Cat Quest

Picked this up on sale without thinking much about it.
The first hour I kept getting hit because I was rolling too early. Once I slowed down a bit, it started to feel better. Nothing complicated, just paying attention instead of rushing.
I didn’t really stick to the main path. I’d head somewhere, see a side cave, go in, come out a few levels higher, then wander off again. Half the time I forgot what I was originally trying to do.
It’s not a huge game, but it doesn’t feel empty. The gear actually changes how fights go, especially early on when you’re underleveled and walk into an area you shouldn’t be in yet.
I mostly played it on days where I didn’t want something heavy or competitive. It fit that mood.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Masterpiece
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☑ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run Paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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backlog journal (1/150): playing & reviewing all my neglected sale games
bought in jul 2023 • completed in nov 2025 (100%)
cat quest is an open-world, top-down arpg where you explore a big & colourful map filled with towns (62 side quests) and 52 dungeons. combat happens in real time: you can slash enemies with simple meowlee attacks and dodge roll to avoid hits. you get to choose four meowgic spells to add extra damage or utility.
the gameplay loop revolves around completing quests to level up, clearing dungeons and upgrading gear. after finishing your first playthrough, you unlock mew game+, where you can choose meowdifiers to meowke the game harder (and it’s also essential if you’re aiming for 100% achievement completion).
the combat animations are really smooth, combat is engaging, the map is easy to navigate and the developer team has such pawsitive attention to detail that there are adorable cat puns efurywhere. everything is light-hearted with no stressful or overly complicated systems.
i found the gear system a bit redundant since there aren’t many fun builds to pounce on. you get a few legendary gear pieces furry easily, so there’s not much scratching around for loot. you do get to learn different magic spells though, which helps make things a little more pawsome.
side quests started feeling repetitive after a while, since it’s mostly following an arrow to clear mobs or caves, and not being able to accept more than one quest at a time really drags the pacing. the slog of doing the main quest four times in mew game+ to get all the achievements left me a bit… procatstination-prone. thankfully, the whole game is short (around 10 hours to 100% efurything), so the grind doesn’t really overstay its welcome.
lastly, it was a furtunate surprise to find out the developers are from my country (singapaw!). that instantly made my heart purr. i can’t wait to play the rest of the cat quest installments. although there are improvements that could make the experience better, this game is a purrfect chill pick if you want something cosy after work and just want to switch off your brain for a meowment in a low-commitment, relaxing little catventure. would highly recommeownd buying when it's on sale!
check out what i played next at kitten's backlog journal ♡

Do you like cats? Do you like cat puns? Do you like hack n slash? If you answered yes to all of these then do I have the purrfect game for you!
Cat Quest is a cute little hack n slash game with a surprisingly decent story despite it's cute aesthetic and simple premise. It can get a little repetitive in looting and combat but its short playtime stops that feeling like much of an issue. Grab loot, kill monsters, explore and lend a paw to help your fellow cats with a wide array of side quests
I wouldn't have expected it but it can actually offer a fun and rather surprising challenge if you want to unlock everything in the game with the mewdifiers it has. To get one of the achievements you will most likely need to pair together level 1, 9 lives and stronger enemies together to get one of the needed pieces for the old master set.
If you like cute games with cats then mew need look no further than this adorable little title.
Still on the fence? Then what are you waiting fur? There's even a demo to test it out first!

Cat Quest Review
I honestly bought this game hoping my cat would sit on my lap while I played it on my shiny new Steam Deck. Sadly, that part of the plan didn’t work out, but I still ended up having a great time with the game.
You play as an adventurous kitty exploring the world, leveling up, and growing stronger to defeat the big bad guy. The game is packed with cat puns, plenty of purring, and just an overall charming vibe from start to finish.
It also runs amazingly well on Steam Deck. I was able to finish almost the entire game on a single charge, which made it perfect for handheld play. Plus, it regularly goes on sale for really cheap, so it’s an easy recommendation if you want a fun and relaxing action RPG.

Cat Quest is a parody action RPG with nice cartoon isometric graphics and surprisingly solid battle system. The quests and overall storyline, of course, can't be compared 1-to-1 to major AAA RPG titles, but within its own indie niche, it's quite good. I really enjoyed most of my time with the game in the first playthrough, so I can easily recommend Cat Quest to the players of any age, because... Everyone likes cats, right?
I can name some questionable game design choices that frustrated me a bit, though. The first thing was that unfair move with hiding half of the reward for all dungeons in some non-obvious side quest, the one about the golden key. You can miss it or find it very late in the game, when you probably don't need it. It's an obvious move to prolong playtime and stimulate the player to replay dungeons over and over... Also, I didn't really like all those 'Mew Game+' modes, designed in a way that you need to complete the game 4 more times , to unlock all the achievements. Sure, sure, when you are already know what needs to be done, you can beat the game in less than 2 hours per run, but the fun within those runs goes to nil for me.
With that said, overall, Cat Quest is still a nice pick for your game collection, and a good present for other gamers, starting from about 4-5-year-olds... My mark is 7/10, but that's because my impression of the game was washed out in all those reruns for achievements. Would that be the game which could be completed in one run, I'd have stayed at 10/10 mark, as Cat Quest is really a fine thing to play. Something like Zelda with cats, meow!

The New Game is a nice and smooth experience for beginners and experienced players
The New Game+ feels like an anime where the protagonist has been iseka'ed into another world with overpowered magic/skills
The Mew Game is literally playing with both arms and legs tied behind your back while the weakest enemies have the same power/strength as Goku