Steel Rats (Incl. ALL DLC)

Coastal City turns an alternate 1940s America into a noisy, neon-lit battleground where a biker gang faces an invasion of scrap-built alien machines. Steel Rats is less a traditional racer than a 2.5D arcade action game built around weaponized motorcycles, reckless stunts, and smashing through robot swarms at full throttle. Its retro-futurist streets, rooftops, sewers, and industrial tunnels give every stage the feel of a comic-book chase scene. The mood is pulpy and energetic, with roaring engines, metal-on-metal carnage, and a strong affection for old-school arcade excess.

Riding is the central trick: the bike can tear across floors, walls, and ceilings, letting you flip between routes and attack from almost any angle. Your motorcycle carries saw blades, flamethrowers, and crushing wheels, while jumps, spins, wheelies, and aerial tricks help clear hazards and build style during frantic encounters. Four Steel Rats are available to switch between on the fly, and each rider brings distinct handling, combat strengths, and special abilities, making character choice useful rather than cosmetic. Missions mix enemy gauntlets with obstacle courses, environmental traps, chase sequences, and score-driven challenges, while checkpoints keep its demanding set pieces from becoming needlessly punishing.

What separates Steel Rats from games such as Trials is its emphasis on combat and freeform stunt violence rather than precise physics alone. The side-on presentation still feels surprisingly dimensional thanks to layered paths, vertical riding, and stages designed to send players upside down through collapsing machinery. Included DLC expands the package with its additional cosmetic content, giving the gang more visual flair without changing the core campaign’s brisk arcade focus. It suits players who want a compact, stylish action ride with the attitude of a Saturday-morning cartoon and the reflex demands of a score-chasing stunt game; veterans will get more from replaying levels for cleaner runs and higher ratings.