The hidden scenario was Rat Wrangler. The developer unhid it during the playtest. In the 1.0 release it is one of the nine visible starts, not a puzzle you still have to unlock.
Playtest patch 48.3.12, posted by Wendy on 7 August 2026, says the Rat Wrangler starting scenario was previously secret and is now visible alongside the other starting scenarios. That is the secret scenario players are searching for. The same post removed a Security reputation farm. Both lines are from that patch, not from a fan theory.
The 1.0 launch post lists nine starts, and Rat Wrangler is one of them. The 27 October news post asks whether you can grow a healthy rat and calls the scenario out by name. You select it on the scenario screen. Nothing in those posts says you must finish another run, type a code, or click a gray portrait first.
We Have Rats!
Community guides say the achievement We Have Rats! unlocks when you start a run as the Rat Wrangler. The internal id lines up with that reading, which is why the achievements page marks the link cross-checked rather than official. The developer's pitch confirms the scenario. The achievement text is the part a patch note has not spelled out.
What the start is said to include
One community catalogue describes Rat Wrangler as an animal-ranching start: 600 credits, 200 weekly rent, the Ranching upgrade, a shabby animal cage, six rats, a meat cleaver, a labeler, and nutrifruit. Those numbers are the same unverified column as the other scenarios. The scenario table prints credits and rent for every start with that tag. Do not budget the first week on them until the lease in your own game agrees.
The developer's question, 'can you grow a healthy rat,' is the official job description. Patch notes also say the Inventor stocks a Gene Scanner once Rat Ranching is unlocked, which is the system this start is built around. Food, health, and the cage come before selling the colony. That priority is common sense from the pitch, not a day-by-day script.
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Starting scenarios
Apprentice
Generalist. The developer calls this the best start for beginners.
550 Unverified
200
Water Merchant
Test water, purify it, relabel it, or sell it as-is. Liability stays yours.
400 Unverified
200
Fence
Stolen goods.
450 Unverified
250
Gunsmith
Weapons and mods. High margins, and security inspections.
150 Unverified
250
Chemist
Profitable chemicals, closely guarded recipes, and customers who come back.
300 Unverified
200
Hydroponic Farmer
Grow crops in small spaces and finish with genetically modified breeds people pay a fortune for.
450 Unverified
240
Aquafarmer
Breed fish. Manage their tanks and water quality.
150 Unverified
240
Rat Wrangler
The developer asks whether you can grow a healthy rat. It was a secret start during the playtest and was made visible before launch.
600 Unverified
200
Rock Bottom
You start with nothing. The developer calls it maximum difficulty and suggests pairing it with the hardest of the four difficulty options.
0 Unverified
200
Starts that look hidden and are not
Junker, Organ Trader, and Street Food Vendor are named in the launch post as future work, with expeditions and a larger story. Community pages say gray portraits for them sit on the start screen. They are unfinished content. They are not a second secret scenario you unlock with a click. Rock Bottom is a visible hard start, the one the developer called maximum difficulty, including when you pair it with the hardest of the four difficulty options.
If a video from the August playtest tells you to hunt the scenario select screen, it is describing the build before 48.3.12. After that patch, and in 1.0, Rat Wrangler is a normal row. It is not an ending. Buying the store is still the win the launch post described, including on this start. The loss screens guides argue over, and why this site will not say the game has 15 or 17 endings, are on the endings page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the secret scenario in Probably Stolen?
Rat Wrangler. It was a hidden starting scenario in the playtest and was made visible in patch 48.3.12 on 7 August 2026.
Is the hidden scenario still locked in 1.0?
No. The 1.0 launch post lists Rat Wrangler among the nine starting scenarios you can pick.
How do you unlock We Have Rats?
Community guides say you start a run as the Rat Wrangler. That link is cross-checked, not printed in a patch note.
Are Junker, Organ Trader, or Street Food Vendor secret scenarios?
The launch post lists them as future starts. They are not hidden scenarios you can unlock in the current build.
How many starting scenarios are there?
Nine in 1.0: Apprentice, Water Merchant, Fence, Gunsmith, Chemist, Hydroponic Farmer, Aquafarmer, Rat Wrangler, and Rock Bottom.
Does the secret scenario have its own ending?
No ending unique to Rat Wrangler is in the launch post. The buyout is still the win. How many endings the game has is unconfirmed and is covered on the endings page.
Taken from the Steam store page, Steam news, or the publisher's launch announcement. The same claim appears in more than one independent community write-up, or a Steam achievement id matches those write-ups. Not an official patch note. Single community source, or sources disagree. Help us confirm before you rely on the number. Prices and unlock rates move after patches.
