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On Steam, 82% of 17 player reviews are positive (Positive). 2 people are playing it on Steam right now. It is Playable on Steam Deck.

Follow Mat, the Scavenger, on his long journey to find his way back home. Experience a world full of threats from a rat's unique perspective, while fighting and sneaking on a rodent's most dangerous adventure.

Story

Mat is a young male rat that lives among a rat commune in an abandoned wine cellar, together with his best friend Toby and other rodents. Having felt in love with Nat, a female house mouse kept as a pet in the upper floors, he decides to become a Scavenger, for sneaking to his beloved somehow officially. Being from different worlds, they plot a plan to escape to “the outside” together. His overconfidence however puts them in peril’s way, and not everything in the commune is as it seems. In a series of unlucky events, Mat finds himself alone, far away from the house. He must make his way back home, overcoming a journey across woodlands, caves, and swamps, defying overwhelming danger of a winged, poisonous, and scale-bond variety. With a rivet for a sword and nails as throwing daggers, Mat will brave a world to which he is unwelcome.

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Releases

Platform
Date
April 3, 2026
April 3, 2026
April 3, 2026

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks

Minimum
Recommended
OS
Windows 10 64bit
Windows 10 64bit
Processor
Intel Core i5 / AMD FX-6300
Intel Core i7 / AMD Ryzen 5
Memory
16 GB RAM
16 GB RAM
Graphics
GTX 760 2GB/ Radeon 6970 1GB or better
GTX 1060 6 GB / AMD RX 590
DirectX
Version 12
Version 12
Storage
55 GB available space
55 GB available space
Sound Card
DirectX compatible
DirectX compatible
Additional Notes
SSD recommended / 1080p30 low settings
SSD recommended / 1080p60 max settings

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Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 30, 2026.

A Rat's Quest: The Way Back Home player count

concurrent players on Steam
2playing now57m ago
2peak today
230-day peak
2highest we have seenNov 4, 2026
Oct 27: 2 Oct 28: 1 Oct 29: 1 Oct 30: 1 Oct 31: 1 Nov 1: 0 Nov 2: 1 Nov 3: 1 Nov 4: 2
Oct 27daily peak, last 9 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

A Rat's Quest: The Way Back Home achievements

12 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Butterfly Collection I Find and collect all butterflies in the house.
3%
A Rat's Quest - Part 1
20.1%
Rat's Eye
20.6%
The Claw
21.1%
Friend Defender
21.6%
Something is Rotten...
23.4%
All 12 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Love at First Sight!
25.4%
You Don't Mess with my Toby!
30.5%
The Mouse Next Door.
36.6%
Fear of Drowning: unlocked.
44.3%
Mat the Scavenger!
49.7%
Wakey, Wakey!
67.1%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.