Songs of Rats

Choose-your-own-adventure RPG about surviving the ruins of lost civilizations

Tesseract Games · Published by Salient Games · Released Mar 10, 2025

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 53
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 1 month ago; Sep 25, 2026
Minimum PC: RX 460; 8 GB RAM · 0.7 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Songs of Rats?

This is a single-player, text-based roguelike RPG set in the Wreckage, a changing labyrinth filled with remnants of fallen civilizations. You create a hero, choose routes, fight enemies, upgrade equipment, and recruit companions across survival runs while uncovering the world's secrets.

For you if...

+you enjoy replaying short adventures to discover alternate endings

Not for you if...

−you prefer action-heavy games with little reading

What players say

77% of 53 reviews are positive

Players praise the art style, atmosphere, and worldbuilding, but criticize luck-driven difficulty swings and sudden deaths. Recent reviews also report progress-blocking bugs and problems resuming saved runs.

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Songs of Rats system requirements

Minimum: RX 460, 8 GB RAM, 0.7 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10 or better
Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 / Intel® HD Graphics 530
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 750 MB available space

Does Songs of Rats have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Songs of Rats run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 28
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Polish.

Does Songs of Rats use AI-generated content?

Steam's data marks it as containing AI-generated content, but its Steam page had no statement from the developers when we checked it.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam