Trash Boy's
Revenge
"A trash mission you can't refuse."
You're an exterminator.
The rats have a mayor.
The infestation in Squalor City has gotten completely out of hand. A city that has been losing to rats since long before you were a trash-toddler is now under full control of trash rats nearly the size of 14 standard bananabread loaves. The city has tried traps, poison, nuclear weapons, and mutant cats to fix the problem, but to no avail. Now they've called you, Trash Boy, and given you a government contract that you cannot read, because you cannot read.
You've got a 2x4 with a nail, a wicked bad attitude, and one night to clean it up. What you don't know yet: a very well-connected individual who hasn't been seen since 1975 is running the operation from somewhere beneath the city. He's been waiting a long time. He is not pleased. He has a baseball bat and very little patience.
The rats answer to him. The Queen Rat — top hat and purple sash that says MAYOR — is his second in command. You are outnumbered. You are underpaid. You are the only option left.
About that.
Squalor I was released in 1991 on a format that no longer exists. It sold eleven copies in Squalor City and two in the surrounding greater metro area. One was returned. The developer has no comment. The publisher dissolved under circumstances described at the time as "unrelated to the rats."
What we can tell you is that Squalor II picks up where Squalor I left off — which is to say: a dumpster, a man, and a disagreement about who owns the city. If you've played the original, you'll understand. If you haven't, that's probably for the best.
Squalor I is available if you know where to look. Please don't look.
Tip cans. Kill rats.
Don't get bit.
Roguelite Runs
Every run is a new Squalor City layout. Pick a random upgrade after every boss. Die, restart, try again. Short, medium, or long sessions — your call.
Radiation Zones
Cleared districts go hot. Linger and you'll glow. Iodine pills drop from rats — if you're lucky. Don't camp the easy spots.
The Queen Rat
She arrives with a V-formation of loyal subjects. She has a top hat. A purple sash that says MAYOR. Giant eyelashes. She is coming for revenge and she is the duly elected mayor of Squalor City.
The Final Boss
A football stadium. A man in a trucker cap and a rat-bitten tie. He's enormous. He's been down there since 1975. Rats come out of him during lightning storms. He has unfinished business.
Weapons
2x4 with a nail. Baseball bat. Sewer wrench. Katana. Flamethrower. Hand grenades. Each drops at a specific moment in the run — earn it.
One Buck
$0.99 once. No ads. No microtransactions. No subscriptions. Just rats, a baseball bat, and a man who's had a lot of time to think.
— a man in a trucker cap, last seen 1975, current address disputed
Coming to your
preferred dumpster
Get one email.
When the rats are ready.
One email at launch. No spam. That's the whole deal.
One man.
Many rats.
Grana Games is a one-person studio based in DC. If you'd like to help get Squalor II out the dumpster and onto your screen, any amount goes directly toward development.
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