Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm
Fair · Short indie · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $3.99. A BANGER at $0.83, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Dec 2023 (lowest $2.79, Oct 2026).
- Length
- 0.4h 2h to 100%
- Value
- $9.98/hr
- Reviews
- 98% of 218 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $0.83 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
It's Christmas time! The Santa's Icy Realm is in full steam!! Join the fun and search for all the Hidden Cats one by one among the elves to reveal the final colored art. More than 970 hidden objects! This time with an extra bonus level, SNOWBALL FIGHT!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
29 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 20 percent off across all of them, roughly 4 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $0.83, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Value puts it in the top 9 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Travellin Cats in China ($0.49, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats A Little to the Left ($14.99, scores 57).
More about Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm
0.4 hours to finish it, 2 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 5.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
96% start to 78% 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
What players say
Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm, developed and published by Nukearts Studio, is a warm, gentle hidden-object game wrapped in the festive charm of winter landscapes and holiday magic. Rather than attempting to redefine the genre, it leans fully into the comfort of its premise: cozy illustrated scenes, soothing exploration, and the simple pleasure of spotting clever visual details. The game opens with large, hand-drawn...
2 more reviews
A wonderful game for Christmas! Santa is counting for our help. Find all his cats and save the holidays! PROS: - Over 900 cats to find; - Holiday music in the mood; - Black and white to coloured world; - Main game + Advanced mode + Bonus levels + Grand level; - Hints, zoom in and zoom out. CONS: - None at all. If I weren't connected with Nukearts (the devs) on FB, I wouldn't have known they have just released this...
I truly enjoy these Hidden Cat games, the Developers put a lots of love into them. I'm always sad when the game comes to an end. Hope they bring some more out, and I surely grab them.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Hidden Cats in Santa's Realm scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1726750/hidden-cats-in-santa-s-realmReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.