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How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission vs Population Goals!

How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission and Population Goals! both land in Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Casual games on Steam. How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission (2022) is 2 years older than Population Goals! (2024). How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Population Goals! (0.99 USD vs. 3.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.

Which should you pick?

Choose How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission

Choose How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's currently about 75% cheaper on the Steam Store. How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission launched in 2022.

Choose Population Goals!

Choose Population Goals! if you want an Action, Strategy, and Adventure experience. Population Goals! launched in 2024.

Both How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission and Population Goals! sit in Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.

Side-by-side comparison

How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission vs Population Goals! — Steam metadata comparison
How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission — Steam game coverHow To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible MissionPopulation Goals! — Steam game coverPopulation Goals!
Released20222024
GenresIndie, CasualAction, Strategy, Adventure, Casual
PlatformsWindowsWindows
Steam DeckUnratedUnrated
Price0.99 USD3.99 USD
Steam reviews88.9% positive (27 reviews)1 reviews
MultiplayerSingle-player onlySingle-player only
DevelopersFractal ProjectsThirty55 Design

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How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission vs Population Goals! — FAQ

Should I play How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission or Population Goals! first?
If you want chronology, How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission (2022) came out before Population Goals! (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
Are How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission and Population Goals! similar?
They overlap on Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
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