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I’m more than aware that there exist plenty of different simulator games on the market right now. However, I can’t say that I’ve seen or heard of all that many rat simulator/RPG games before. Well, that just happens to be the kind of game that Visualnoveler is working on. You see, they informed me (Robin Ek, TGG) that their upcoming sim game “Rat Simulator” will launch via Steam on the 9th of May (the game is for Windows only at this time):

“Hello Thegg,

We’re launching Rat Simulator, a survival stealth role-playing game on Steam (Early Access) next Tuesday (5/9).

It’s a stealth game where you play as a rat to spread the plague across a suburban neighbourhood to build a rat’s paradise. Humans will get in your way and should they spot you, pestmans will be called upon to exterminate you from their homes!” – Visualnoveler

This picutre made me think about a mix of “GTA”, “Postal” and “Ratatouille” gone wild xD

Awesome! But what exactly is “Rat Simulator” all about then? Well, this is the actual game description by the game developers themselves:

“Rat Simulator is a survival stealth role-playing simulator game set in a suburban neighborhood where you play as a rat to spread the plague across the neighborhood in order to build a rat’s paradise. No longer do you need to wonder what they get up to when humans are around, as this state-of-the-art computer simulation models the complete rat experience. As a rat, you’ll get to steal food, wreck havoc and create chaos whenever you feel like it. This terrifies the humans who fear you and will fight back by calling pestmen to exterminate you. Mess is yours to make in this survival stealth role-playing simulator, as you experience the life of a hunted rat fighting to drive out those pesky humans!”

So, what about features then? Well, these are the said launch features for “Rat Simulator”:

– Infection – Infect 9 unique houses with the plague in the suburban neighborhood, but watch out for the inhabitants who are out to stop you in your tracks.
– Stealth Gameplay – Avoid detection from humans while spreading the plague, else you’ll feel the wrath of the pestmen who are out to kill you!
– Destruction – Create chaos in the houses where you’ll get to destroy precious objects such as plates, glasses and vases much to humanity’s dismay. Or maybe you just feel like making a mess out of their houses by throwing their fragile possessions everywhere.
– Rat Paradise – Save rats who are trapped in houses and then call upon your fellow rats to infect new houses in the neighborhood!
– Enhancements – Your experiences empowers your abilities and you’ll get to select upgrades in order to boost your rat capabilities.
– Poisoned Food – It’s all fun to spread diseases to the humans, and after all you’ll get the house to yourself if they die to the plague, right?
– Annoy Humans – As a plague bearer, you’ll get to temporarily stop the humans in their tracks as they drop to the ground when shot with poison.

In other words, Visualnoveler aims to give you a really neat rat sim gameplay experience. Well, we will know for sure once on the 9th of May, because that’s the date that “Rat Simulator” launches on Steam.