Games like Kill A Million Rats
Below are 17 hand-picked alternatives to Kill A Million Rats for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Kill A Million Rats also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Nerdook Productions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Kill A Million Rats: A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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9 Lives to Defend
Top pick for Kill A Million Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
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Kitty's Last Adventure
Second-strongest match for Kill A Million Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Kill A Million Rats.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
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Cluckmech Oasis
Third-strongest match for Kill A Million Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
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Lumencraft
Ranked #4 for Kill A Million Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
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Thronefall
Ranked #5 for Kill A Million Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
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More from Nerdook Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Nerdook Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Monster Slayers
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Action and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Reverse Crawl
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
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Rogue AI Simulator
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
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Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Action with Kill A Million Rats.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
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The Magister
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Action and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
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The Magister - The First Two Days
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Action and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
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Rogue AI: Idle Domination
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind Kill A Million Rats. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
A Rogue A.I. simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen. Take over the world while taking care of other tasks!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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9 Lives to Defend
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Kill A Million Rats.
Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
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Kitty's Last Adventure
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Kill A Million Rats.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
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Lumencraft
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
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Thronefall
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Kill A Million Rats.
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Frequently asked about Kill A Million Rats
- How much does Kill A Million Rats cost?
- Kill A Million Rats is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kill A Million Rats?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kill A Million Rats are 9 Lives to Defend, Kitty's Last Adventure, Cluckmech Oasis.
- Who developed Kill A Million Rats?
- Kill A Million Rats was developed by Nerdook Productions and published by Surefire.Games.
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