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A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 is a single player casual platformer game. It was developed by The Dreamerians and was released on April 3, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

Meet Mat, a young rat whose simple life in an abandoned wine cellar with his best friend, Toby, is turned upside down when he falls head over tail in love with Nat, a clever house mouse who is kept as a pet by one of the Giants on the upper floors of the building. Bitten by the love bug, Mat sets out on a perilous journey to become a Scavenger, just so he can sneak up and secretly visit his b…

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81%

Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

music2 negative mentions

Charming and fun platforming with memorable, charismatic characters.
Relaxing, narrative-driven experience suitable for casual play and kids.
Enjoyable exploration with varied perspectives and simple puzzles.

Camera controls and some jumping/platforming mechanics feel awkward, unresponsive, and frustrating.
Cutscenes have low visual quality and occasional audio issues.
Game length is short and pacing uneven, with some sections feeling like filler or overstaying their welcome.

story
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
54%
23%
The story is a light, somewhat mysterious adventure with humorous and romantic elements, featuring a charming rat protagonist. While not groundbreaking or deep, it offers enjoyable moments, decent voice acting, and avoids excessive fetch quests, though some gameplay tied to the story feels like filler. Overall, it's a simple but fun narrative that appeals to fans of story-driven, humorous games with cute characters.
- “A Rat's Quest is about a 6-hour-long ratventure with cute graphics, romance, comedic moments, an airheaded main character, and a somewhat mysterious story.”
- “The story has this fun sense of adventure that left me constantly eager to see what comes next.”
- “I really liked the third-person perspective of the 'rat life' the game offers you, and overall I would recommend the game if you like rats, ratformers, simple puzzles, story-driven games, and some humour to go with it.”
- “Frankly, I find it just frustrating and 'filler' gameplay, particularly if it's only there to serve a minor plot point to progress the story, just padding out playtime basically.”
- “The story isn't anything revolutionary but it's a decent one with some good voice acting and moments.”
- “The story isn't deep but it does the job, and the mouse is very cute.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
57%
43%
The gameplay received mixed feedback, with some users finding it frustrating, filler-like, and lacking engagement, particularly in platforming sections, while others enjoyed its simplicity and challenge despite occasional control and camera issues. Graphically, gameplay looks good, but cut scenes were criticized for poor quality and resource use. Overall, the gameplay has potential but could benefit from further refinement for better involvement.
- “Nice story, simple but sometimes still challenging gameplay, a few funny jokes.”
- “The gameplay was really fun, but sometimes the controls and camera would fight with you and that could lead to frustration and failure, but overall it was enjoyable except for some parts of the game.”
- “The gameplay is great!”
- “Frankly, I find it just frustrating and 'filler' gameplay, particularly if it's only there to serve a minor plot point to progress the story, just padding out playtime basically.”
- “I started the game and you are taken through some simple opening platforming tasks like any tutorial section at the start of a game; however, this was where I began to seriously doubt the gameplay aspects of the title.”
- “I do really hope that the devs are given time to continue to work on the core mechanics of the game to give the platforming more feeling of involvement rather than the lifeless feeling it has now.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The game's graphics are generally charming and look good during gameplay with maxed settings, but cut scenes suffer from low resolution, heavy ghosting, and artifacting, especially on 4K displays. Despite the simple visuals, the game requires an unusually large 50GB of storage.
- “The graphics are charming.”
- “In gameplay itself it looks good graphically with everything maxed out; however, cut scenes/videos look like they're upscaled from 720p, have heavy ghosting and artifacting, which look terrible on a 4k display, but somehow use more VRAM than gameplay sections.”
- “A rat's quest is about a 6-hour long ratventure with cute graphics, romance, comedic moments, an airheaded main character, and a somewhat mysterious story.”
- “For some reason the game needs 50GB storage which is crazy considering the game's visuals and compared to other photoreal games like Pragmata which only needs 34GB.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is generally lighthearted and cute, featuring a few genuinely funny moments that enhance the experience. While some players find it amusing and enjoyable, others feel the humor varies in effectiveness. Overall, it adds a charming touch without being overly complex.
- “A really funny and cute game.”
- “Pretty easy but very funny.”
- “Nice story, simple but sometimes still challenging gameplay, a few funny jokes.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music is generally decent with satisfactory audio quality, though some users find certain tracks, like the main villain's theme, oddly out of place and mismatched with the scenes.
- “Sometimes the music really doesn't fit the scene; I don't know why the main villain's theme sounds weirdly bumbling.”
- “Alright soundtrack, decent audio all around.”

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A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 is a casual platformer game.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 is available on PC and Windows.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 was released on April 3, 2026.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 was developed by The Dreamerians.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

A Rat's Quest - The Way Back Home | Season 1 is a single player game.

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