Rats, Bats, and Bones
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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October 28, 2019
6 years and 280 days ago
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Very Positive96 reviews90.6%
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7 itemsAbout the 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
