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WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

wootusart Industries · 2025-11-20

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The rats told me to make this game. Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor. The TechnoRat is all consuming!

WAR RATS: The Rat em Up is an Action and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 388 reviews).

95%
positive of 399 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.0k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 399 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2026-07-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420252026Week of 2025-04-22: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$7.192025-04-222026-08-062025-04-22 — best price $9.592025-04-29 — best price $9.592025-05-05 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-08-08 — best price $8.992025-08-22 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-11-20 — best price $8.392025-12-04 — best price $11.992026-01-15 — best price $8.392026-01-29 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $8.392026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-04-23 — best price $7.792026-05-05 — best price $11.992026-06-04 — best price $7.792026-06-11 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $7.792026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-07-29 — best price $7.192026-08-06 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "We Are Legion"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1733%40

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

Player tags

2DMOBAFunnyActionCartoonShooterDifficultHand-drawnRogue-liteEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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