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Cattails | Become a Cat!

Falcon Development · 2017-12-01

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2017 (Mac), Dec 2017 (Linux)

Become a cat! Cattails is a unique animal simulation RPG. Hunt for food, fight invading cats, explore to gather herbs, and socialize with other cats in an expansive open world. Get married and raise a family of kittens, befriend your neighbors, and learn to live in the dangerous wilderness!

3
playing now
96%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Cattails is a 2017 role-playing video game developed by Falcon Development for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux and Nintendo Switch. The game follows an abandoned housecat who joins one of three feral cat colonies and builds relationships with its members and their neighboring colonies. A sequel, Cattails: Wildwood Story, was released in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 67k–161k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,690 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.84 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
878720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-08-12 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.842017-12-012026-08-252017-12-01 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-06-03 — best price $11.242019-08-05 — best price $9.742019-12-04 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $7.492020-10-05 — best price $7.492020-12-07 — best price $7.492021-03-01 — best price $3.742021-05-27 — best price $7.492021-07-26 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $11.242022-03-07 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-07 — best price $14.992023-01-16 — best price $14.992023-04-13 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-01 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-21 — best price $14.992025-01-06 — best price $3.742025-03-21 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $5.092025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-12-17 — best price $4.492026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-25 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3432026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-03 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
64.7%
earned "Welcome to the Forest Colony"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGCatsCuteCasualMiningNatureRomanceLife SimSurvival

Census log

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

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