The Game Census
Ratz Instagib cover art

Ratz Instagib

Lino Slahuschek · Rarebyte · 2016-07-27

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2016 (Mac)

Shoot first, eat cheese later! Jump into a fast, frenetic and exciting one-hit, one-kill FPS arena shooter with a totally level playing field, tonnes of maps, customisation and a robust map editor!

3
playing now
90%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.79
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 98k–236k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,935 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2017-11-28) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 10 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.892015-01-222026-08-172015-01-22 — best price $7.992015-09-28 — best price $7.992016-02-05 — best price $2.242016-08-05 — best price $8.292016-12-22 — best price $2.242017-07-12 — best price $2.242018-01-04 — best price $8.992018-07-09 — best price $2.242018-11-15 — best price $2.242019-04-25 — best price $8.992019-09-13 — best price $2.242020-01-23 — best price $1.792020-05-21 — best price $8.992020-06-12 — best price $8.992020-08-01 — best price $8.992020-09-10 — best price $8.992020-09-29 — best price $7.992020-10-17 — best price $7.992020-11-17 — best price $8.992020-12-31 — best price $8.992021-01-20 — best price $8.992021-02-11 — best price $1.792021-03-18 — best price $1.792021-05-18 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $1.792021-09-08 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $8.992021-12-03 — best price $7.992022-01-28 — best price $6.602022-05-06 — best price $1.792022-07-08 — best price $7.992022-08-26 — best price $6.602022-11-04 — best price $8.992023-07-17 — best price $4.492023-12-21 — best price $3.592024-07-29 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-10-13 — best price $4.492026-05-25 — best price $8.992026-08-17 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
30.6%
earned "Pixel Explosion"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,3053%13

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

FPSGoreIndieActionHorrorShooterStylizedFast-PacedMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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