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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable91 % positive19.50 €

You experience a broken family's reunion through the eyes of their house cat, Aspen. Simple point-and-click puzzles built around cat behavior let you slowly uncover the secrets of the home.

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cats and the Other Lives special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Old Man's Journey

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2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified87 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cats and the Other Lives: a cosy mood to unwind, a relaxed difficulty and a strong story.

A short, calm puzzle adventure where you reshape the landscape to guide an old man on a journey full of memories. Handpainted visuals and a touching, wordless story about loss and reconciliation set it apart.

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Strong, story-driven narrative

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Assemble With Care

Cosy, great for unwinding

A gentle puzzle game from the Monument Valley studio in which you repair old objects as a restorer in the town of Bellariva, getting to know the people and their stories along the way. The tactile taking-apart and rebuilding carries a warm, thoughtful narrative.

Unpacking

Cosy, great for unwinding

A meditative pixel-art puzzle about emptying moving boxes and arranging belongings across several homes. Without a single line of dialogue, it tells a touching life story purely through the objects you unpack.

When the Past Was Around

Cosy, great for unwinding

A gentle point-and-click adventure about love, loss and letting go, told without words through hand-drawn art and a lot of music. Light puzzles guide you through a touching story of a relationship.

A Fisherman's Tale

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short VR puzzle adventure where you play Bob, a fisherman puppet, and solve puzzles by manipulating miniature models nested inside the world itself. Clever spatial tricks and a touching story set it apart.

A Normal Lost Phone

Puzzles and brain teasers

You find a stranger's smartphone and dig through its messages, apps and photos to uncover their secrets. A short, empathetic narrative that unfolds through small puzzles.

Strange Horticulture

Puzzles and brain teasers

You run a small plant shop in an occult town, identifying plants through clues, a reference book and a map. It is a cozy yet eerie puzzle mystery with a cat, odd customers and dark secrets.

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