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Cats and the Other Lives

Cultic Games · 2022-11-21

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

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.

2
playing now
91%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,535 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 11 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992022-11-212026-08-282022-11-21 — 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 $19.992026-08-28 — 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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