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Smallfry Games · Published by Smallfry Games
Very Positive — 90% positive (99 reviews) · 20 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
The undead have awakened! You must build clever mazes of traps if you wish to defeat them in this challenging trap defense game. Travel across the land battling a host of creepy monsters, unlocking new traps and upgrades, and finally finding the source of the evil and stopping it once and for all.
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Indie, Strategy · 2019 · More under £5 games
In Rats, Bats, and Bones, navigate treacherous landscapes filled with creepy monsters while designing intricate traps. Unlock new defenses and upgrades as you race to uncover the source of the evil and save your world.
About this game
Rats, Bats, & Bones is a challenging trap defense game in which you play the role of a renowned engineer who must use wits and guile to defeat hordes of undead. Place traps including spikes, spears, cannons, bombs, and turrets, in the walls and floors. Be creative with barricades in order to shape the path of your enemies. Carefully select abilities as you battle your way through a story containing 45 hand-crafted levels. As you beat the invaders back, you will be rewarded with silver which can be used to unlock new traps, trap upgrades, and special player bonuses.
Features
- Play 45 hand-crafted levels with multiple difficulties
- Earn silver to unlock new abilities as you play through the story
- Deploy 24 clever traps in your own creative way
- Each trap has its own unique upgrade to unlock
- Choose between 14 powerful player bonuses
- Battle against over 26 unique enemies
- See how far you can last in "endless" mode
- Killer synthwave soundtrack
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB Video Memory
- Storage: 256 MB available space
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Soundtrack released!
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34044632/900eb190b15471831c81606e9794971056e6fb5f.png Hi everybody, the Soundtrack DLC for Rats, Bats, & Bones has now been released and is available for free! Please enjoy and have a happy and safe Halloween! -MarkRead full article on Community Announcements (Smallfry)AnnouncementsOfficial
1.0.0 Official Release
Happy Halloween! Rats, Bats, and Bones is now out of Early Access with this version 1.0.0 release! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the game during Early Access and especially to those who gave feedback and helped spread the word. You all rock! Version 1.0.0 release notes: Rats, Bats, and Bones is out of Early Access! Act III is here with 15 new levels and blistering new level art! Several new scary monsters! 4 New traps: Blunderbuss - A gun that fires a wide spread of bullets. Scythe - A sharp blade that constantly sweeps back and forth. Feedback Field - Prevents enemy magic spells by zapping them with holy energy. Frost Trap - Shoots frost to slows enemies. Upgrade it to freeze those with armor. 8 new special unlockables that give *permanent* bonuses! 3 new songs for Act III! All previous music has been remastered. Fixes and Changes: Improved performance when there are lots of monsters on the screen. Player can now prepare a total of 10 traps (was 9). Lots and lots of balance tweaks. Most level layouts have been modified. Most levels now have more enemies but you are given more scrap. Later levels in Act 2 are not so punishingly difficult. Workshop screen now has 4 pages for unlockables, separated by type. Added nice shaded edges for levels. Dart trap changed to only fire if it sees a monster. It will slowly recharge over time. Burning enemies cannot regenerate. Added screen shake effect when crystal is damaged. Added a few subtle UI special effects. Revenant is now brown for better clarity. Sound effects are now handled so not too many will be played all at once. Added more Steam achievements. Fixed bug where prepared traps list could save out of order. Fixed bug where Lantern’s ghost blocking upgrade was not working properly. Fixed trap reset animations sometimes getting out of sync. Fixed various bugs caused by reanimated skeletons. Fixed bug where selected trap panel not properly resetting. Fixed bug where unaffordable traps could still be selec...Read full article on Community Announcements (Smallfry)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 0.9.7
0.9.7 March 23 Update! The main feature for this update is Endless Mode. Test yourself against each map's Endless difficulty, earning silver the farther you get! I also added Steam Leaderboard support for Endless, although there are no in-game leaderboards just yet. In addition, this update includes balance tweaks and bug fixes. Also, all monster waves have been changed and slightly rebalanced. Added Endless mode. Endless mode wave reached uploaded to Steam Leaderboards. Reduced scrap cost of many trap upgrades. Added some missing sound effects. Push Trap squish check now more accurate. New profiles now start with 2 respec points (was 1). Bonus tooltip no longer covers Bonus slots. Increased Arrow Trap cooldown. Reduced the effectiveness of Tar and Incense slightly. Reduced the Priest bonus radius modifier to 33% (was 50%). Fling Trap throw distances are now more consistent. Fling Trap now has increased cooldown when throwing heavier monsters. Flame Trap now has reduced damage, especially against large groups. Reduced effectiveness of fire: monsters now burn slower and extra fire takes more to stack. Selling traps now asks for confirmation. Pause menu now shows monsters appearing. Added a custom mouse cursor. Various improvements to performance. Fixed bug where monsters could get stuck off the map. Fixed bug where you couldn't build barricades over dead bodies.Read full article on Community Announcements (Smallfry)AnnouncementsOfficial
Released!
Hi everyone and thank you for your interest in Rats, Bats, and Bones! I hope you have fun with the game! A few quick items: This is the Early Access release so there may be some bugs here and there. Please let me know if you find any and I'll do my best to fix them as soon as possible. There is some content that is missing from this release. The "story" is currently incomplete, and "Endless mode" is also currently disabled. They will be added/enabled in future updates. Please feel welcome to express any ideas or feedback of any kind, good or bad, either here or by email at mark ratsbatsandbones com. Cheers! MarkRead full article on Community Announcements (Smallfry)
