Fit check
Is Kill A Million Rats worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want village building alongside action combat rather than a combat-only game
- Roguelike fans who prefer changing powers, resources, enemies, buildings, and allies between runs
- Strategy players who enjoy recruiting animal companions and defending a settlement
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed campaign may find the repeatedly generated worlds and changing options unsuitable
- Players who prefer a narrow combat system may not enjoy managing resources, buildings, allies, and powers together
- Players looking for a quiet or low-conflict forest game may not suit the large-scale rat extermination focus
Our take on Kill A Million Rats
Instead of separating base development from direct combat, the game places village expansion, resource gathering, exploration, and rat fighting within the same roguelike structure. Its recurring objective is framed around protecting cute animal villagers while confronting an enormous invading horde.
What is Kill A Million Rats?
Kill A Million Rats combines village construction, roguelike exploration, action combat, and turn-based strategy.
Each new game generates a different world with changing powers, resources, enemies, buildings, and potential allies. The player explores a forest valley, gathers resources, develops a village, recruits animal companions, and protects villagers from the Rat King and his forces. As the Spirit of Vengeance, the player uses magical abilities to defeat large numbers of rats, with dozens of powers available for selection and upgrades. The game supports keyboard, mouse, and controller input. Its animal cast includes rabbits, mice, cats, dogs, pigs, stags, bears, monkeys, birds, and other creatures presented in hand-drawn art.
How Kill A Million Rats plays
- 01Procedural World Generation
- New games vary the available powers, resources, enemies, buildings, and allies.
- 02Village Construction
- Collected resources fund buildings that expand the settlement and support its defense.
- 03Recruitable Animal Allies
- The player can rally forest animals, including rabbits, cats, dogs, bears, and birds.
- 04Upgradeable Powers
- Dozens of magical abilities can be selected and improved for combat.
- 05Multiple Input Methods
- Desktop controls and a gamepad are supported.
Kill A Million Rats compared to similar games
Until We Die centers on defending an underground subway base for about 30 game days, while Kill A Million Rats combines settlement growth with exploration across procedurally generated worlds. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense and adds loot, leveling, pets, and character customization; Kill A Million Rats instead focuses on roguelike variation, village construction, recruitable allies, and upgradeable powers.
Kill A Million Rats: platforms & release
Is Kill A Million Rats worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want village building alongside action combat rather than a combat-only game. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed campaign may find the repeatedly generated worlds and changing options unsuitable.
Where can I download Kill A Million Rats?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Kill A Million Rats's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Kill A Million Rats on?
Windows only.
