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Cattails | Become a Cat!

Falcon Development · 2017-12-01

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Cattails | Become a Cat! is a Casual, Indie, RPG and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 2690 reviews).

5
playing now
96%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 5 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 4% of 29,131 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.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 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

2202026-09-15 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1501Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 25Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 71Dec 2017 — avg 150 · peak 433Mar 2018 — avg 89 · peak 330Jun 2018 — avg 49 · peak 94Sep 2018 — avg 43 · peak 115Dec 2018 — avg 58 · peak 199Mar 2019 — avg 44 · peak 103Jun 2019 — avg 42 · peak 89Sep 2019 — avg 31 · peak 72Dec 2019 — avg 43 · peak 98Mar 2020 — avg 51 · peak 137Jun 2020 — avg 42 · peak 86Sep 2020 — avg 23 · peak 51Dec 2020 — avg 40 · peak 117Mar 2021 — avg 50 · peak 149Jun 2021 — avg 39 · peak 89Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 51Dec 2021 — avg 28 · peak 85Mar 2022 — avg 29 · peak 75Jun 2022 — avg 47 · peak 89Sep 2022 — avg 25 · peak 56Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 69Mar 2023 — avg 22 · peak 49Jun 2023 — avg 30 · peak 69Sep 2023 — avg 20 · peak 51Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 49Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 34Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 27Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

3442026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 34 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 19 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 23 pageviews2026-09-04 — 22 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 13 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 25 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-12-01 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCatsCuteCasualMiningNatureRomanceLife SimSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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