Games Like ALR: A-Lost-Rat

You woke up alone under the kitchen tiles. Mama ran east. Boots came. The cat is awake — and the Exterminator is already in the alley.

ALR: A-Lost-Rat is a handcrafted pixel adventure about a rat too small for this world and too stubborn to stay lost. Sneak through the McKinley house, talk to rats (and one legally distinct pigeon), solve push-block puzzles, and survive the chase that turns the whole map against you.

What you'll do:

• Explore — kitchen, garden, dark alley, sewers, cellar, nest district and more. Each zone has its own music and mood.

• Run — wake the Exterminator, dash west, loop back, don't die. The chase is a set piece, not a cheap jumpscare.

• Talk — Gerald, Pip, Pigeon Pete and others. Short dialogue, real personality.

• Collect — cheese, journal secrets, family clues. The crumb trail is the story.

• Use items — energy drink, lockpick, poison apple. Small tools for a small hero.

Controls:

WASD / Arrows — Move

Shift — Dash

E — Talk / interact

I — Crumb Pouch

Esc — Pause · F11 — Fullscreen

A short, atmospheric indie story. Keyboard. Crumbs. Home.