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Rocket Rats cover art

Rocket Rats

Gagonfe · 2024-12-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 26, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Dec 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rocket Rats is a survivors-like game where you defeat cheese-based astral bodies in space – as a rat! Clear waves of enemies, collect cheese, upgrade your gear, and conquer the moon!

10
playing now
94%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 150 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 194% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,579 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.43 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 21 of 33 observed days · $4.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20120120242026Week of 2024-12-17: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2452026-08-12 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.432024-12-172026-08-282024-12-17 — best price $4.192025-02-03 — best price $3.592025-03-13 — best price $3.292025-03-30 — best price $4.792025-04-10 — best price $5.992025-04-21 — best price $5.992025-06-09 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-04 — best price $5.992025-09-15 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-27 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-02-24 — best price $4.402026-03-19 — best price $1.792026-03-27 — best price $4.402026-04-13 — best price $5.992026-04-25 — best price $4.402026-05-28 — best price $4.442026-05-30 — best price $4.482026-06-25 — best price $1.792026-07-11 — best price $4.482026-08-03 — best price $5.992026-08-28 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Luck Essence"
58.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,75841%32
Xbox Series (Xbox)37970%21
Xbox One (Xbox)32073%21
Windows (Xbox)22472%21
PS4 (PlayStation)7396%12

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

Player tags

2DCuteActionCasualShooterVampireColorfulTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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