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Curse of the Sea Rats
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“I backed this on Kickstarter and was able to playtest. I don't feel like there was enough testing and not enough was done to correct the issues with the game. I made multiple reports to issues that I don't believe were ever addressed, or at least weren't in a timely matter and…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“A flawed gem? Maybe. This is my third time playing through this game. My first was on the Nintendo Switch, the second on the Playstation 5, and now I'm finally getting around to the Steam version. You might think that because I'm spending so much time on this game that I'm in…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I really wanted to like this game and I prefer not giving reviews but this game is bumpy. PROS : I want to mention the game looks beautiful. The art team / artist is fantastic. The character art, animations, etc.. are all great. The story is ok. Nothing amazing but enough that i…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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'The Ghost Ship' survival mode and 'Jolly Roger' casual mode added!
Ahoy there Sea Rats! It’s been quite some time since our last post but we’re super excited to launch a big content update today just in time to celebrate the Steam Spring sale! This new content drop i
Free 'The Ghost Ship' survival mode update coming soon!
Welcome back Sea Rats! We’re excited to share with you our upcoming plans for the upcoming 1.4.0 patch as well as reveal a FREE content drop which adds an entirely new gameplay mode! Thank you all for
Update notes for version 1.3.7
Combat System General improvements to the combat in order to make it more fast-paced and dynamic: Attacks are now cancelable with the jump and parry actions. Hurt animations have been shortened. Hitbo
Update notes for version 1.1.2
Optimization Optimized ambient sounds and music to reduce change room loading times. Bugs Fixed Long Fuse Jones AI issues in the third phase of the boss fight. Fixed Backpack bug that caused issues wh
Original Soundtrack now available!
Good news music lovers, the Curse of the sea Rats Original Soundtrack is now available! Composed by Màxim Ballet this collection features 14 tracks that will transport you to the storm-lashed shores,
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Combat · Action · Co-op · Local Co-Op · Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Hand-drawn · Hack and Slash · 2D Platformer · Co-op Campaign · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * , Russian, Czech, Catalan * , Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://www.curseofthesearats.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6670, 1 GB