Stray

i remember when i first played this game i was drunk, and after the cat missed the jump in the first(?) cutscene i thought it died and i started crying. 10/10

Playing as a little orange cat reminded me so much of my own orange boy that passed away.It’s such a lovely game.

So I am about almost four years late to this game. I did avoid it on purpose though. The cat I grew up with since I was born, did pass away about a few months before I saw the trailer for this game, and my cat was also an orange beautiful cat. I spent a lot of time really wanting to play this game, but thinking of a cat that looks so much like my old one the whole time I knew would be rough.
But here I am. Almost four years after release, and over four years after my cat had passed.
And wow. I am so pleased with the gameplay, story, graphics, and just everything. I have not been this immersed into a story for some time. The developers did so amazing. The robot apocalyptic aesthetic has truly opened my eyes to stuff to do in Minecraft as a builder haha. I genuinely love this aesthetic so much. I really hope these developers will be able to push out some more games/content, as it's clear storytelling is something they know how to do well.
Overall, I will say this game is incredible, and I cannot wait to start grinding the achievements to 100% the game, and get all the badges to use on my Steam profile, once I get restriction off for having a new account...
Thank you so much for this eye opening game. Again, can't wait to see more.
Love this game, and still love my Ellie, and miss you lots <3

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ 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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Stray is a beautiful game built on minimalism. There's no HUD, no glowing waypoints, no tutorials holding your hand—every step I figured out on my own. Puzzles and objectives reveal themselves through exploration and curiosity; I found myself distracting a shopkeeper with a blaring mixtape, sneaking into a restricted area by hiding in a delivery box, and uncovering a hidden path through a nightclub just by offering someone a drink. Nothing felt out of place or overly complex—everything just made sense.
I didn't mind its minimalistic gameplay at all; in fact, I appreciated it more than most. Stray trusted me as a player. It stripped away clutter and let the world speak for itself, and what a world it is: the city feels alive, even though it's populated entirely by robots, and I especially loved how the developers leaned into the sci-fi vibe by giving them old-school TV screens for faces. It was such a smart choice—visually unique, easy to read, and efficient from a development standpoint. Without using complex facial animations, the game still managed to convey so much emotion through simple visuals, body language, and sound.
As for the story, it's definitely the title's greatest strength—I was on the verge of tears by the end. :') At around five hours for an 80% completion rate, it's a short game, yes, but I truly appreciated how it respects the player's time while still delivering a powerful, lasting impression.
With Stray, you don't just play a game—you live and experience another world for a while. And when you're done, you might even find a part of it stays with you.

Couldn't put it down, played it until the end over the course of a day. What more could you want from a video game? I loved it. Being able to fit in small spaces, hop around the signs and pipes above the city, meow as much I felt like. Plus the cultural reference robo cameos are a blast. The synths and accompanying music are great too.

A charming little adventure about a ginger-tailed cat, filled with friendship at its very best and a quiet sense of sadness softened by hope. The visual style is both unique and incredibly atmospheric, giving the entire journey a warm yet melancholic feel. Short, memorable and genuinely heartfelt.

10 knocked-over vases out of 10.