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Games like The Cat Games

If The Cat Games is your kind of game, the closest matches are Muscle Car Robot, Kick the VIRUS and Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hidden surprise challenges, cozy and funny. 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.

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About The Cat Games: Do you like cats? Then this is the purrfect game for you!

2017ActionSportsIndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby M. Hanka
The Cat Games — Steam game cover
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Cats compete in absurdly competitive minigamesEasy achievements and trading cardsHidden surprise challengesCozyFunnyLighthearted

Players who liked The Cat Games also play

Steam players who put hours into The Cat Games 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.

  1. Muscle Car Robot

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    What will you do if your country would be under attack by bandits? You will surely transform into a super robot , isn't it?

    2019ActionSportsIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Kick the VIRUS

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    Kick the VIRUS It's a game that helps when your anger reaches its maximum.

    2020ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fat Prisoner Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.

    2019ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. City Climber

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Cat Games.

    Ranked #4 for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

    2017ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Catlateral Damage

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Cat Games.

    Ranked #5 for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    Catlateral Damage is a first-person destructive cat simulator where you play as a cat on a rampage, knocking as much stuff onto the ground as possible.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    Chickens are on the loose! Hiding, running, fishing, and flying – chickens are everywhere! It’s up to you and your dead-eye aim to save the farm.

    2022ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Candy Smash VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with The Cat Games.

    Satisfy your hacking and slashing needs in colorful and mushy candy world. Experience the most fun you can have with VR and HTC Vive controllers smashing stuff!

    2016ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Cat Games.

    Ranked #8 for The Cat Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Cat Games at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Cat Games.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Cat Games.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cat Games.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Cat Games.

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Cat Games.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Cat Games.

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Cat Games.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Cat Games on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Cat Games.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 The Cat Games.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Cat Games.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Cat Games.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cat Games.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Simulation with The Cat Games.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Cat Games.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Cat Games.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from M. Hanka

Other recommendable Steam games by M. Hanka, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Voodoo Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Cat Games.

    Another title from M. Hanka, the studio behind The Cat Games. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cat Games.

    Welcome to the Voodoo Garden! You're owner of a little hut in a bustling swamp. With the help of little spirits you can earn powers and gold by producing various voodoo supplies.

    2016IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Hieroglyphika

    WHY THIS

    Another title from M. Hanka, the studio behind The Cat Games.

    Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.

    2016StrategyRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Puzzle Dating

    WHY THIS

    Another title from M. Hanka, the studio behind The Cat Games. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cat Games.

    Hello! I'm a matchmaking game.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mermaid Colony

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Cat Games.

    Another title from M. Hanka, the studio behind The Cat Games. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cat Games.

    Mermaid Colony is an atmospheric survival strategy game. You're granted godlike powers to guide the mermaids in a battle between light and darkness.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Cat Games

Does The Cat Games run on Steam Deck?
The Cat Games 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 Games cost?
The Cat Games is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Cat Games?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Cat Games are Muscle Car Robot, Kick the VIRUS, Fat Prisoner Simulator 2.
Who developed The Cat Games?
The Cat Games was developed by M. Hanka and published by Liu Lidan.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Cat Games.

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