Choose 100 Waiting Cats
Choose 100 Waiting Cats if you want an Action, Sports, and RPG experience. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 100 Waiting Cats launched in 2024.
100 Waiting Cats vs 100 New Year Cats
100 Waiting Cats and 100 New Year Cats both land in Strategy, Indie, Adventure 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 share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam. Both released in 2024. Both sit near 96% positive on Steam (100 Waiting Cats: 313 reviews, 100 New Year Cats: 362). 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 100 New Year Cats
Choose 100 New Year Cats if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 100 New Year Cats launched in 2024.
Both 100 Waiting Cats and 100 New Year Cats sit in Strategy, Indie, and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (96.2% vs 95.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 100 Waiting Cats |  100 New Year Cats | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Free To Play, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 96.2% positive (313 reviews) | 95.6% positive (362 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | 100 Cozy Games, Cats | 100 Cozy Games, Cats |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Both released in 2024.
- Both sit near 96% positive on Steam (100 Waiting Cats: 313 reviews, 100 New Year Cats: 362).
- Both are free to play.
- Steam Deck: 100 Waiting Cats is Deck Verified, 100 New Year Cats is Deck Playable.
100 Waiting Cats vs 100 New Year Cats — FAQ
- Which is better, 100 Waiting Cats or 100 New Year Cats?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: 100 Waiting Cats sits at 96.2% positive (313 reviews), 100 New Year Cats at 95.6% (362). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Are 100 Waiting Cats and 100 New Year Cats similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Adventure 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.