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The Hour of the Rat

Sokpop Collective · 2020-01-17

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 05, 2019 (Mac), Jun 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Hour of the Rat is a platformer about an assassination attempt on an emperor. Use limited resources to succeed within a limited time.

The Hour of the Rat is an Action and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 18 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-29

50%
positive of 18 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 80% of 27,869 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202024Week of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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