Games like The Cat Lady
If The Cat Lady is your kind of game, the closest matches are Downfall, Lydia and Lorelai — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters feel real, story is beautifully crafted and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →The Cat Lady is a 2013 indie adventure game from Harvester Games. Players follow Susan Ashworth, a middle-aged woman grappling with isolation, as an unexpected encounter sets her on a harrowing path. The game blends character interaction, interactive storytelling, and puzzle-solving within a dark, atmospheric framework. Reviewers highlight that the characters feel real and that the story is beautifully crafted, while players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and melancholic. Priced at $8.99, it holds a 93% positive rating from over 2,600 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About The Cat Lady: 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...
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Downfall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Top pick for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Lydia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Second-strongest match for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Lorelai
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Third-strongest match for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Cat Lady.
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Hell Is Other People
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
A psychological horror adventure about social anxiety. Play as a girl with red hair deemed broken by a black-and-white society. Your mind is your inventory. Manage shifting mental states, befriend your unreliable Alter-Ego and decide: force yourself to conform, or isolate?
Never Ending Nightmare
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Life has been tough for you after the tragic incident with your parents. Your way of coping has been through reliving all the good memories with them, but all the memories had a dark turn this time... will you be able to figure out why?
ARIJIGOKU
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
A short, narrative-driven 2D pixel art adventure/horror game. Play as Erik, a man lost in grief, as you explore a secluded forest, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. With multiple endings and deadly choices, curiosity can cost you — so save often.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an emotional mood with The Cat Lady.
Ranked #7 for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
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.
Detention
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Ranked #8 for The Cat Lady fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Cat Lady
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
Gods Will Be Watching
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
Proteus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Alexia Crow and the Cave of Heroes
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
An adventure game with hand-painted graphics and an intriguing story. It's up to you to escape from the mysterious Cave Of Heroes by solving brain-bending puzzles. Explore a game world based on Ancient Greek mythology in this fascinating and thought-provoking journey.
Neverending Nightmares
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
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.
Downfall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
DISTRAINT 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Reviewers of The Cat Lady cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Cat Lady at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Cat Lady on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Cat Lady.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 with The Cat Lady.
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 The Cat Lady.
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 The Cat Lady.
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 The Cat Lady.
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 with The Cat Lady.
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 The Cat Lady.
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.
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More from Harvester Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Harvester Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Lorelai
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Another title from Harvester Games, the studio behind The Cat Lady. Shares Adventure with The Cat Lady.
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Downfall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Another title from Harvester Games, the studio behind The Cat Lady. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Burnhouse Lane
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Another title from Harvester Games, the studio behind The Cat Lady. Shares Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Lydia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an emotional mood with The Cat Lady.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
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.
Detention
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Cat Lady.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cat Lady.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Frequently asked about The Cat Lady
- Does The Cat Lady run on Steam Deck?
- The Cat Lady is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Cat Lady cost?
- The Cat Lady is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Cat Lady?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Cat Lady are Downfall, Lydia, Lorelai.
- Who developed The Cat Lady?
- The Cat Lady was developed by Harvester Games and published by Screen 7.
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