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Cat

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Cat is a fun little clicker game where you can rest and click some cats. You can earn 2 drops to your steam inventory every 8h and gain 33 achievements.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Relaxing and low-stress gameplay
  • Cute cat theme and animations
  • Simple mechanics accessible to casual players
  • Lightweight and runs on low-end pcs

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive and grind-heavy gameplay
  • Slow and frustrating drop system for achievements
  • Minimal content and lack of depth
  • No social or competitive features
  • Occasional bugs and ui issues

What to play next

Top picks

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Less idle-friendly

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More strategic

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Cat. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Cat. These titles are not in What to play next.

Cat: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Thrill, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Creativity.

Last update: 24/08/2026