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Cat in the Box
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Cat in the Box is a psychological horror experience that begins with a familiar premise but gradually transforms into something far more unsettling and introspective. Developed by Gustav, it places you in the role of a young content creator investigating an abandoned mansion…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“Мне нравится как в этой игре построено повествование. Все таки троп "герой приезжает исследовать проклятый особняк" очень хорошо работает в играх. Героиня действительно вызывает сопереживание, а происходящее кажется убедительным в рамках игры и не вызывает испанского стыда. Нет…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Hands down my most FAVOURITE rpgmaker game OF ALL TIME i loved this story when manlybadasshero played it first, i am so happy to have bought it, played it and completed it. Having it on my steam library is an honor. I love this story so so so much, the character, the horror; the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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New language support: Spanish
Cat in the Box now supports Spanish language. We'd like to express our sincere appreciation to White Novels for providing the translation. Thanks you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257410/Cat_in
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New language support: Russian (Русский)
Cat in the Box now supports Russian language. We'd like to express our sincere appreciation to Makoto_Tanu for providing the translation. We hope that players in Russia will also enjoy the game. Thank
New language support: Thai (ไทย)
Cat in the Box now officially supports Thai language. We'd like to express our sincere appreciation to Whateverzone for their hard work on translation. We hope that players in Thailand will also enjoy
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · RPGMaker · Adventure · Mystery · Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Psychological Horror · Thriller · Story Rich · Puzzle · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Russian, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: Any processor w/ a clock rate of 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: CPU-integrated or on-board graphics Storage: 250 MB available space