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Cats and the Other Lives

Cultic Games · 2022-11-21

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 01, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.

Cats and the Other Lives is a $19.99 Adventure game released in 2022, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1540 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (87 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Following the passing of grandfather Bernard, all of the remaining members of the Mason Family returned to their childhood home once again. As Aspen, their house cat, players will touch the hopes, disappointments and regrets of the enigmatic Mason family, traversing through a rich narrative that spans over decades. Is the cat just a witness, or does this animal have a more mysterious role in our lives than we anticipate?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (287 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,540 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27127120222026Week of 2022-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992022-11-212026-10-092022-11-21 — best price $15.992022-12-26 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-08-17 — best price $9.992023-09-28 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-11 — best price $9.992024-06-22 — best price $7.992024-08-14 — best price $5.992024-11-06 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-10 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-07 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
47.8%
earned "“All that remains…”"
23.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56618%29
PS4 (PlayStation)6327%29
Xbox One (Xbox)4916%29

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCatsDramaRetroAdventureEmotionalNarrativeOld SchoolStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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