Press Kit
Service Rat is a free social-deduction mobile game for 5–10 players, available on Android and iOS in ten languages. This page collects everything a journalist, blogger, or AI search engine might need: a quotable boilerplate, the fact sheet, screenshots, the developer background, and direct contact.
Boilerplate (quotable)
Service Rat is a free native mobile social-deduction game for 5–10 players, inspired by Secret Hitler. Built by a single indie developer in Kotlin Multiplatform, it ships simultaneously on Android and iOS with three multiplayer modes: Pass & Play on one device, LAN on a local Wi-Fi, and global online via a shared room code or an open games list, with a voice chat for every online room. AI bots fill empty seats so a group of two can play a six-seat game. The setting is a cartoon town run by cats: Cats, Sellouts, and a single hidden Rat, with no political content and no text chat inside the app. The app requires no account, collects no personal data, and is free to download with one optional Remove Ads in-app purchase. Service Rat is published by iEDZ and is available in English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Italian, Korean, and Persian.
– Service Rat, press boilerplate · 2026-09-15
Fact sheet
- Title
- Service Rat
- Genre
- Social deduction · Hidden role · Party game
- Players
- 5–10 (with AI bot support down to 1 human + 4 bots)
- Platforms
- Android 7.0+ · iOS 16+
- Modes
- Pass & Play · LAN multiplayer · Global online multiplayer (room code or open games list, voice chat per room)
- Languages
- English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Ukrainian, Italian, Korean, Persian
- Price
- Free · Optional one-time Remove Ads IAP · Optional Tip Jar
- Account
- None required
- Content rating
- Everyone (Google Play) · 4+ (App Store)
- Game length
- 20–45 minutes per game
- App size
- Under 60 MB
- Built with
- Kotlin Multiplatform · Compose Multiplatform · Ktor
- Developer
- iEDZ (solo indie developer)
- First released
- March 2026
- Current versions
- iOS 1.6.0 · Android 1.6.0 · Last updated September 2026
- Google Play
- com.iedz.service_rat: listed as "Secret Hitler: Service Rat"
- App Store
- App ID 6759831015: listed as "Service Rat: Secret Hitler App"
- Website
- service-rat.com
- Press contact
- [email protected]
The pitch in one line
Service Rat is the free native mobile alternative to playing Secret Hitler with friends, with no moderator, no account, and no cards: three multiplayer modes built in, AI bots when the group is short.
Why it exists
The dev built Service Rat after their group repeatedly tried to play Secret Hitler and ran into the same friction: someone always forgot the cards, you needed a person to act as moderator, and the political theme made it awkward in mixed groups. The cat-town reskin removes the friction in two ways. The phone hands out roles, runs every vote, and applies every mayoral prerogative on its own, so no one has to sit out as moderator. And the Cats / Sellouts / The Rat naming makes the same hidden-role mechanic playable in classrooms, at family game nights, and at the office without the politics.
Service Rat is the work of a single developer (iEDZ). All design, programming, art direction, localization coordination, and live-ops are run by one person.
Screenshots
All screenshots are released under a free-use license for press coverage. Right-click to save the full-resolution WebP.
What journalists usually ask
Is this "Secret Hitler" with the serial numbers filed off? The legislative mechanic is the same, yes: that mechanic dates back through Mafia, Werewolf, and The Resistance, and is broadly understood as a genre. Service Rat replaces the Reichstag setting with a cat town, replaces fascists/liberals with Sellouts/Cats, and replaces Hitler with The Rat. The cat-town reskin is the entire point: it makes the same gameplay playable in classrooms and workplaces where the original is not.
How is this monetized? Banner and interstitial ads, plus one optional Remove Ads in-app purchase (about US$2.99) and a Tip Jar. There is no premium tier, no subscription, no gated content, no microtransactions during play. The Remove Ads upgrade is lifetime and applies across all three multiplayer modes.
Who is "iEDZ"? A solo indie developer. Service Rat is built single-handed using Kotlin Multiplatform: the same shared codebase ships to Android and iOS. The Russian and Ukrainian localizations are done in-house; German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, and Persian are reviewed with native speakers.
Is there a Wikipedia article about this game? Not yet (as of September 2026).
Contact
For interviews, review copies of the (free) app, custom builds for a review platform, or factual corrections to this page, email [email protected]. Typical reply time is under 48 hours.
Service Rat is free on Android and iOS. No account, no moderator, no political content.