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Desktop Cat Cafe

Desktop Cat Cafe

Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.

Released Mar 6, 2025 Developer samyam, lockyaw Publisher Zippyzappy Games Platforms Windows CatsAutomationManagementSimulationCasual
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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

77.9%positive95 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“There are definitely still some annoying bugs, but the developer accepts feedback through Discord and is still working to improve. It's pretty much exactly what it advertises itself as, and is mostly worth the price. I picked it up on sale and recommend the same to others.”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Desktop Cat Cafe is a cozy idle management game that turns a small portion of the computer screen into a miniature café populated by hardworking cats. Developed by samyam and lockyaw and published by Zippyzappy Games, the game is built around the idea of providing a relaxing…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I can't recommend this at all. It's buggy as HELL, and I know for a fact it's abandoned because I tried to talk with a dev over Discord for a while just to help them know all the bugs this game has, and that's what I was told. They're moving on from this game; there is no care…”

— a player, Steam review · 120 hrs played
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Player activity

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

45all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 22 avg · Mar 2025

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.

29achievements
16.3%median completion
5.4%rarest: Cat-pital Gains
96.8% of players 87.3% of players 57.8% of players 49.3% of players 40.7% of players 37.0% of players 34.9% of players 32.9% of players 30.8% of players 27.9% of players 25.5% of players 24.2% of players 18.4% of players 18.2% of players 16.3% of players 15.8% of players 15.8% of players 13.6% of players 12.4% of players 12.2% of players 10.5% of players 9.9% of players 8.2% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.4% of players 96.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
96.8%A Cafe is Born — Buy your first station
87.3%Staffing Up — Get your first staff
57.8%The Start of Something — Unlock your first Recipe
Rarest badges of honor
5.4%Cat-pital Gains — Earn over $5,000,000
6.2%The Pastry Purr-fectionist — Unlock all Pastries
6.4%The Final Page — Unlock EVERY Recipe!

Latest official news

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

Aug 29, 2025
Desktop Cat Cafe – Patch 2.1.3

A tiny patch to tidy up your cafes! ✨ 🔧 Bug Fixes 🍞Our beloved Bread Guy no longer gets stuck waving to the customers, he’s back to baking smoothly! 🌊Paths, rivers, and fences can now be properly dele

Aug 25, 2025
Desktop Cat Cafe - Patch 2.1.2

🐾 Hello, Cat Cafe Proprietors! 🐱☕ Thank you so much for playing! This patch mostly focuses on squashing some pesky bugs, and improves achievements. 🔧 Bug Fixes 🔧 Achievements: All known achievement is

Aug 02, 2025
Patch 2.1.1

🐾 Hello, Cat Cafe caretakers! 🐱☕ Thank you so much for playing, building, and purring alongside us! Here’s what’s new in this update, we’ve been busy squashing bugs and polishing a little. ✨Changes &

Jul 16, 2025
🐾 Desktop Cat Cafe – Patch 2.1.0 ☕

A fresh new build is here! Just a few tweaks and fixes to keep your cafe purr-fectly smooth, 🆕 Improvements: 🌏 Better Localization Accuracy! We polished up translations across the board for a smoother

Jun 27, 2025
HUGE Summer Update and Sale! 2.0.0

🌞🐾 Desktop Cat Cafe – HUGE Summer Update & Sale! v1.20.0 ☕🎉 Our biggest update yet is here - just in time for the summer vibes! With new features, more languages, smarter cats, better systems, and ton

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Simulation
Player tagsCats · Automation · Management · Simulation · Casual · Nature · Idler · Indie · Building · Cute · Relaxing · Economy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian…
Achievements29
Official sitehttps://desktopcatcafe.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-2500 / AMD FX-6350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: For 1080p: Radeon RX 580, GeForce GTX 1060, Intel Arc A380, or similar (with 4+ GB of VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 350 MB available space Sound Card: Not necessary