Rat Game is out for Windows PC via Steam, released by Sokpop Collective on October 30, 2026. It is 10 percent off until November 7.
Rat Game went from announcement to release in a little over two months. Sokpop Collective confirmed the October 30 date on September 10, alongside a store page listing Japanese in-game text support, and the game shipped on that date for Windows PC via Steam. The Netherlands-based studio had officially announced the project in February.
The pitch is one chef against two to eight rats in a restaurant. Rats are the team: they gnaw wiring, steal food, break toilets and hack PCs, and they win by finishing a set number of tasks. Their advantages are size, with routes under furniture and through holes in walls, plus proximity voice chat. The chef tracks footsteps and claw sounds, peeks under furniture, throws caught rats into cages placed around the restaurant, and can fall back on a gun. Trailer footage showed rats at a PC solving math problems and entering a safe combination, and captured rats being freed from their cages by teammates. A hidden cheese storage room sits somewhere on the map.
The two stories describe the game slightly differently. The September announcement framed Rat Game as an asymmetric horror comedy, while the release coverage called it an asymmetric online competitive action game, with the comedy coming from putting the chef's frustration on the player's side of the screen. Both agree on the format and the player split. Estimated play time is about two hours.
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- game · 2026-10-30 · PC via Steam · 2026-09-11
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- 10 percent off until November 7 · 2026-10-30
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- will launch on October 30 for PC via Steam (September 10 announcement) · 2026-09-11
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- Japanese in-game text supported according to the store page · 2026-09-11
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- Estimated play time is about two hours · 2026-09-11
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- was officially announced in February · 2026-09-11
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Oct 30
Sokpop Collective released Rat Game, an asymmetric online competitive action game, for Windows PC via Steam. One player is a chef trying to exterminate rats; two to eight others play rats working to destroy the restaurant by gnawing wiring, stealing food, breaking toilets and hacking PCs. Rats use small bodies, hidden shortcuts and proximity voice chat. The chef tracks footsteps and claw sounds, cages rats, and can use a gun as a last resort. It is 10 percent off until November 7.
Sep 11
Sokpop Collective announced on September 10 that Rat Game will launch on October 30 for PC via Steam, with Japanese in-game text supported according to the store page. The game is an asymmetric horror comedy in which one chef faces two to eight rats in a restaurant. The rats run around the kitchen, office, bar, storage room, and restroom, using small bodies to move through space under furniture and holes in walls. They sabotage the restaurant by tampering with the breaker panel, clogging toilets, and hacking PCs, and they win by completing a set number of tasks. The chef catches rats and throws them into cages placed around the restaurant, can peek under furniture to search, and can use a gun. Trailer footage shows rats solving math problems at a PC and entering a safe combination, and captured rats being freed from cages by fellow rats. The developer describes a hidden cheese storage room somewhere on the map. Estimated play time is about two hours. Rat Game was officially announced in February. Sokpop Collective is based in the Netherlands.