Cat Bait
Worth it · Roguelike · 2024 · Early Access
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $2.74, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2024.
- Length
- 2.8h
- Value
- $0.98/hr
- Reviews
- 96% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 45% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 35% ($3.24)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 45% ($2.74)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Vulkan or OpenGL support, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
Cat Bait is a casual game with cute pixel graphics. Control the Cat Bait, dodge enemies, and use the unique abilities of helper cats.
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
It has never been cheaper than $2.74. That was December 2025. It has been discounted 11 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 35 percent off, with about 13 weeks between sales. Today's $2.74 at 45 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 88 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Void Rains Upon Her Heart ($12.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Garden of Witches ($18.99, scores 73).
Of the 347 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 95 percent of the 556 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 2.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 9, 3.3 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
94% start to 9% 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
A simple yet interesting game with good music, pleasant graphics, and addictive gameplay
I thought this was really cute and easy to pick up. The pixel art is charming, and dodging enemies while using the cats' abilities keeps things light and fun. It feels like a good game to jump into for short sessions when you just want something simple and cozy. I did keep thinking how much better it would be with co op though. Playing alongside a friend and coordinating the cats would have made it way more fun...
Fun little bullet-hell game. Development is still in progress, but it is getting better with every iteration.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Cat Bait scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2929730/cat-baitReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 2.
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