best price $5.592019-06-25 — best price $3.992019-10-28 — best price $4.792019-11-26 — best price $4.792019-12-19 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $5.592020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-10-29 — best price $3.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $2.392021-02-11 — best price $5.592021-06-24 — best price $3.192021-10-28 — best price $5.592021-11-24 — best price $5.592021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-01-27 — best price $4.792022-06-23 — best price $2.392022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $2.392025-03-13 — best price $1.592025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-17 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
66.6%
earned "Plague Bearer"
36.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)24224%10

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

Player tags

IndieMemesCasualSimulationSouls-likePsychological Horror

Census log

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

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