WAR RATS: The Rat em Up - Player count and game stats

WAR RATS: The Rat em Up is tagged as Action, Strategy. It is published by wootusart Industries and released on 20 Nov, 2025. This page tracks live Steam player counts, historical peaks, and regional pricing. Steam player count is currently 2 players live and the all-time peak was 145 concurrent players on 22 November 2025. Current activity is well below its all-time peak.

Developer: wootusart Industries

Publisher: wootusart Industries

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Release Date: 20 Nov, 2025

Official site On Steam Details

Est. sales: 12,705 High confidence

About WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

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!

More WAR RATS: The Rat em Up Details

It's time for the rats... To WAR!

Sidescrolling roguelite shooter meets tower defense with a sprinkle of RPG elements. A hand-drawn rat-filled side-scrolling looter-shooter moba-lite 2D gore-fest inspired by that brutal 90s gaming feel of yore.

Set in a world where rats are the only form of life. Lead your troops to battle and retake the land of Ratopia from TechnoRat: A singular consciousness comprising cyborg rats that want nothing more than to consume all flesh and turn it to metal.

Inspired by games such as Kingdom: New Lands and Futurecop LAPD's Precinct Assault mode (now generally considered to be the first ever MOBA) delivered in a package that evokes the brutal, gory 90s gaming sprites of old, it's a non-stop bloody action game with lovingly hand-drawn art and animation.

Loads of weapons, enemies and loot to be had. You must manage and fight alongside your army to push back the tide of the enemy and get your Ratineer into their base. Sounds simple but it won't be easy.

Current Content:

FULL SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN
HORDE MODE
NEW GAME + (BASICALLY INFINITE RUNS MODE)
CUSTOMIZABLE RATS NEST BASE
SKIRMISH MODE
22 DIFFERENT WEAPONS
OVER 20 RAT UNITS TO FIGHT WITH AND AGAINST
12 UNIQUE MAPS
PLAYER CUSTOMIZATION WITH OVER 1000 SKIN COMBINATIONS
DIFFICULTY OPTIONS (INCLUDING IRON RAT AND FRIENDLY FIRE)
RATS ALL OVER YOUR FAAAAACCEEEE

KEY FEATURES:

Brutal 2D Shooting Action: Engage in brutal, fast-paced, strategic battles against hordes of enemies. (Did I say brutal enough yet?)
Roguelike Progression: Fight through each district and try to reach the TechnoRat HQ and shut them down permanently. On death, spend your hard earned CHz to upgrade your attributes to do better!
Recruit Troops: Going in alone is sure to lead to failure. Make sure you utilize your troops effectively or it's GG. Call in reinforcements at key times to turn the tide of battle in your favour.
Buy New Weapons and Gear: Earn credits (CHz) and upgrade at the shop (rat dealer) to give yourself an edge over the endless hordes that are only going to get stronger and stranger as you get closer to TechnoRat HQ.
Defend Your Base: Build turrets, shrines, walls, resource generators and missile launchers to counter and overwhelm the armies of TechnoRat.
Customizable Difficulty: Set your friendly fire options and choose between 3 different levels of difficulty and 2 starting weapons.
Rats Nest: A customizable level that serves as your base of operations. Access different rooms and game modes here as well as hang out with some of your rat friends.
New Game +: Not just "the campaign again but with a few tweaks", it's a lightly procedurally generated run that will never be exactly the same twice. Keep your progression and increase the challenge each time you beat it.
Horde Mode: Defend your base against endless waves of enemies that get more numerous and stronger as it goes on. The tide comes at you from both sides in this mode, and you have only defensive units to try and hold out!
Iron Rat Mode: If you like a challenge, enable this toggle to turn your run even more hardcore! Start over at level 1 again if you die, but keep the core gameplay loop of upgrading with whatever you earned during that run.
Unique Art Style: Experience the world of Ratopia with graphics all hand-drawn by rat artist wootusart (Me!). (Meaning I am an artist who draws rats, not that I am a rat that is an artist. That would be crazy.)
Customize Your Ratty: Over 880 different combinations of skin components to try out so you can slay in style!
Skirmish Mode: Select any map and choose what enemies to face and just go at it, for practice or for fun. Or both!

The rats have whispered to me in the night that I must make this game. They demand it. I must obey. They scurry in my mind. I cannot sleep. I cannot rest. Until it is done.

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Genres: Action, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported Languages: English
Last Checked: 2026-08-05T05:40:14.493Z

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