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Ratropolis

Cassel Games · 2020-12-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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!

Ratropolis is a Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 5543 reviews).

29
playing now
88%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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)

Trailer

Ratropolis trailer thumbnail

Ratropolis Launch Announcement Trailer

≈15,781 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 29 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 2% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 111k–249k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,543 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 8 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

53102026-09-15 13:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 44 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 29 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 25 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 42 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 53 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
72221Nov 2019Aug 2026Nov 2019 — avg 476 · peak 1,290Feb 2020 — avg 332 · peak 788May 2020 — avg 151 · peak 435Aug 2020 — avg 86 · peak 189Nov 2020 — avg 229 · peak 496Feb 2021 — avg 327 · peak 606May 2021 — avg 154 · peak 424Aug 2021 — avg 104 · peak 184Nov 2021 — avg 102 · peak 227Feb 2022 — avg 120 · peak 246May 2022 — avg 86 · peak 188Aug 2022 — avg 56 · peak 109Nov 2022 — avg 61 · peak 216Feb 2023 — avg 98 · peak 201May 2023 — avg 58 · peak 112Aug 2023 — avg 50 · peak 105Nov 2023 — avg 81 · peak 208Feb 2024 — avg 44 · peak 90May 2024 — avg 41 · peak 81Aug 2024 — avg 49 · peak 124Nov 2024 — avg 36 · peak 74Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 59 · peak 127Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 62Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 58Feb 2026 — avg 27 · peak 68May 2026 — avg 27 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 221
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$4.492019-11-012026-09-012019-11-01 — 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 $7.192026-09-01 — best price $6.11
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-07 (Steam store data)

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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