Rats, Bats, and Bones
Tower defense where barricades funnel undead into wall and floor traps
Smallfry Games · Released Oct 28, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 92
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 6 years ago
- Oct 31, 2019
What is Rats, Bats, and Bones?
You play an engineer defending against an undead invasion in this single-player strategy game. The story campaign spans 45 handcrafted levels, with silver earned from battles spent on new traps, trap upgrades, and player bonuses. You can choose different difficulty settings or test your defenses in an endless mode.
For you if...
- +you enjoy optimizing space and experimenting with defensive layouts
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeating levels or planning upgrade choices carefully
What players say
92% of 92 reviews are positive
Players praise the trap variety, retro pixel art, and soundtrack. Complaints center on steep difficulty, particularly later in the campaign, and grind.
Screenshots and trailer
Rats, Bats, and Bones system requirements
Minimum: 256 MB Memory, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Rats, Bats, and Bones?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz
- Graphics
- 256 MB Video Memory
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 256 MB available space
Does Rats, Bats, and Bones have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Rats, Bats, and Bones run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 20
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Rats, Bats, and Bones use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
