Mad Rat Dead

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Mad Rat Dead
Developer(s)	Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher(s)	JP: Nippon Ichi Software WW: NIS America
Director(s)	Kazuma Osaka
Designer(s)	Yu Mizokami
Programmer(s)	Kazuma Osaka
Artist(s)	Yu Mizokami
Writer(s)	Yuya Hosono Tatsuya Fujimoto Takahiro Kumamoto
Composer(s)	Kazuya Takasu Dyes Iwasaki Camellia a_hisa Zizz Studio
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4
Release	JP: October 29, 2020 WW: October 30, 2020
Genre(s)	Platform, rhythm game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Mad Rat Dead (マッドラットデッド, Maddo Ratto Deddo) is a rhythm platform video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. The story follows a laboratory rat with the ability to rewind time; players use a variety of moves to the beat of the music to safely reach the end of each stage before running out of time. Mad Rat Dead was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in October 2020, with NIS America publishing the game outside of Japan.

It received generally positive reviews on release, with critics praising its music and visuals, but story and level design drew mixed response.