Cats and the Other Lives

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.

Cats and the Other Lives is a cats, story rich and adventure game developed by Cultic Games and published by Cultic Games and Maple Whispering Limited.
Released on November 21st 2022 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French and German.

It has received 1,252 reviews of which 1,155 were positive and 97 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.90€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Cats and the Other Lives into these genres:

Cats Story Rich Adventure Pixel Graphics Atmospheric Interactive Fiction 2D Psychological Drama Point & Click Narrative Emotional Retro Old School Investigation Dark Mystery Singleplayer Dark Humor Funny

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: Intel i5+
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX900 Series or Higher
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 3 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

This is such a wonderfully done little game. I became so instantly engaged with the story I played through the entire thing in a single sitting. It's a well-paced perfectly done little narrative, and while the game play aspects can be a bit confusing or lacking at times, I enjoyed it completely all the way through. I would suggest playing this game in a quiet calm room with a warm cup of tea under a soft blanket. While I wouldn't call it a 'cozy game' exactly due to its darker subject matter, it has an overall comforting sort of atmosphere to it

Oct. 2024

Im a cat-fanatic, so of course I liked the game. However unless you are really into cats, you probably will find this to be kinda mid. The story is okayish at best, the characters tend to be rather one note and a lot of the gameplay is really just reading and following people. The absolute worst are the minigames though. Hated pretty much all of them and can totally see how some people would rage quit over them. If you like cats, support it at full price, otherwise wait for a discount.

Sept. 2024

Listen. Listen to me. I am holding your face gently. As a writer, this is the game you dream of writing. I don't think I stopped crying from the start of the third act through the epilogue. Thank you to the devs for making something that was far, far more than I was expecting. No bugs on this end. All emotion. If you like story games: play it.

March 2024

Powerful writing and delivery!! Didn't expect the story to be so emotional. And there are a few surprises for TRPG players too!

Jan. 2024

I am so ugly crying at the end! I just wish that the action scenes could be skipped, they're very hard to do. Too arcade-y for a point and click game imo. If you switch windows (alt-tab), some parts of the game can get bugged out, like trying to sniff won't work anymore. You will need to reload the game. The auto-save is annoying. I want to be able to save and load at any point since the dialogue can get long to go through again. But overall this game's great. It was intriguing to unfold this family drama from the eyes of the cat.

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