Games like Cat Museum
If Cat Museum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Life Gallery, The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 and Wurroom — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but impactful story, atmospheric and melancholic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Cat Museum: Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
Players who liked Cat Museum also play
Steam players who put hours into Cat Museum also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Life Gallery
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a melancholic mood with Cat Museum.
Top pick for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Museum.
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Second-strongest match for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
Happy Game
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Ranked #4 for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Papetura
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Ranked #5 for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Catie in MeowmeowLand
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a whimsical mood with Cat Museum.
Ranked #6 for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Catie in MeowmeowLand is a classical humorous point-and-click adventure game. Help little Catie get back home from the bizarre cat world of MeowmeowLand!
Lucid Dream Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Ranked #7 for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
100 hidden cups
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cat Museum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
The strange cups are hidden on the paper. A difficult adventure for the eyes.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Cat Museum
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The Cat Lady
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Neverending Nightmares
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
The House in Fata Morgana
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Cat Museum.
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Sally Face - Episode One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
WORLD OF HORROR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Cat Museum.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
OMORI
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cat Museum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cat Museum at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Cat Museum.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cat Museum.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cat Museum.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Museum.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cat Museum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Museum.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cat Museum.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cat Museum.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Museum.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cat Museum.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Life Gallery
WHY THIS
Shares mini games and a melancholic mood with Cat Museum.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Museum.
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
Happy Game
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Papetura
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with Cat Museum.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
100 hidden cups
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat Museum.
The strange cups are hidden on the paper. A difficult adventure for the eyes.
Frequently asked about Cat Museum
- Is Cat Museum verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cat Museum is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Cat Museum cost?
- Cat Museum is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cat Museum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cat Museum are Life Gallery, The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2, Wurroom.
- Who developed Cat Museum?
- Cat Museum was developed by 751 Games.
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