Cat on a Diet
Fair · Action · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $0.84. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.3h 5.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.37/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 891 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Swipe and prod to claw away at wooden blocks, unscrew bolts, control powerful magnets and explode highly volatile uranium – anything to reach those cookies!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 103 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.84 at 83 percent off still sits 71 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Haunt the House: Terrortown ($0.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats AtmaSphere ($0.75, scores 57).
More about Cat on a Diet
Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 227 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 43 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 2.3 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
25% start to 5% 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 lovely and hilarious experience with fun physics interactions. This game really put a smile on my face. Highly recommended.
2 more reviews
Cat on a Diet, developed by Nawia Games and published by Forever Entertainment S.A., is a lighthearted and charming physics-based puzzle game that combines humor, clever design, and a satisfyingly simple premise. It follows the misadventures of Dr. Meow, an adorably plump cat whose sweet tooth and insatiable hunger for cookies lead him into a series of elaborate, often precarious situations. The goal is simple-help...
A Cat Puzzle Game With Physics Effects What this game is: A cat themed puzzle game, with physics effects. How does it work? You need to solve various setups in order to allow a cat to eat muffins and then end in a cookie jar. Each setup has the cat sitting in a position it must leave in order to get to the cookie jar. Success is defined by having removed all three muffins from the setup and having the cat in the...
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Cite this score
Cat on a Diet scores 61/100 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/447890/cat-on-a-dietReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.