WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

Steam Deck Playable

wootusart Industries · Action · Nov 20, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $11.99. It has been as low as $7.19.

96%
Very Positive
386 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 386 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
i had bought a copy for myself and my partner to check the game out because it really did seem neat because we both like that sort of gameplay and like rats.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing is very tongue-in-cheek, and it did actually get a laugh out of me.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Also, the soundtrack is a banger, buy it if you can along with game. :)
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Music, art style, and gameplay all feels like an old flash game in the best way possible.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
how the fucc do I need a better specs when the game is literary a 2D side scroller and I'm on less than 10 fps I have to lower my native resolution to 800x600 just to get 20-30 fps like how I am Baffled but great game hope u guys do some optimization on it as the game feels like Good'ol Y8 flash games good times
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay36 reviews
Story and characters24 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
93%
Interface8 reviews
88%
Bugs7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat23 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $11.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.19.

5 points recordedtoday · $11.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.