Cats in Time
BANGER · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $4.99.
- Length
- 3.9h
- Value
- $1.28/hr
- Reviews
- 96% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 2GB, Shader Model 2.0, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
November 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $2.99. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 51 in the 5 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, A Tower Full of Cats ($4.19, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats 100 hidden cats ($0.99, scores 72).
This site sampled 336 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 134 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
At 3.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
88% start to 24% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 00:52 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Honestly just a very chill simple puzzler. As others have said, this is definitely meant to be consumed in small chunks. Did this over 5 - 6 sessions and I'd say that's ideal. Didn't outstay its welcome, brought a smile to my face :)
This is such an adorable puzzle game. The artwork is super cute and I enjoy that much of the items around the puzzles are interactive. The puzzles themselves are creative and the game does a good job of not being repetitive. Highly recommend.
It is a cute hidden object game, not too challenging, but fun to play. A great time filler. I am enjoying it so far.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Cats in Time scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1599880/cats-in-timeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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