Games like I wanna be The Cat
If I wanna be The Cat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity, Bloody Trapland and The End Is Nigh — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bosses parody fangame tropes, handmade levels feel endless and challenging. 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 I wanna be The Cat: I wanna be the Cat is a challenging roguelite platformer inspired by I wanna be the Guy fangames.Fight against famous videogame characters turned into cats and try to claim "THE CAT" as the ultimate title.
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Steam players who put hours into I wanna be The Cat 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.
Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Top pick for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Take on the hard yet fair world of Bloody Trapland. Jump, slide, dash and dodge your way through the many deadly levels. Find secrets, solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and unravel the story. Go at it alone or bring your friends along for a co-op experience like no other. 1-4 players online and/or splitscreen.
Bloody Trapland
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Second-strongest match for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.
The End Is Nigh
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Third-strongest match for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Ranked #4 for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Ranked #5 for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Ranked #6 for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Ranked #7 for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Just Get Through
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Ranked #8 for I wanna be The Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Just Get Through is a randomly generated platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring a destructible environment, sandbox mode, user-created levels, various gamemodes, hardcore mode, color palettes, deadly traps, explosions and more.
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Magic Tower
WHY THIS
Reviewers of I wanna be The Cat cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Inspired by RPG map in "Warcraft III" , the core gameplay is plunder resources from enemies. This game is not only a simple thief, but also a test of the collocation between the various defensive towers, as well as a balance between the defense tower injury and the enemy's blood volume.
RogueLite
WHY THIS
Reviewers of I wanna be The Cat cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
'RogueLite' is a simple randomly generated dungeon that was inspired by classic RPGs, complete with 100 floors, over 200 treasures to find and 70 monsters to hunt, and 6 playable classes plus 6 unlockable classes.
RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling and a whimsical mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Reviewers of I wanna be The Cat cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I wanna be The Cat at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
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 ~57% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with I wanna be The Cat.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with I wanna be The Cat.
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 ~79% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with I wanna be The Cat.
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 ~86% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with I wanna be The Cat.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under I wanna be The Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with I wanna be The Cat.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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The End Is Nigh
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with I wanna be The Cat.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I wanna be The Cat.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Frequently asked about I wanna be The Cat
- How much does I wanna be The Cat cost?
- I wanna be The Cat is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does I wanna be The Cat have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — I wanna be The Cat supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to I wanna be The Cat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I wanna be The Cat are Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity, Bloody Trapland, The End Is Nigh.
- Who developed I wanna be The Cat?
- I wanna be The Cat was developed by Nemega.
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