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Cyber Rats

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93%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
93% User Score Based on 123 reviews

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About Cyber Rats

Cyber Rats is a single player survival action adventure game with horror and violence themes. It was developed by Outpost Games and was released on October 27, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Cyber Rats is a brutal Rogue-Lite Survival Horror game. Escape a sadistic AI's death maze, or be torn apart trying!

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93%Audience ScoreBased on 123 reviews
gameplay8 positive mentions
replayability3 negative mentions
  • Unique and immersive survival horror roguelike experience with strong atmosphere and tense gameplay.
  • Smooth, intuitive controls and well-executed procedural maze generation keep runs fresh and challenging.
  • Rich variety of rat types and upgrades that encourage tactical play and emotional attachment to characters.
  • Short overall playtime with limited replayability and lack of meta-progression or story elements.
  • Some enemy cyborg rats feel overwhelmingly powerful, leading to unavoidable instant deaths and frustration.
  • Missing features such as multiplayer, better customization options, improved controls, and more content.

  • gameplay

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    24% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The gameplay is centered on a challenging stealth and survival loop featuring traps, enemies, and tactical adaptation, delivering an intense and atmospheric experience that rewards patience and skill. While some find the mechanics simple and the content limited for casual play, dedicated players appreciate the depth, variation in enemy behavior, and replayability through unlocking upgrades and different characters. Overall, it offers a fun, albeit brutal, roguelike experience with a strong emphasis on moment-to-moment caution and strategic thinking.

    • “The only thing standing in the way of you and freedom are traps, mechanical monstrosities and cheese, so get in there and survive the gauntlet again and again while growing more and more adapted to the environment.”
    • “Moment-to-moment gameplay prioritizes stealth, caution, and constant observation.”
    • “Congrats to the dev on finishing this, the variations of rats with each having different buffs is a pretty neat mechanic and it made me have to start thinking tactically about how to play each rat differently.”
    • “The game is very basic, and beyond about 90 minutes of gameplay there isn't much else to discover.”
    • “That’s fine in short bursts, but it’s clear that most of the deeper gameplay mechanics and features are locked behind a skill ceiling that only a small group of talented players will ever reach... and, judging by the reviews, I guess that's who this game is for.”
    • “The only replayability is if you want to simply continue experiencing the gameplay or want to play as a different rat skin.”

  • atmosphere

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is widely praised for its intense, oppressive, and immersive survival-horror vibe, effectively creating a sense of dread and helplessness without relying on jump scares. Players appreciate the clever use of sound and level design to enhance tension, making the experience both thrilling and engaging within the roguelite framework. Overall, the game’s atmosphere successfully conveys a dark, experimental maze setting that keeps players feeling trapped yet compelled to progress.

    • “The level design as well as the clever use of upgrades is oozing with atmosphere, with hearing giving you a faint outline of the cyborg hunters as they get closer.”
    • “Cyber Rats, developed and published by Outpost Games, presents a brutally atmospheric survival-horror roguelite built around a strikingly helpless premise: you are not a soldier, not a hero, but a lab rat trapped in an AI-controlled maze designed for experimentation and extermination.”
    • “Rather than relying on jump scares, the game uses atmosphere and uncertainty to maintain a pervasive dread.”

  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are praised for their appealing art style, smooth animations, and effective lighting, creating a visually engaging and atmospheric experience. Players find the visuals cool, interesting, and complementing the game's fun and scary tone.

    • “However, music, sounds, graphics, animations, and lighting are all really good.”
    • “The visuals are cool and the controls are smooth.”
    • “Super fun and scary definitely recommend, love the art style.”

  • replayability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    Replayability is limited due to repetitive gameplay and lack of variety, such as no build experimentation or unique abilities for different characters. While exploring the map and collecting cheese adds some engagement, the experience remains largely the same each time, reducing long-term challenge and motivation.

    • “Collecting cheese is great at forcing players to explore the map, but if every now and then a different objective was required to progress it would add to the challenge and replayability.”
    • “The only replayability is if you want to simply continue experiencing the gameplay or want to play as a different rat skin.”
    • “The biggest issue for now seems to be replayability.”
    • “It is replayable, but everything just feels the same.”
    • “The only replayability is if you want to simply continue experiencing the gameplay or play as a different rat skin.”

  • story

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The game currently lacks a structured narrative, leading players to find motivation primarily in gameplay rather than story progression. While some appreciate the minimalist approach for reinforcing the bleak tone, others feel the story is too sparse and desire more lore, customization, and story-driven elements to enhance engagement and longevity.

    • “And if the dev ever thinks about combining the upgrade feature with the skins, it might turn into something at least visually interesting (ludonarrative resonance, anyone?), and if we could uncover some lore or story while playing it (for example you're playing as a researcher or something), that'd make the game definitely last for much longer, if only to see what a ridiculous cyber rat one could make.”
    • “The lack of narrative structure means that your motivation must come from gameplay rather than story progression.”
    • “For some, this minimalist storytelling reinforces the game’s bleak tone; for others, it may feel too sparse.”
    • “If the developers combined the upgrade feature with the skins and included some lore or story, it could make the game last much longer; currently, the story element is missing and limits player engagement.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The music in the game is highly praised for immersing players into the intense, chaotic atmosphere with its grim yet captivating style. Although it enhances the overall experience significantly, a few users noted minor dissatisfaction with the music quality. Overall, the soundtrack effectively complements the game’s visuals and gameplay.

    • “However, music, sounds, graphics, animations, and lighting are all really good.”
    • “The gameplay is intense, the visual style is stunningly grim yet beautiful, and the music pulls you right into the chaos — it feels like you’re really trapped in this twisted AI death maze.”
    • “The music is my only gripe with the game.”
    • “The game uses AI for voice and music, which may affect the experience.”
    • “An addition of Steam achievements would be nice to track progression, but honestly, the music is superb other than that.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is widely appreciated for its clever and amusing elements, particularly the unique way it delivers certain lines, contributing to an entertaining and enjoyable experience.

    • “The way it says 'rat' is also very funny.”
    • “I've come to find recently that I quite enjoy roguelikes, and this one seems quite promising, with a pretty fun gameplay loop, a design aesthetic I find quite pretty actually, and a sense of humor that is just incredibly funny to me.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers upgrade points that enhance your rat's performance and survivability, while cosmetic rat skins do not impact optimization or gameplay effectiveness.

    • “There are also upgrade points to find that let you improve your rat's performance and increase survivability.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Players quickly form strong emotional connections to characters, often experiencing genuine heartbreak during impactful moments, highlighting the game's effective emotional engagement.

    • “I developed an emotional attachment to a rat within 10 minutes, and was heartbroken when I got it killed another 5 minutes later :(”
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Play Times

3h Median play time
6h Average play time
1-14h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 3 analyzed playthroughs
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Cyber Rats is a survival action adventure game with horror and violence themes. Common tags for Cyber Rats include indie, roguelite, exploration, stylized, third person and others.

Cyber Rats is available on PC, Steam Deck and Windows.

On average players spend around 6 hours playing Cyber Rats.

Cyber Rats was released on October 27, 2025.

Cyber Rats was developed by Outpost Games.

Cyber Rats has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Cyber Rats for its gameplay but disliked it for its replayability.

Cyber Rats is a single player game.

Similar games include Monstrum, It Has My Face, Windblown, Cosmodread, Ravenswatch and others.