Published: March 3, 2026
The genres of the games in this list vary widely, from management sims to visual novels to platformers. But they all have five things in common.
These games are:
1) Centered around cats 🐈
2) Created by talented indie game developers
3) Name your own price / free to play
4) Available on Itch.io
5) Fun!
Many are short and were created within a limited timeframe for indie game jams.
All games in this list are free to download, but you can show your support by donating to the developers’ Patreons and other channels, or by choosing the “Name Your Own Price” option at checkout on Itch.io.
This is a fantastic way to uplift small developers, so they can keep making great games for us to play!
10 Fantastic & Free Cat-Themed Indie Games
1) Catatstrophe
This little typing game was inspired by the trials and tribulations of it’s developers at Small Leaf Studios. Play as a coder trying to complete your work within 48 hours despite the distracting antics of Cheeto the cat. As Cheeto relentlessly pushes over items and makes mischief around your studio apartment, you will need to type out your code and clean up after him, all while keeping your character’s sanity intact reflected on the bar in the upper righthand corner.
Catatstrophe was created for the GMTK Game Jam, “an annual game-making event, where thousands of developers get together to make a game in just one weekend.” In 2020, the theme was “out of control.”
Play Catastrophe
2) Dante’s Infernya
Cats have mastered the art of causing mayhem, and Virgil is no acception. In Dante’s Infernya, you play as a fluffy, cream-colored harbringer of Chaos (maybe a flame point ragdoll?) who is hellbent on destroying every inch of his dad’s apartment without getting caught. Can you outwit his angry owner’s relentless efforts to put an end to it?
From knocking over knick-knack’s to shredding pillows, Virgil is a force to be reckoned with. Make your way up two floors and one bonus room in this chaos-filled 3D platformer.
Play Dante’s Infernya
3) Wild Woods
Your group may be full of cute furry felines, but the other animals in this forest aren’t quite as charming. In Wild Woods, players must work day and night to gather resources and protect their wagon against diabolical badger and bunny marauders.
Wild Woods began as a master’s degree project, but the developers plan to take it further with a full-length game currently slated to be playable on Steam sometime in 2023. In the meantime, Wild Woods is available as a free demo on itch.io. For the complete release, developers stated that they are focusing on the online multiplayer aspect for teams of 1-4 players.
Play Wild Woods
4) Boba Simulator
Open your own tea shop to satisfy kitty-cat customers! In Boba Simulator, you get to imagine a life where you quit your job to pursue your dream career – running your very own business! However, being the owner of a boba tea shop isn’t easy. You will need to do everything from keeping stock of ingredients and supplies, creating recipes, serving drinks, improving your store, and ensuring customers are completely satisfied.
Play Boba Simulator
5) Kattespill
Fill your home with cats and shower them with all your love in Kattespill. This simple management game simulates a cozy home and backyard filled with kitties. Your objective is to keep them all clean, well-fed, and happy as you upgrade your supplies. To do so, simply click and drag the different cats to the object you want them to interact with. When a cat interacts with an object, this will add points to a corresponding meter. For example, dropping a cat onto the bathtub will improve the cleanliness bar next to the little rain cloud, while being placed on a bed impacts their energy levels, represented by the lightning bolt.
Play Kattespill
6) Cats Commit Café Chaos
Have you ever spilled some catnip and not been able to sweep it up before the cats started going bonkers and rolling around in it? This is exactly what has happened in Cats Commit Cafe Chaos! Tim the programmer, the owner of the cat café you work at, has asked you to fix this mess by collecting all these crazy cats and uniting them with customers. Each two-minute round is a race against time to chase, grab, and place as many cats as you can.
Cats Commit Café Chaos was created for the 2022 Northern Ireland Student Game Jam where the theme of the jam was “Lift”.
7) Beyond the Veil: A Kitty Cat Mystery Adventure
Mystery meets magic in Beyond the Veil, a puzzle platformer where choices matter. In this world, attractive detectives with tricky romantic lives are charged with solving a missing persons case. Luckily, they share a convenient talent making the job much easier— they can transform into magical cats!
As a magical cat, you can fly, grab useful items, and uncover hidden clues that will help you close the case! In addition to its puzzle platformer elements, Beyond the Veil: A Kitty Cat Mystery Adventure is also “infused with elements of romance and choice-driven narrative.” It has six different endings which are influenced by the decisions you make throughout the game.
Play Beyond the Veil: A Kitty Cat Mystery Adventure
8) The Unlikely Adventures of Sir Mittens of Black
This side-scrolling platformer tells the tale of Mittens, a black cat lost in a mystical realm. His day begins in typical kitty fashion as he scampers around his home, playing with yarn and inevitably making a mess. However, the mood shifts when Mittens knocks over a book containing a portal to a candy-colored fantasy world. Curiosity leads him inside and now, he must venture through this strange, pastel-pink terrain in search of a way back home.
The itch.io page for The Unlikely Adventures of Sir Mittens of Black is written in Spanish, but the narration for the game is in English. As you guide Mittens through fields of obstacles, you will need to manage her energy levels by snacking and taking breaks.
Play The Unlikely Adventures of Sir Mittens of Black
9) ClanGen
Your tale is certain to be one-of-a-kind in ClanGen, an incredibly detailed cat colony simulator with endless ways to customize your experience! In ClanGen, you will be able to influence each individual cat’s story and relationships to help them make friends, find mates, catch food, and explore the mysteries of the surrounding wilderness. To do this, you will need to keep a close eye on everything happing within your colony such as monitoring events, health, relationship stats, sending cats out on patrol, and so much more.
To begin the game, first generate a colony by selecting your preferred territory, recruiting members, and dishing out leadership roles. All cats have different personality traits that will impact the way their stories play out. Also, each holds complicated emotions about the other cats in the colony including trust, dislike, and jealously. These are just some of the many details you will need to pay attention to when running a happy and successful cat colony in ClanGen!
Play ClanGen
10) Sango – Tales from the Coral Cave
Embark on a relaxing adventure that allows you to interact with children’s drawings while you play as a cat or turtle. During the first part of Sango – Tales from the Coral Cave, click your way through a breezy island village in Okinawa, Japan. Next, dive into a sea full of colorful creatures. Along the way, you will encounter hidden secrets and mystical residents in need of a helping paw or flipper!
In the game’s world, you have delved into the drawings done by one imaginative little boy. But in real life, Sango’s visuals were drawn by a group of 10 year-olds during a workshop hosted by Atelier Sentô in 2017. Atelier Sentô is a 2-person development team that uses traditional art mediums, such as colored pencils and watercolor. At the time of this post, the duo is currently working on a sequel called The Coral Cave, though it has been in production for a while.
Play Sango – Tales from the Coral Cave
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See Free Games for Cat Lovers PART 2 for more fun freebies about cats!