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Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2009

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Quick resume

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.

Global score

79/100

Genres

Indie

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    Pros

    • Highly creative puzzle gameplay
    • Low price with good value
    • Emotional and escapist appeal
    • Community and multiplayer content
    • Challenging physics-based puzzles

    Cons

    • Glitchy physics and crashes
    • Simple graphics and sound
    • Limited story depth
    • Lack of leadership or social intimacy
    • Some repetitive or frustrating moments

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players can draw their own platforms and solve puzzles creatively, allowing personal control over actions."

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    • Competence

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      "The game challenges players with physics-based puzzles requiring skillful design and iterative testing to succeed."

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    • Competition

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      "No strong evidence of competitive multiplayer or ranked modes; focus is on story and personal progression."

      Capsule for Yakuza Kiwami 2 Yakuza Kiwami 2

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    • Continuation

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      "Many reviews mention long play sessions, replayability, and habitual engagement, indicating strong desire to keep playing."

      Capsule for House of Detention House of Detention

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    • Cooperation

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      "Some players mention solving puzzles with friends, but gameplay is primarily individual."

      Capsule for Pro Office Calculator Pro Office Calculator

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    • Creativity

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      "Players create and optimize highly individual solutions with many possible approaches to each puzzle."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are minimal and balanced."

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and personal desire."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Core gameplay involves discovering and testing new puzzle rules and mechanics continuously."

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    • Exploration

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      "Some exploration of maps and puzzle modes, but mostly familiar environments and repeated maps."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "Players experience imaginative fiction with anthropomorphic rats, fantasy cards, and fictional scenarios."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community and multiplayer aspects foster some social connection, though many players play solo."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop problem-solving skills and learn physics concepts through gameplay."

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    • Health

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      "No physical activity or health-related features; gameplay is sedentary."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to solve puzzles; not a casual or background game."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are limited and mostly surface-level; no evidence of close relationship formation."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or authoritative roles described; players participate individually or equally."

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    • Progression

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      "Players unlock achievements and complete levels, showing accumulation of progress."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Many players find the game calming and emotionally soothing despite some challenging moments."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "Achievements and progress are mostly personal; little emphasis on social recognition or popularity"

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    • Story

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      "Game has a narrative with characters and lore, though some reviews note limited or abstract story elements."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Intimacy, Survival.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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