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The Cat Lady
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I played this blind. A friend recommended it to me, making sure not to spoil me which themes were gonna arise later in the game, that resonated with me on a degree I still feel today. The Cat Lady is an incredible game.”
“Game is carried by excellent writing, voice acting and music, visuals are very striking, gameplay is servicable.”
“one of the most impactful games I have ever played. At times it is hard because it deals with sensitive topics, but they are topics that need to be discussed more in life. Loved the simplicity of the game style as it…”
23 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Game is carried by excellent writing, voice acting and music, visuals are very striking, gameplay is servicable.”
“one of the most impactful games I have ever played. At times it is hard because it deals with sensitive topics, but they are topics that need to be discussed more in life. Loved the simplicity of the game style as it…”
“The Cat Lady looked like a simple point-and-click adventure turned out to be one of the most emotionally honest portrayals of depression and survival I've ever experienced in a game. Susan Ashworth is a beautifully…”
16 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Game is carried by excellent writing, voice acting and music, visuals are very striking, gameplay is servicable.”
“The Cat Lady looked like a simple point-and-click adventure turned out to be one of the most emotionally honest portrayals of depression and survival I've ever experienced in a game. Susan Ashworth is a beautifully…”
“One of the best writings in a game I've ever played. The balance between humour, despair, morbidity and realism is very well done. The art style was hard to get into at first then it grew on me quickly. The voice acting…”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Game is carried by excellent writing, voice acting and music, visuals are very striking, gameplay is servicable.”
“amazing underrated game, its all a big mystery and puzzle tho so details are important to make it through. i definetly recommend playing it”
“This game came out of nowhere and blindsided me. Absolutely stunning game, a brilliant dissection of mental health and how easy it is too fall into depression pitfalls. The fail scene in the flat after messing up a cup…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Played to chapter 2, most likely close to the end of it. I discovered a game with: -clunky controls -dialogue worse than in Resident Evil 1 -slower gameplay than the pitch drop experiment And to top it all off,…”
“TLDR: It’s a buggy and janky indie horror point and click style story. It’s not terrible for a homemade adventure, it’s just not great either, but it does set up Downfall nicely. [b][u]General Thoughts/Overview:[/u][/b]…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Enjoyed what I saw of it, but about an hour in, I wanted to check the time, so I alt+tabbed the game, which caused it to crash. Deleted all my progress, which means it would mean getting through an hour of the game I'd…”
“I really wanted to enjoy this game but it keapt crashing and wont save.”
“currently im at chapter 3 and i love the game, the story and the artstyle. however im pissed tf off. when i was at 3hrs of playtime, i wanted to rest and saved the game. however, it did not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ save. i played it all…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Loved the badass protagonist and the great music! Detracted a bit by slightly annoying control scheme (I played on Steam Deck) and the story that took quite a while to get going (the early chapters were easily the most…”
“Needs more cats. I liked this game. I don't like games that have hours and hours of dialogue that you can't skip and the game makes you watch these scenes every time you mess up: So I used a guide to get through the…”
“This took a WHILE for me to get into. Chapter 1 had some great surrealism but the Queen of Maggots is such an inherently goofy character that I really started to get the sense that I was going to gravely struggle with…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Played to chapter 2, most likely close to the end of it. I discovered a game with: -clunky controls -dialogue worse than in Resident Evil 1 -slower gameplay than the pitch drop experiment And to top it all off,…”
“Loved the badass protagonist and the great music! Detracted a bit by slightly annoying control scheme (I played on Steam Deck) and the story that took quite a while to get going (the early chapters were easily the most…”
“This game has a really outstanding and original story line that it's the strongest point of this game. and It has a great dark atmosphere. It has more of an inventory based puzzle system, rather than puzzles per se,…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Played to chapter 2, most likely close to the end of it. I discovered a game with: -clunky controls -dialogue worse than in Resident Evil 1 -slower gameplay than the pitch drop experiment And to top it all off,…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“standing by the river I wonder… do I need a stone... no… my heart is heavy enough… it will drag me down for sure.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“this game is not just an experience, it is a permanent damage to your soul. the most brutal depictions of mental illness put into media. the connection to susan is not *just* empathetic, it is uncomfortable, as it traps you in the same headspace as her! flawless, FLAWLESS game.…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Literally one of the greatest interactive adventure games ever made never relies on jumpscare and still creates an atmosphere so thick you couldn't cut it with a water jet. The story is absolutely peak the soundtrack is incredible so industrial and grungy sounding. the…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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The Cat Lady is updated to version 1.7
Hi there! Today (January 10th) we have updated the standard (default) branch of The Cat Lady to Version 1.7. Please see below for important notes about previously Saved Games. Your game will update au
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Story Rich · Adventure · Female Protagonist · Indie · Psychological Horror · Point & Click · Dark · Atmospheric · Mature · Psychological · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Finnish, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish * |
| Achievements | 25 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Processor: Intel or AMD CPU Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX compatible card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card Additional Notes: Keyboard