Games like RATSHAKER™
If RATSHAKER™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alyanom, Liminal Department and Horror School Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →RATSHAKER™ is a 2024 first-person psychological horror experience that tasks players with solving environmental puzzles through a seemingly absurd premise involving shaking a rat. Developed by Sunscorched Studios, the game combines atmospheric exploration with collectible hunting and interactive object manipulation across a short campaign. Reviewers highlight how the experience balances dark humor with genuine psychological tension, with the atmosphere shifting between comedic and unsettling tones as players progress. Players describe the atmosphere as eerie and hypnotic, noting the rat reacts visibly and audibly to player actions with memorable moments such as the bloody wall drawing. The game is verified for Steam Deck play and priced at $2.99. With a 94% positive rating from over 2900 Steam reviews, it delivers atmospheric horror without relying on cheap jump scares.
About RATSHAKER™: RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?
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Steam players who put hours into RATSHAKER™ also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Alyanom
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Top pick for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with RATSHAKER™.
EXPLORE 6 entropic gateways ranging from a liminal swimming pool to an empty art museum with up to 4 friends. MEMORIZE before they change each loop, then CATALOG if any ANOMALIES occur. Spaces shift from horrific entities to comedic encounters, we have no idea what's in there, that's your job.
Liminal Department
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department
Horror School Story
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Third-strongest match for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Immerse yourself in the foreboding atmosphere of Enspire School of Digital Art, brought to life with realistic graphics. Solve intricate puzzles and face psychological challenges to progress through the nightmarish school environment. FACE YOUR FEAR and ESCAPE THE NIGHT.
Deadhead: Autorail
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Ranked #4 for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Learn what a hostile workplace truly feels like on this ever-changing haunted train. Can you trust yourself to make the right decisions? Will you figure out the train's dark secrets on this journey or the next?
Escape Floor Zero
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Ranked #5 for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Trapped in an infinite parking lot, your only escape is through Floor Zero. Detect subtle anomalies and make crucial decisions in this mind-bending, psychological horror experience. Dare to escape the unescapable? If you see an anomaly... turn back.
Blue Maiden
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Ranked #6 for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with RATSHAKER™.
A slow-burning, psychological horror walking sim set in a haunted Japanese neighborhood.
A Mirror, Darkly
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Ranked #7 for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with RATSHAKER™.
Explore your surrounds in this short narrative using a novel mechanic to find objects in a mirror's reflection
Sludge Department
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Ranked #8 for RATSHAKER™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
A murky point-and-click puzzle game where a straightforward repair job gets stranger the deeper you go. Solve 2D and 3D puzzles, meet weird characters, and figure out what is happening below the sludge.
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SILENT HILL 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with RATSHAKER™.
Reviewers of RATSHAKER™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Project Zomboid
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Shares a tense mood with RATSHAKER™.
Reviewers of RATSHAKER™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Mouthwashing
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Shares point and click, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with RATSHAKER™.
Reviewers of RATSHAKER™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RATSHAKER™ at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Casual with RATSHAKER™.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with RATSHAKER™.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with RATSHAKER™.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under RATSHAKER™ on Steam right now. Shares Casual with RATSHAKER™.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with RATSHAKER™.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with RATSHAKER™.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with RATSHAKER™.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with RATSHAKER™.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RATSHAKER™.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Frequently asked about RATSHAKER™
- Is RATSHAKER™ verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — RATSHAKER™ is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does RATSHAKER™ cost?
- RATSHAKER™ is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to RATSHAKER™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RATSHAKER™ are Alyanom, Liminal Department, Horror School Story.
- Who developed RATSHAKER™?
- RATSHAKER™ was developed by Sunscorched Studios and published by Sunscorched Studios, Dark Product.
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