Games like Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
If Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge is your kind of game, the closest matches are BloodRayne (Legacy), Manhunt and Hotline Miami — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, dark and funny. 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 →Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge is a 2009 indie physics puzzle game in which players construct contraptions using rats as functional tools within a gridless physics simulation. Each puzzle requires momentum-and-angle planning alongside precise rat-activation timing to complete objectives, with multiple solutions potentially yielding different scores. Invent4 Entertainment developed the title, published by Strategy First, and players describe the level design as charming and unpredictable, with the physics-based puzzles encouraging creative problem-solving. Reviewers highlight that the story subverts expectations of a straightforward revenge fantasy, offering an unexpectedly heartwarming tale of underdog rebellion with emotional depth. Players describe the overall experience as comedic, dark, funny, and whimsical. The game holds an 81 percent positive rating from 5,179 Steam reviews and is available for $1.99.
About Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge: Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game where rats finally get their bloody revenge on their new prisoners: The cats. Come up with creative solutions for each puzzle using physics, functional objects, and your specially trained Rats. Try different ways of solving each puzzle to finish faster or earn higher scores.
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BloodRayne (Legacy)
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Shares a dark mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Top pick for Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
In the years between the World Wars, Agent BloodRayne works as a killing machine for The Brimstone Society--a top secret fraternity that hunts down and destroys supernatural threats. Starring heroine Rayne, this original action horror game unleashed the red headed dhampir on the world.
Manhunt
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Shares a dark mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Second-strongest match for Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Hotline Miami
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Shares a dark mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Third-strongest match for Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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POSTAL 2
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Shares a dark mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Reviewers of Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
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?
Hollow Knight
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Reviewers of Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Dustborn
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Shares a whimsical mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Reviewers of Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Shares a dark mood with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
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?
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
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 ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
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Priced ~50% under Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
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 with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Frequently asked about Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
- How much does Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge cost?
- Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge are BloodRayne (Legacy), Manhunt, Hotline Miami.
- Who developed Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge?
- Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge was developed by Invent4 Entertainment and published by Strategy First.
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