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9 Lives to Defend

9 Lives to Defend

Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^

Released Jan 16, 2025 Developer Goldarait Platforms Windows Bullet HellCatsRogue-liteArena ShooterCute
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-05-16)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

86.2%positive80 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Fun gsme but I have trouble seeing all the things being thrown at me because there's not good contrast on some of them but I'm still enjoying it. Plays just fine on mac using crossover.”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-07 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

14all-time peak
0 2 5 2 avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

46achievements
32.4%median completion
6.7%rarest: Nimble cat
96.8% of players 92.4% of players 91.1% of players 89.3% of players 80.9% of players 71.5% of players 65.9% of players 64.9% of players 59.4% of players 57.6% of players 57.3% of players 52.4% of players 48.5% of players 46.3% of players 44.7% of players 43.0% of players 41.8% of players 41.1% of players 40.0% of players 39.1% of players 34.7% of players 33.2% of players 33.0% of players 32.4% of players 31.5% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 26.4% of players 24.6% of players 24.5% of players 23.0% of players 21.8% of players 20.8% of players 20.2% of players 19.0% of players 18.7% of players 18.4% of players 16.1% of players 15.4% of players 13.1% of players 12.5% of players 11.9% of players 11.0% of players 9.5% of players 8.5% of players 6.7% of players 96.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
96.8%Relax, you have 9 lives — Lose the first life
92.4%Snack time — Fill the bowl by collecting kibble
91.1%Full belly — Take a full bowl
Rarest badges of honor
6.7%Nimble cat — Play a match with the Double Dash amulet equipped
8.5%Heart amulet — Play a match with the Extra Health amulet equipped
9.5%Snack Master — Collect 50000 kibbles

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 19, 2025
9 Lives To Defend is Now on Consoles

Hello everyone! We have some great news to share with you: 9 Lives To Defend is now available on PlayStation , Xbox , and Switch ! We want to thank everyone here on Steam who has supported the game si

May 28, 2025
Update 1.0.05

Minor patch update - Feline Master achievement fixed

Apr 18, 2025
Update 1.0.04

Minor patch update - Fixed Sharp Smith card description in Japanese.

Jan 30, 2025
Update 1.0.03

Minor patch update - Fixed minor bugs. - Increased spawn time of the "Centipede Tail" enemy. - Improved skill Recovery Time for each character. - Improved HUD to indicate when the special attack is ac

Jan 28, 2025
Update 1.0.02

Minor patch update - Fixed the Big Rat boss attack bug. - Difficulty balance changes: • Increased the time between attacks of enemies that shoot projectiles. • Reduced the speed of some enemies. • Red

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsBullet Hell · Cats · Rogue-lite · Arena Shooter · Cute · Top-Down Shooter · Hand-drawn · Rogue-like · Action RPG · Cartoony · Funny · Shoot 'Em Up (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Steam Input API Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements46
Official sitehttps://store.steampowered.com/developer/goldaraitgames
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 or AMD FX-4300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 550ti ou RX 550 Storage: 300 MB available space