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WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

The rats told me to make this game. Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor. The TechnoRat is all consuming!

What works

  • Charming art style and humor
  • Engaging and challenging gameplay
  • Nostalgic flash game feel
  • Strong metal soundtrack
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Some balancing and difficulty spikes
  • Bugs and technical issues reported
  • Short campaign length
  • Ui and inventory management clunky
  • Limited multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

  • Ajax’s Trial

  • Crystal Story II

  • Metal Slug Tactics

  • Trash of the Titans

  • Tabletop Tavern

More exploratory

Games that feels like WAR RATS: The Rat em Up but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Pathway

  • Epic Battle Fantasy 3

  • Home Behind 2

  • Seer's Gambit

  • Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

  • Dark Deity 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like WAR RATS: The Rat em Up but with less leadership over others

  • Gunman Taco Truck

  • Crafty Survivors

  • Castle Of Alchemists

  • Million Depth

  • Karate Survivor

  • Infectonator 3: Apocalypse

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WAR RATS: The Rat em Up: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026