Horror Game Where All You Do Is Shake & Squeeze A RAT - RATSHAKER ™

[@ManlyBadassHero]

Welcome to the I Make Up All The Rules Club how I Make Up All The Rules are ya?

[@AltoRed_]

i forgor

[@hugmecat]

i love making up rules

[@Kyun69]

shaking

[@MarsCalamars666]

I Make Up All The Rules fr bro

[@8Robba]

Rats, we're rat's, we're the rats!

[@Xenyr_The_Fool]

Somewhere out in this field in the middle of Nowhere, Courage the Cowardly Dog is consulting his computer on what to do about a burly man shaking rats.

[@emanekaf145]

I had the same thought. He should start by returning the slab.

[@sartoaj]

That's it! I'm gettin' me mallet!

[@GentlemanCockroach]

@@sartoajStupid dog, you made me look bad! “puts on scary mask” OOGABOOGABOOGA

[@conq1273]

Then the computer sassily gave some facts

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

Then it turns out the rat has to be shaken or something worse will happen.

[@zackpeterson8810]

"You're a stand-in for something horrible I did," said ManlyBadassHero while shaking and choking a small animal for a half hour

[@EjPool-k9r]

that's why we love him

[@cameronballz6154]

Both did, and currently doing

[@44theshadow49]

My rodent abuse meter has been low ever since squirrel stapler. Glad we're back in business

[@chilomine839]

Someone remembers that goofy game! xD

[@JesusRuiz-gb4is]

​@@chilomine839 I love that you legitimately can shot god when he comes and the chanting that happens when he's coming legitimately puts a slight paranoia feeling.

[@Hatmaster20]

Now he must play hamster hunter

[@deadlydingus1138]

@@Hatmaster20Can’t wait for beaver basher.

[@redfrog1628]

​@@Hatmaster20 my personal favorite is mole masher.

[@Shadest]

in the field. straight up "shaking it". and by "it", haha, well. let's justr say. My rat

[@benkicola2707]

Shaking my ralsei

[@ak_nora]

shorkin' my rrat

[@pyroflare7774]

Kinky

[@herbsmokerganja]

much love

[@sumire2452]

This should making me laugh this hard

[@venusdxll]

"Are you okay?" Like he's not shaking a rat to death

[@Zack_Zander]

Rat: “Hababahaba!”

[@decorumlopez9147]

behold the mercy of squeezing!

[@theRealSlimGordon]

The way the character shakes and squeezes the rat just to interact with a door or a faucet makes me also believe that he was basically abusing his family for every single little thing in life. Pretty cool game, overall

[@geet9830]

my reading of the game is that it's a parody of those "bad father stuck in his personal hell to confront what he did to his family" psychological indie horror games.

[@stormingchaos12]

bad parenting 2 lookin great

[@AAhmou]

Yup, in addition to that the main theme is the guy suffering from rat infestation because of the bodies.

[@uperdown0]

well I imagine he shook the baby to death and choked his wife to death. But the whole cartoon rat thing really does kind of make you question the medium itself.

[@JamesTK]

@@uperdown0 I read it as 'baby gets eaten alive by rats and chokes wife' but either way it's dark

[@KeirnothVT]

We need more indie games that make fun of overdone indie game genres. i.e. another effing pixel based platformer.

[@TheLegend-wz7fl]

Born just in time for games like Mouthwashing and Ratshaker

[@tripleavatar333]

We're really on the road with head-scratching conjoined-word titles, goofy products, talking animal characters calling you out, and a homicidal psychopath of a protagonist. ✨

[@Sinner987]

I think it is peak gaming, these and cruelty squad, booper bowling

[@_hypef1sh_]

@@Sinner987CRUELTY SQUAD MENTIONED!!!!! 🤩

[@noneofyourbusiness2437]

And Squirrel Stapler.

[@nexerkarigum4031]

And clickcolding

[@Hatmaster20]

Squirrel stapler. Ratshaker. Manly needs to play Hamster Hunter next to continue the cycle of rodent abuse.

[@Birdsflight44]

I'm betting on either Hamster Spinner or Hamster Autoclaver, both are disturbing in their own way and imma need Manly to make it ok

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Mouse masher

[@megakillerx]

You can do the rat shaker, huh? The rat shaker, gimme the rat shaker dude! Shake that rat! Take your hand on it and shake that shit! Shake it! I know you can shake it! Shake that rat!

[@epicegamer8430]

fire

[@drewgoin8849]

Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Manly Got Rat"

[@kevincastillomorales4858]

the wife shaker

[@MoonBeamLaser]

The thug shaker

[@lorddolphinfinite5387]

I was hoping I'd see this lmao

[@chuckwellington3307]

This feels like a Babyshaking PSA. Like the whole "You need something to shake and squeeze? Get this rat instead" advertisement was an attempt for the protagonist (father) to get his personal life under control, but it didn't work and he still shook the baby, killed it, was confronted by his wife, shook her too and ended up in his fantasy world where he keeps shaking rats.

[@riverrile]

Ad: "Voice Actor wanted! Must be able to go BLBLABBLABLBLABLAABLAA for long periods of time." One specific voice actor: *"Finally."*

[@renno2679]

Pretty sure that was Markiplier.

[@Ashethetics]

@@renno2679it REALLY sounds like him lol I saw his playthrough and their voices when he screamed was identical

[@Necfreon]

@@Ashethetics the real question is weather or not willingly voice act this he never said he did right

[@redfrog1628]

It's a different guy ​@@Necfreon

[@totalrecone]

Reynaan Vermin Visionary Halani is The Rat voice artist.

[@trainingsaveslives]

The crib with rats falling into it, reminds me of a crime analysis video I watched. A family had a messy house, and called 911 bcs they "discovered" rats had chewed up their babies hands to the bone in its crib. Obviously it was a case of neglect... Shouldn't have been that messy and I'm sure the baby cried and they ignored it.

[@graljoffrewithoutanarmy860]

Was first time watching & scrolling the comments, when 15:49 started & it made the whole thing more disturbing to read. That's what I get for reading comments before watching thru the video 😅

[@applesaucer2442]

I watched a video like that the other day, I believe it was Ewu. Very terrible

[@R0KURU]

First thing I thought of, I saw that too.

[@RoxanneSwithin]

Nah man that baby didn't just cry, it screamed. There's no way that it only bawled.

[@Solinaru]

That rat got good pipes, I honestly thought it was just going to start singing "HELLO MAH BABY, HELLO MAH DARLING, HELL MY RAGTIME GALLLLL"

[@brosephbroman7564]

🐸🎩

[@displaychicken]

Michigan J. Rat

[@tomarmadiyer2698]

Trolloll trolololl lololol rat

[@mariafernandavillavargas5548]

i can't stop laughing bro how'd you come up with thiss

[@josdamillio]

I laughed so hard at this comment! 🤣🤣🤣

[@spectralan0maly]

fun fact about mazes: all mazes have an entrance and an exit. labyrinths have only an entrance that also functions as an exit, after reaching the middle

[@D35H4]

So if you see something that looks like a maze i.e. has entrance and exit, but once you start tracing it you realize that they don't connect, should you start calling structure in question a double-labyrinth (doublyrinth?)?

[@confusedjello7292]

​​@@D35H4 idk if it' correct this is ny truth now

[@acrab6527]

Both this statement and the right hand rule are bullshit, because the walls are moving and I'm out of rats.

[@speedos]

source?

[@spectralan0maly]

@speedos on a youtube comment?

[@JasmineBrowneyes]

I never expected THAT noise to come out from a rat. That's funny.

[@chilomine839]

*Shakes Rat* Rat: Macaron....mmmm....chacaron....

[@boscorner]

Well someone's clearly never shaken s rat before

[@JasmineBrowneyes]

@@boscorner No. I haven't nor that I want to.

[@bernkastel7438]

The rat calling the mc a Wife Shaker made me laugh out loud

[@MeButYoutube]

As someone who has had quite a few rats throughout my life: that's just what they sound like. Very accurate.

[@confusedjello7292]

...do you often shake them or...?

[@Superheropug]

Yup. They sound like that.

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

That rat being squeezed is like a gentleman from the 1950s speaking gibberish...

[@seagule]

man i love it when i just abbaababbaba aabababba aAAAAUUUAA ababa

[@8Robba]

UUHAAhaaAhuaaAAAha ahb ahhahhbbhaaah

[@dayzed.xartist]

Samee

[@Zack_Zander]

5:05 The laugh caught me off guard more than it should

[@enermaxstephens1051]

Your post translated to english: man i love it when i just fatherfather fatherfather aAAAAUUAAA father

[@pt.bonesy]

@@enermaxstephens1051that’s creepy when you factor in the lore

[@scottwoodward7103]

Say it ain't soooooooo, Your drug is a heartbreaker, Say it aint soooooo, My love is a rat shakkkkeeer

[@Pandachu123]

Love that song! 🤣🤣🤣

[@drewgoin8849]

By the band Squeezer

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@drewgoin8849 I love their hit "Surf Rats America".

[@Hana1LuLu]

Congrats, you got this random person (me) to sing that aloud

[@scottwoodward7103]

@@Hana1LuLu Then that alone makes the venture worth the effort.

[@ultimaT]

Whoever did the choking noises did a good job because they made me feel ill

[@shawnheatherly]

The rat's hilarious sounds and dialogue pair surprisingly well with the dark story this is clearly telling, making for a good surreal experience. Very memorable.

[@inana_nana]

im sorry but the rat holding and shaking it making noises is sending me to the exosphere 🤣

[@imstupid880]

>all you do is squeeze and shake a rat and nothing else >horror game >all endings/secrets Uh guys, I don't think shaking rats is all that we're doing... Also, the juxtaposition of 2d cartoon rat and 3d hand is gold

[@gerashar1205]

11:15 Not sure if anyone has pointed that out, but the painting we can see for a few seconds is a parody of "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581" by russian painter Ilya Yefimovich Repin, made in 1883-1885. Surreal to find art pieces like these in games like this one, ngl

[@Binkbink0123]

Yes, i commented this too! There's also "saturn devouring his son" included at some point

[@dorpth]

Seems like every painting follows a theme of parent holding a dead child. 15:35 is "Saturn Devouring His Son", and I'm guessing the other one in the same room is Mary cradling Christ. Not enough of an art expert to recognize any others.

[@Lernos1]

@@dorpth The painting at about 11:40 is The Hands Resist Him. It's not about a parent holding a dead child, actually, but it _is_ a cliche staple of horror paintings.

[@dorpth]

@@Lernos1 oh, well there goes any clever theming if they're just going to go "whatever looks generic scariest" >=(

[@hootcolon3]

​@@dorpth seems more like they're depicting the mc as the rat and the wife as a doll for him to abuse

[@Ghostmaxi1337]

Fun fact, iirc when rats are happy, they grind their teeth, resulting in their eyes bulging out, like in this game.

[@godjax645]

Ratatouille sequel looking lit

[@Eagron]

2 minutes in and i'm dead XD the voice acting is too good, i can't imagine the actor with a straight face doing that

[@ptolemaeus_perditus]

Can confirm, the VA most definitely could not maintain a straight face for more than a few seconds whilst recording. Source: I'm the VA lol

[@Zack_Zander]

@@ptolemaeus_perditus At first I doubted you… But then I checked your channel’s post and link and holy sh*t was I wrong

[@Zack_Zander]

@@ptolemaeus_perditus Oh right, and PS… *You actually choked yourself for the choking line!?*

[@ptolemaeus_perditus]

@@Zack_Zander Haha, indeed, I did. Such are the sacrifices I make in the name of the rat.

[@henrymars6626]

​@@ptolemaeus_perditus are you da big rat who makes all da rules?

[@MediumRareChildrenYum]

When I was a small child, I had a reoccurring dream about squeezing a rat until it exploded in my hand. Thanks for bringing that back!! :D

[@Haimannen]

😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@RoxanneSwithin]

I had the same flashback, is this a common dream?

[@MediumRareChildrenYum]

@@RoxanneSwithin Woah! According to Google it is a typical anxiety dream.

[@Kyumifun]

I hope you're not alcoholic and don't live on a Coursge The Cowardly Dog type of farm....

[@MediumRareChildrenYum]

@@Kyumifun you’re not going to believe this…

[@22freedom33]

Ratshaker, and you squeeze the rat, can't trust anything anymore

[@angrybidoof847]

It can do other things, why shouldn't it?

[@JeanMarceaux]

Can't shake the rat if you don't squeeze it

[@Elhao]

3:11 "No matter how much you shake me, you can't undo what has been done." That hits different once you know the ending.

[@AltoRed_]

that feeling when the rat is shooken

[@lullyloo]

rats..? 😳i was crazy once..

[@Arkios64]

Shooketh. Shookest even.

[@TheDyslexicClockmaker]

@@lullyloothey locked me in a room.

[@zGoldenHawk]

​@@TheDyslexicClockmaker a rubber room

[@jtscott3849]

Shooketh much?

[@Noodleydino]

“I’m so glad that video games exist” Me too man, me too..

[@TheGlenofKrokot]

Imagine if horror game developers stopped making stories about alcoholics killing their wives and going through coridors of abstract sin FOR FIVE MINUTES

[@aribantala]

>Get a Horror game >Looks inside >Corridors of Abstract Sin for the MC

[@doctabaldhead]

PT and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

[@josemartin9589]

​@@doctabaldheadwhat's pt?

[@KudoRedfox]

​@@josemartin9589Playable Teaser/PT is an horror game made by Kojima and was an PS4 exclusive meant to tease for an upcoming Silent Hill game

[@alonsoinfantesarce1445]

​@@josemartin9589PT was the game that started the "corridors of abstract sin" trend/trope.

[@NayanBeardy]

4:48 Ratshaker instructions unclear, rat strangled.

[@thelonelyghost1634]

I'd like to point out that these guys are also making a Sci fi horror game, ive been following them for some time now. Though I understand that this masterpiece takes priority

[@Vruuh]

What's it about?

[@thelonelyghost1634]

@Vruuh still not to much to tell about it, if you go to the developers channel they have a lot of progress and lore videos for it, it's called Negative Atmosphere.

[@shimaaalayie9965]

Yes we need to know ​@@Vruuh

[@АндрейМиняйло-с6в]

​@@Vruuh It's called Negative Atmosphere, sci-fi horror game inspired by Dead Space. I've also been waiting for this game for a long time

[@thechar4849]

18:20 "Ignore the oven, go for the meat walls instead. That's a better choice in life"

[@IrvinCascade]

16:33 "Ratshaker, I feel like you're a... a stand-in for something horrible I did." Yeah... Kinda got that impression when you entered the house... Haven't finished the video, but there's another story I recall that referred to something/someone as a "rat" of sorts... "Rugrats" that is...

[@drewgoin8849]

Yeah, it's slightly less humorous as secrets are uncovered.

[@IrvinCascade]

Welp, got to the ending. I... Don't think it was quite what I expected... I was expecting the shaking part to have been connected to the death of their child, and the choking part to have been connected to the death of the wife. I kinda expected this to lead to a revelation of SBS, hence the small babbling body you're holding onto, the cribs, the babies, etc. It's probably also a theme, but if it is, it's not quite as prominent.

[@ManlyBadassHero]

You may not be wrong, it's never stated there was only one thing shaken and one might have led to the other.

[@shawnheatherly]

I'm pretty sure you're right. The fact we had a crib in the house means there must be a baby, and the rat talks about if the wife knew what happened beneath her floorboards. In all likelihood, the man killed his child first, tried to hide it in the basement, and then killed his wife.

[@UnidentifiedOni]

@@shawnheatherly my thoughts are maybe something connected to alcoholism and letting the house go to waste there for inviting rats in. the rats could of ate the newborn and unable to face the truth the man killed his wife

[@mogo-wc7xw]

horror and comedy really do go hand in hand

[@sackyboy03]

The developer had to been a fan of Dante's Inferno. The rat speaking sounds like the angel that guides you throughout the game.

[@confusedjello7292]

"abandon all hope ye who enter" is also a quote from it

[@sackyboy03]

@confusedjello7292 Good catch! I didn't notice that.

[@roadkill_52]

It's a book. The game is based on the book.

[@confusedjello7292]

@@roadkill_52 yeah no shit literally everyone knows that

[@hamzerpanzer]

​@@roadkill_52The book doesn't have an angel guiding you through it. He's obviously not talking about the book

[@gamingpanda7516]

I don’t even know this rats emotion when it’s shooken. Suprized? Happy? Terrified? Maybe loving it too much? It’s like a mystery what he’s thinking when he’s shakin.

[@nbdjz1058]

in the house straight up. jorking it. and by it i mean.,,my rat

[@drewgoin8849]

"I'm over here shakin' my rat."

[@alifram117]

rats?

[@BoredSai95]

I’m dead 😭😭💀💀💀

[@Hotshot_Thomas]

@@BoredSai95please start being alive😞😞

[@BoredSai95]

@@Hotshot_Thomas _[respawns]_

[@evelynnblacksilk5819]

Oh boy, as a pet rat owner I wonder what I'm getting myself into as I start this video lol.

[@MeButYoutube]

What do you mean? That's just normal rat sounds

[@JoshTWWilliams]

I can tell you don't have any children when you called a crib a, "baby cage."

[@confusedjello7292]

i mean that's what it is

[@katdixon8390]

Either that, or he DOES have kids, and is so sleep-deprived as a result that he's forgetting words!

[@genuscorvid]

@@confusedjello7292 no, the joke is that it's super easy for babies to escape cribs, so they fail at being baby cages and an actual parent wouldn't think to call them that

[@confusedjello7292]

@@genuscorvid okay tbf i am also childless and did not know that

[@JeanMarceaux]

So, can a loc come up in your baby cage?

[@AyameFyuu]

I was waiting for this! Also I did NOT expect that noise to come out of the rat, it really contrast the horror background when the rat makes that kind of noise. But have to say, learning the crime the man committed was... Violence. Makes sense with how much he shakes that rat he definitely has experience with doing that.

[@Butawhisper]

Are we witnessing rat flashlight mechanics? You have to shake the rat to enter a room. Normally there isn’t enough light. But this time there isn’t enough rat abuse.

[@USELESSDCK]

Finally, Manly coming back to his roots by choking and shaking his rat on video!

[@matosz23]

Shake. This. Rat for me. Shake this rat for me. Come on babe. Shake. This. Rat for me. Shake this rat for me. Oh yeeeeah.

[@Love2Banime]

Had been waiting for manly to play this. It's comical and scary at the same time; which is a rare genre for an indie game. Eta: manly missed most of the quotes when squeezing/choking the rat. There is one line where the rat would say "harder". The dev must've had a blast voice acting for the rat. 😂

[@JamesTK]

Markiplier got some endings that Manly missed... But never went to the barn or held down the squeeze lol

[@BigFan23472]

this game is the opposite side in the spectrum of the 'squish that cat' video squish that cat= Middle: starts weird and funny. End: is wholesome RATSHAKER= Middle: starts weird and funny. End: YOU... YOU ARE THE WIFE SHAKER.

[@Hermitstatus]

Over time, I was starting to think that "Rat" shaking was a metaphor for deviancy. Over time, the rat itself, while goofy with the yelling, shaking and the suave voice acting, started to become more foreboding. Did our MC try to drown out his sorrows and guilt in mindless self pleasure? Or he actually enjoy the act of choking his wife and the collective lucidity of his "clarity" finally plateau into a crushing sense of sorrow? I'd say the best change that could happen for this game is to change the choking sounds of the rat to fit a more feminine tone once you got closer to the truth. The slow fade from goofiness would invoke a greater sense of dread in the player. Great game though, the tone shift to a murderous intent felt quite natural.

[@hamzerpanzer]

Wish I could get this much out of a 30 minute game about shaking rats

[@Al-Jabroni]

SPARE HIM

[@drewgoin8849]

You lose if you "overdo it". The player has to walk the fine line between shaking the rat aggressively and killing it.

[@lcmiracle]

NO. SHAKE IT

[@kinglionkayce]

The rats timbers were thoroughly shivered

[@built_like_a_noodle6169]

That laugh at 1:32 is terrifying

[@Pillowie]

Imagine you're in a public space and your bluetooth headset disconnects when the rat is making his sounds.

[@eh2396]

I'd be worried cuz that's how I be in my girl's ear.

[@hosttheend1257]

Blob Opera, but its a single rat lmfao I'll be 100%.... I was really expecting something more (as in more abstract or metaphorical), especially as this game has been garnering a lot of attention (& with how the beginning seemed to be going), but hey the last image of the wife's face is captivating though! Plus, as someone mentioned, it could've been a parody of the "bad father stuck in his personal hell to confront what he did to his family" type games, in which case I'd totally get it.

[@weirdtyrant6274]

7:29 Manly said what many people were and likely are thinking.

[@DoodleMonsterRocks]

Shake rats. Staple squirrels. Hold -cucks- clicks. I love these straightforward absurd games.

[@isocryd]

This isn't just ART. It's RAT

[@drewgoin8849]

I cannot decide which game is more unsettling: "Rat Shaker" or that "Clickholder" game.

[@ItsFreakinHarding.]

14:55 when Manly turns away from the stove then turns back and sees the fire and yells "there's a fire"...BOOM!!😂😂 Reminds me of that soundbyte/clip from years ago where there is a beeping then guys yell "What the Eff" and then there's an explosion sound with guys screaming in background.

[@TheGhostFart]

pretty sure youre referring to the wtf boom meme

[@joesopp]

The fact that he is doing something so weird in that manly voice makes me uncomfortable yet happy 7:00

[@twistytoonyt]

Average rat shaking experience

[@LunesLunacy]

Rat: You have broken my will, great shaker of rats... Manlybadasshero: Thanks. Lunacy: 😅...

[@CrispyToast]

Rats... We're rats.... We're the rats.

[@Cinnaschticks]

Abababababaa!

[@angrybidoof847]

James Bowie? Proof that Manly is from a alternate universe

[@StarBoundAngel]

I didn’t catch that. I heard James and was like “Who?” But then he said Bowie and my brain edited it subconsciously. Lmao

[@UnderTheElm]

This comment deserves more attention.

[@Anon_Spartan]

"Imagine being a VA an being told to just go crazy." 1:50:

[@kawazuchi]

Damn, I wish rats were real

[@malikcutchin]

So you can shake one😂

[@jokerys]

Make them real

[@JosiahTheScienceGuy]

Here's kinda what I thought might have happened: The man, his wife, and their infant move to a farm/plantation in basically the middle of nowhere. They probably moved there recently, judging by the many boxes everywhere and generally empty house. After staying there for a bit and getting settled in, they begin to notice a rat problem. It gets worse and worse, (their solutions, like the rat traps, aren't working) until eventually the man sees a commercial on TV, talking about a way to deal with the rats. Now, for some context, the man is a heavy drinker, which is part of the reason everything began to go down. Anyway, the rats become angered by the ratshaking, and eventually target his child, devouring it in its crib while it can do nothing to defend itself. This event sends the man into grief, and coupled with his drunkenness, leads to him begging for forgiveness from the rats by kidnapping neighbors (could be anyone, but there were many, judging by the amount and variation of the bodies) and offering them as food in his basement. His wife doesn't even know what is happening, until one day the man offers her to the rats as well. Now with nothing left, he drowns himself with alcohol with the rats as his only friends, until in a drunken rage he picks one up and leaves his house to go shake it. Then the game progresses as a rat-and-alcohol induced hallucination of the guilt and shame from his unforgivable actions. He may also have set fire to the house (via the stove) at some point after killing his wife. And after all this, he can't even find it in himself to kill the rats anymore, as he becomes obviously distraught when they die. The only thing I can't connect is the presence of the many tapes. my best guess is that that's how he originally saw the commercial, maybe a neighbor lent it to him after hearing about the rat problem. it's also possible that the tape came with the ratshaker kit (the box from the commercial), maybe as an explanation of how to best shake the rats. either that or the "ratshaking" is actually code for appeasing the rats by offering sacrifices to them, which also would have come with the kit. Another theory I have for the tapes is that (due to the number of photographs we see) the man was fond of recording things, so he may have recorded/photographed each of his victims' deaths or struggles prior to dying. We definitely know he photographed his wife's capture and death, as we see it playing on the TV. Additional notes: I figure the many newspaper clippings are pieces about the neighbors going missing, since the man is sacrificing them to the rats. The "meat walls" and such are because the man is ceasing to see people as people, and instead as just "rat food". The blood-filled toilets and sinks and such were probably what the man used to get rid of any blood or remaining guts that the rats didn't eat. Those and the fridge might have also been used as storage for the bodies until it was time to feed them to the rats. The flashing red and blue lights during the credits lead me to believe that the neighbors eventually called the police, leading to (hopefully) some kind of retribution for the man's crimes, aside from the mental torment he was already going through. That was kind of a lot, but this game really fascinated me for some reason. Feel free to reply with any theories you might have, I'd love to hear them!

[@neocrimsoncloud]

Always going left has the same result as always going right. I always go left since my dad taught me to play doom that way

[@bewilderbeestie]

Interestingly bizarre, and it did the juxtaposition of the cute rat art and the gore nicely. Jumpscare at the end was cheap. Also, the rat desperately needed even just two frames of mouth animation as it talked.

[@ak_nora]

I like to believe the rat didn't even talk, it's just the character we play pretending as the rat like a sock puppet.

[@aneffortlesssmile]

First two photograph pieces together look genuinely unsettling.

[@josephmay852]

24:51 I get that erratic movements can be creepy...but it just looks like it's crumping

[@pantheratigris7821]

Crump with the rat.

[@parallel_lamma1533]

"Abandon hope, ye who enter here" ~Dante Alighieri~ That quote is also in hell... disturbing, but, also very smart detail to put on as a warning.

[@Soledoubt]

This reminds me of the " did bad thing to family but trauma substitutes it in the brain" type of movie/ game

[@jimmykeochinda1173]

Everytime I see a horro indie game pick up on my feed, I come to you to see the play through. Glad to see your record with me has been amazing these past few years

[@gamingchicken777]

I'm waiting for Eustace to yell at the stupid dog on Manly's way into that house.

[@tortisephoenix5022]

As our Hero begins to shakes that rat. He starts to become corrupted by the SHAKER. With such enthusaism, he says, " Yes... don't stop, that's right, shake that rat" which made him realize.. That it might be about time to start adding some new rules to his content ..😅

[@yomieda8376]

god damn it, the dry cut from the first "game over" to the mad laughter while shaking the rat sent me

[@stardustdemon8273]

NOOOO DONT SHAKE THE RAT

[@chilomine839]

Gamer tip: Manly didn't shake the Rat enough.

[@TheHarvestBoy]

so babies keep popping up, but the rat only says you killed the wife. does that mean the wife was still pregnant when she was killed? the baby wasnt born yet, and thats why some of them fade away, as you never get to see your child?

[@TheHarvestBoy]

and the rat says "face US" towards the end

[@j.k.4479]

@@TheHarvestBoy I think the rats consumed the baby while it was in the crib, the father probably went insane from that, or he was responsible for the baby at the time it happened and couldn't bear to tell his wife the truth and ended her out of fear. I think he is getting revenge on the rats now by shaking one.

[@thebaconsarelit]

They also say (paraphrase) I wonder if she knew what happened under her floor boards, so maybe he hid the baby under the floor telltale heart style and the rats ate it? Just a theory.

[@j.k.4479]

@@thebaconsarelit He could have hidden the remains there yeah.

[@Kyun69]

the rat just literally me when Manly post this video at 6:05AM in the morning (i dont mind losing my sleep now)

[@sirsage3311]

They call me Ratshaker (murderer) I'm the lyrical gangsta (murderer)

[@jtscott3849]

"Im so glad videogames exist" no truer statement was uttered.

[@selkiefluff]

This game is a perfect portrayal of me at age 5, after my uncle bought me my first hamster.

[@drewgoin8849]

Oh dear.

[@that1apple]

Hamster dies a normal way challenge (impossible)

[@turboprint3d]

Lenny ?

[@ares395]

When people ask me why I don't leave pets alone with kids: exhibit 1 - this dude.

[@confusedjello7292]

oh that is FOUL

[@sandronecromancer]

12:51 imagine having to squish a rat each time you go for a toilet time

[@mekabare]

Im still shocked the rat ISN'T voiced by Markiplier

[@Camphreneas]

Nor Takahata, as me, and apparently Mark as well, had initially thought.😅

[@nepotismfinalboss]

You could say... you're shook

[@renno2679]

I won't believe it. It sounds exactly like Markiplier.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

_Poor rat_ 🐀 The weird part was that I actually felt bad the times the rat was killed. I think it's a function of liking a cartoon and the absolutely wonderful rat VA. I liked this game - a little bit of this and that but the plot advancing with using shake/squeeze was weird and different.

[@dantekinkade8765]

Remember it is legal to shake rats, but it is illegal to shake your wife to death.

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

The rat noises are 10/10 gg voice actors! Really like these style of games!

[@taitasutomoushimasu]

Cmon man shake your rat, do the rat shaker.

[@mutexgamex4285]

The rat's voice acting has the same energy of "Uh oh. you've found the toothpaste! I can take care of myself-okay!" (proceeds to accurately voice act what id sound like to be waterboarded with a perfect performance)

[@ArmundJay]

i'm so shocked that Mark got to this game before you did!

[@Pawele_stary_dziad]

As Civvie11 used to say: "The pinnacle of online entertainment"

[@roadkill_52]

Civvie sucks

[@TheAngelofReason]

Manly likes his rats shaken, not stirred

[@MrBsosa]

Anyone else kinda roll their eyes when the rat said "It doesn't matter how much you shake me, you can't undo what has been done" (3:11)? It just revealed the entire plot of the game in the first several minutes, then takes a unique mechanic and turns it into the billionth example of, "this thing is symbolism for the guilt the main character feels after killing their family." Not saying the trope can't be done well, just that it's been done so often that if you're not creative or subtle with it, the "twist" at the end doesn't come across as a twist at all. Was anyone really expecting anything other than the dead body of the wife and/or baby at the end there?

[@FluffyDragonDrawing]

Tbf I was really hoping at that point this was an eldrich horror thing idk

[@octochan]

Yeah, I admit I was disappointed by the bog standard indie horror game plot after such a wacky and original setup. I wish they'd fully committed to the surrealism

[@rhaxers708]

now we need one about shaking Thugs. Thugshaker.

[@45johngalt]

and another about bucks, and buckbreaking

[@payprice5487]

wordington youtube comment

[@xxfoxcakqxx9293]

Im thinking that the main character was an alcoholic, causing them to have a rat infestation, eventually the rats eat the baby, (shown by the rats in the baby bed), and then murdered his wife