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Ratropolis cover art

Ratropolis

Cassel Games · 2020-12-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (iOS), Nov 01, 2019 (Mac), Nov 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

22
playing now
88%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Ratropolis combines roguelite, deck building, and tower defense with real time strategy gameplay. Lead your small rat outpost to safety and defend your rat citizens from predators and monstrous creatures. Build the largest 'Ratropolis!' and etch your name into rat history! Choose from over 500 cards of economy, building, military, and skill types to execute your strategic command. All leaders begin their journey with a deck of 8 basic cards. Building an efficient deck is key for protecting your rats from waves of rat-thirsty enemies. Add, remove and upgrade your cards to create a deck worthy (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (960 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 110k–248k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,507 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-04-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
90290220192026Week of 2019-11-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

49102026-08-07 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$4.492019-11-012026-07-092019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $11.992020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-09-21 — best price $10.492020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $10.492021-02-11 — best price $14.392021-04-26 — best price $17.992021-06-24 — best price $12.592021-10-25 — best price $17.992021-11-24 — best price $12.592022-01-05 — best price $17.992022-02-28 — best price $12.592022-05-09 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-07-13 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-03-25 — best price $8.992024-06-24 — best price $17.992024-07-29 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-04-21 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-12-06 — best price $17.992026-01-29 — best price $7.192026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $7.192026-07-09 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "General"
22.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, French, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6302%46

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCasualFantasyStrategySurvivalCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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