ActionFit check
Is Rocket Rats worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fans of survivors-like games who want wave combat and build-focused upgrades
- Action players who prefer a lunar setting and cheese-themed enemies
- Players who enjoy persistent progression alongside repeated combat runs
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-led adventure rather than repeated enemy-wave survival runs
- Players who prefer fixed character abilities instead of choosing upgrades and developing builds
- Players looking for rhythm, platforming, or crafting-focused gameplay
Our take on Rocket Rats
Instead of placing rats in a conventional terrestrial survival arena, Rocket Rats moves wave combat to the moon and centers its enemies, resources, and playable cast on cheese-themed space rodents. Persistent skill-tree progression also extends beyond the immediate run.
What is Rocket Rats?
Rocket Rats is a survivors-like action game set on the moon, where rats extract cheese for a space base.
Players shoot successive groups of cheese-themed enemies while avoiding being surrounded. During each run, upgrades can add Star Allies that attack alongside the player, lightning attacks, poison effects, and statistical improvements suited to different builds. Cheese gathered during play can fund permanent improvements and skill-tree progression. The game also includes unlockable rat characters, including a nerdy rodent, a battered soldier, and a mecha-rat. Its structure combines wave-based survival, temporary run upgrades, persistent progression, and character unlocking within a lunar setting.
How Rocket Rats plays
- 01Wave-Based Combat
- Players shoot successive groups of lunar enemies while managing the risk of being surrounded.
- 02Run Upgrade Choices
- Options include allied attackers, lightning abilities, poison effects, and statistical improvements.
- 03Permanent Progression
- Collected cheese funds lasting stat improvements through skill-tree development.
- 04Unlockable Rats
- Playable characters include a nerdy rat, a battered soldier, and a mecha-rat.
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Rocket Rats: platforms & release
Is Rocket Rats worth it?
It is worth it if: fans of survivors-like games who want wave combat and build-focused upgrades. Skip it if: players seeking a story-led adventure rather than repeated enemy-wave survival runs.
Where can I download Rocket Rats?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Rocket Rats's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Rocket Rats on?
Windows only.
