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2025PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive11.79 €

A hand-drawn 2D side-scrolling shooter blending tower defence and light RPG loot, where you fight other rats in gory battles. It channels the brutal feel of 90s games.

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  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Strong character progression
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The closest matches for War Rats: The Rat em Up are Mercenary Kings, Luftrausers and OTXO. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes War Rats: The Rat em Up special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Mercenary Kings

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2014PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified70 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about War Rats: The Rat em Up: good gunplay, deep character progression and action-packed real-time combat.

A pixel-art 2D run-and-gun where you take on mercenary missions across an island and craft your own guns, blades and armor from harvested materials. Playable solo or in co-op, built around a loot-and-upgrade loop.

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Luftrausers

Shooting and gunplay

A frantic arcade plane shooter from Vlambeer where you mix and match weapons, bodies and engines to take down aircraft and ships. Punchy feel, a stylish sepia look and relentless high-score chasing keep you coming back.

OTXO

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A brutal top-down roguelite shooter where you slow time to blast and brawl through a mansion full of enemies. Fast runs, precise aiming and a stylish, dark look define it.

Gungrave G.O.R.E

Shooting and gunplay

A flashy third-person shooter where you mow down hordes as the resurrected Grave with dual pistols and a coffin weapon. It focuses on over-the-top combos and revenge in a stylized comic look.

Orcs Must Die!

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Third-person tower defense where you lay traps in fortress corridors and join the fight with crossbow and spells as orc hordes get flung, sliced and burned in slapstick chain reactions. A cocky war mage hero keeps the tone gleefully comedic.

Onraid

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter with platforming elements that lets you develop your own play style and tactics against enemies. Details are limited, so this rating relies mostly on the metadata.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD

Shooting and gunplay

A quirky western action hybrid where you play bounty hunter Stranger, switching between third-person brawling and first-person shooting using living critters as ammo. Dry humor and a bizarre world make it distinctive.

The Culling of the Cows

Dark, serious atmosphere

A side-scrolling shooter mixed with tower defense, where you play Sammy, a delusional farmer defending his farm from a spreading plague. Quirky dark humor and the protagonist's rambling monologues define the tone.

Deadlock

Shooting and gunplay

Valve's team-based multiplayer game blends a third-person shooter with MOBA elements: two teams of unique heroes fight over lanes and objectives, buying items and powering up their character during each match.

Dead End Job

Shooting and gunplay

You work for a ghost-busting company and catch spirits in frantic twin-stick shootouts using a tug-of-war mechanic. Its 90s cartoon look and procedurally generated runs make every shift funny and replayable.

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