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{{Short description|American video game developer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Ratloop, Inc.
| logo =  RatloopLogo2.png
| type   = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1997}}
| location = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| products =
| homepage = {{URL|www.ratloop.com}}
| key_people =  [[Lucas Pope]]
}}

'''Ratloop, Inc.''' is an American [[video game developer]] based in [[Houston, Texas]], and founded in 1997 in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-02-lucas-pope-on-life-after-papers-please-and-the-road-to-the-return-of-the-obra-dinn|title=Lucas Pope on life after Papers, Please|last=Wood|first=Austin|date=2017-11-02|website=Eurogamer|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref> In addition to traditional retail game products, Ratloop has also done contract work for various [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[multimedia]] projects such as training tools and "[[serious game]]s". Their earliest work used the label "Team Epochalypse", and they also own the [[Doing business as|DBA]] brand "Mekada", which is oriented towards [[casual gamer]]s. In 2007, Ratloop Asia Pte. Ltd. was incorporated to support a development team based in [[Singapore]]. In 2017, Ratloop Canada was incorporated.

== Notable projects ==
* ''[[Malice (1997 video game)|Malice]]'' (Quantum Axcess, 1997) - A commercially released total conversion for ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]''.
* ''[[Gearhead Garage|Snap-on Gearhead Garage]]'' ([[Head Games Publishing]], 1999) - Original game allowing players to customize and repair cars.
* ''Rocketbirds: Revolution'' - a 2D cinematic action-adventure puzzler game made with [[Adobe Flash]].
*''[[Helsing's Fire]]'' (2010): a [[puzzle video game]] for [[iOS]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rose|first=Mike|date=February 7, 2011|title=Road To The IGF: Ratloop's Lucas Pope Plays With ''Helsing's Fire''|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/123322/Road_To_The_IGF_Ratloops_Lucas_Pope_Plays_With_Helsings_Fire.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505232311/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/123322/Road_To_The_IGF_Ratloops_Lucas_Pope_Plays_With_Helsings_Fire.php|archive-date=May 5, 2021|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref>
*''[[Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken]]'' (2011) - An action game for PlayStation Network and PC. PC version published by Reverb Publishing.
*''Rocketbirds 2: Evolution'' (2016) - An action game for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation Vita]].
*''VROOM KABOOM'' (2018) - A free-to-play Tower Defense with vehicles game for [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Steam (service)|Steam]].
*''[[Lemnis Gate]]'' (2021) - An online multiplayer timeloop shooter game that was decommissioned in 2023.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.ratloop.com}}

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