Tim Cheese: the little cheese mouse everyone starts with
Tim Cheese is a brainrot mouse made of, or living in, a wedge of cheese. Some guides call him a rat, others a mouse. In Steal a Brainrot he is a Common unit, about $500 with $5 per second of in-game cash, so lots of players meet him in their first few minutes.
Why players know him
Steal a Brainrot starts slow. You have little cash, so you buy cheap Common units like Noobini Pizzanini and Tim Cheese and let them earn. Tim pays back his price in under two minutes, which makes him a smart early buy.
He is also a safe target to practice stealing. Losing him hurts less than losing a Legendary, so new players learn the steal-and-run loop with units like Tim.
Early Steal a Brainrot tips
- Buy cheap first. Commons like Tim Cheese pay back their price early. Fill your base before you save for rarer units.
- Lock your base. Use the lock when you step away, so nobody walks off with your units.
- Swap up. Sell or replace Commons once your income can buy Rares and Epics.
- Steal smart. Go for units you can carry home before the owner catches you.
A mouse-and-cheese chase game
- Cheese heist. Sneak into a kitchen, grab the cheese, get back to the hole before the cat wakes up.
- Swiss maze. The level is a giant cheese full of holes. Find the way through before it melts.
- Trap run. Snap traps line the floor. Time your dash between them.
- Switch sides. Next round, your friend is the mouse and you are the cat.
Chase games that work the same way
- Pac-Man (Namco, 1980). Eat the dots, avoid the ghosts, turn the tables with a power pellet.
- Mouse Trap (board game). Build a silly trap machine and catch the other players' mice.
- Pounce or Perish (Roam). A cat arena brawler: rats everywhere, one cat, pounce. Play the cat and see how Tim feels.
Play it on Roam
More on Roam
Make your own Tim Cheese chase game with Roam
Describe the kitchen, the cheese and the cat. Roam builds the chase, and friends can play the mouse or the cat. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.
Try: "chase game in a kitchen, I am a cheese mouse, grab cheese and run back to the hole, snap traps on the floor, my friend is the cat, swap each round"Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play.
Questions people ask
What rarity is Tim Cheese in Steal a Brainrot?
Common. Guides list him at about $500 with $5 per second of in-game cash.
Is Tim Cheese a mouse or a rat?
Guides disagree. Fans call him both.
Is Tim Cheese worth buying?
Early on, yes. He pays back his price in under two minutes, then you replace him with rarer units.
What is the cheapest brainrot in Steal a Brainrot?
Noobini Pizzanini, a Common, is usually the first and cheapest unit players buy.