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Rat Quest

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

In this platformer, jumping will be your main mechanic as you climb the level, each jump matters, if you miss a jump, you have to restart. You may be small but so are the platforms.

What works

  • Challenging and precise platforming
  • Deep exploration and secrets
  • Engaging narrative and metaphors
  • Addictive and immersive gameplay
  • High perceived value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of checkpoints causing frustration
  • Sensitive and floaty controls
  • Minor bugs and crashes reported
  • No options menu or key remapping
  • Repetitive music can be draining

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • VVVVVV

  • Escape Goat 2

  • Dokimon: Quest

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Garlic

  • Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils

More violent

Games that feels like Rat Quest but with more combat and destruction

  • Zexion

  • Spaceport Hope

  • The Great Rebellion

  • It Lurks Below

  • Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Rat Quest but with less of a community feel

  • Adventures of Pip

  • Axiom Verge 2

  • Squirreltopia

  • Anodyne

  • MagiCat

  • Jaded

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Rat Quest. These titles are not in What to play next.

Rat Quest: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026