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Super Catboy
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-18 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-19.
“If you grew up with a controller in your hand during the 16-bit era, Super Catboy is a direct love letter to your childhood. It’s a high-energy, "high-bit" pixel art platformer that feels like a lost SNES classic—if that classic had modern-day particle effects and a lot more…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This game is pretty good. It has some jankiness with the controls but it sure is pretty to look at. I found it to be a very nice break from all the long try hard games I've been playing lately.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Its tooo much of a throwback to old school platformers. Nothing innovative and its just as stiff. Back in the 90s, developers were working with far limited resources. No excuse for game in the same vein these days to not add to that. I'll just go play Bubsy 2 if I feel…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Super Catboy Soundtrack FREE for #BandcampFriday!
Hey there! 🐱💥 This weekend is extra special—it's not only my birthday, but it's also #BandcampFriday, and to celebrate, we're giving away the Super Catboy soundtrack for FREE on Bandcamp! This offer i
Happy Fur-thday, Super Catboy!
Dear Super Catboy Fans, We are purr-fectly thrilled to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Super Catboy! It's been an incredible journey, and we couldn't have done it without your clawsome support a
GAMES GERMANY IS LIVE!
Pawsitively exciting news for indie game lovers! Super Catboy is proudly participating in the Steam event "Games Made Baked in Germany." 🥳🥳 ➡️ Check out the 🌭 Games Germany 🌭 event page here! 📺 Watch
Patch 1.0.4a
1.0.4a brings all the 1.0.4 changes to MacOS, and fixes a recently introduced bug for both Windows and MacOS. So both versions are identical again. 1.04a Hotfix: - Bats during the flame thrower event
Super Catboy Patch #3 has arrived!
Quality of Life (QoL) - Lives and cat parts are now displayed when the game is paused. - Gamepad analogue sticks can now be used in menus by default in addition to dpad. Critical Bug Fixes - Reworked
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Indie · Action-Adventure · Shooter · Action · 2D Platformer · Adventure · Cats · Shoot 'Em Up · Retro · 1990's · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.catboy.de |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and above Processor: 1.2ghz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB Video Memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 400 MB available space