Fit check
Is WAR RATS: The Rat em Up worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want sidescrolling shooting combined with tower defense
- Solo players seeking campaign runs with persistent upgrades and New Game+
- Fans of rat-themed games who want troop management and base construction
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a multiplayer-focused experience rather than a single-player game
- Players who prefer a straightforward shooter without base building, troop management, or repeated runs
- Players looking for a small set of weapons and maps rather than 22 weapons and 12 maps
Our take on WAR RATS: The Rat em Up
Its defining structure is the combination of sidescrolling shooting and tower defense, requiring the player to fight alongside rat troops while constructing defenses against enemy waves.
What is WAR RATS: The Rat em Up?
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up combines a sidescrolling roguelite shooter with tower defense and RPG elements.
Players fight alongside recruited rat units, call in reinforcements, collect loot, buy weapons, and upgrade attributes between runs. Defensive construction includes turrets, walls, shrines, resource generators, and missile launchers. The single-player campaign spans 12 maps, with Horde, Skirmish, and New Game+ modes. New Game+ uses light procedural generation, while Horde Mode sends increasingly strong waves from both sides of the base. The game includes 22 weapons, more than 20 rat units, three difficulty levels, friendly-fire options, Iron Rat Mode, and a customizable base. Rat appearances can be altered through more than 880 skin-component combinations.
How WAR RATS: The Rat em Up plays
- 01Troop-Based Combat
- Recruit more than 20 rat units, fight beside them, and call reinforcements during battles.
- 02Base Construction
- Place turrets, walls, shrines, resource generators, and missile launchers to defend against enemy forces.
- 03Roguelite Progression
- Spend credits earned during runs on attribute upgrades, weapons, gear, and other improvements.
- 04Multiple Game Modes
- The single-player campaign is joined by Horde Mode, Skirmish Mode, and a lightly procedurally generated New Game+.
- 05Difficulty Options
- Choose from three difficulty levels, two starting weapons, friendly-fire settings, and Iron Rat Mode.
- 06Rat Customization
- Customize the player character with more than 880 combinations of skin components.
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up compared to similar games
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense, loot, leveling, pets, and character customization, while WAR RATS: The Rat em Up focuses on single-player sidescrolling shooting, troop recruitment, and roguelite runs. Anomaly: Warzone Earth also mixes action and strategy through a reversed tower-defense format, whereas WAR RATS places the player directly in combat alongside units and includes base construction.
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up: platforms & release
Is WAR RATS: The Rat em Up worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want sidescrolling shooting combined with tower defense. Skip it if: players seeking a multiplayer-focused experience rather than a single-player game.
Where can I download WAR RATS: The Rat em Up?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens WAR RATS: The Rat em Up's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is WAR RATS: The Rat em Up on?
Windows only.
