# Anybody playing "Stray"? (Cat game) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [July 21, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353 "2022-07-21T23:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnnyEcks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnyecks/32/18197_2.png) [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/41 "2023-08-14T16:52:11Z")
I enjoyed Stray. If you want to scratch that itch, “Little Kitty, Big City” just released a demo on Steam. It seems to be more focused on cute, open world gameplay. https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1177980 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/42 "2023-09-13T14:44:32Z")
Just finished _Stray_ last night and overall I enjoyed it very much. Not a game you really want to choose if you want a hard challenge, as the solutions to most situations/puzzles/problems are obvious. But I didn’t pick it up for that, I just wanted to play a game as a cat, and it delivered. Cohesive story, lots of fun little cat touches - like jumping in cardboard boxes and scratching things - that eventually turn out to have some use in puzzle solving. I loved the music, too. I have some minor nitpicks and the ending was not 100% satisfying (more like 95%), but overall well worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/43 "2023-09-14T04:10:10Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I enjoy the little cat behaviors it lets you do, like…curling up for a nap for no reason. From a cat perspective, probably no reason, but from a gaming perspective, not entirely no reason. When you nap the camera slowly pans out and shows you a larger picture of your surroundings. Also, the robot guitarist will play the full versions of each song on repeat until you wake up. Additionally, if you sleep for a cumulative 60 minutes real-time you’ll get an achievement for it. But really I think the sleep thing is all just a lead-up to the scene near the end of the game where…after B-12 essentially dies after sacrificing himself so that the door to the outside can be unlocked, you curl up next to it and sleep almost as a final goodbye to the friend who made your return to the surface possible. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/44 "2023-09-14T08:39:45Z")
I’ve just started playing (or, at least, have only played a few hours - I’ve just finished the transmitter and am about to leave the slums. I hate the run-through-Zurks levels so much. Puzzles involving Zurks, I can do. _Just_ running and dodging, I do not want. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/45 "2023-09-14T12:17:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I hate the run-through-Zurks levels so much. Puzzles involving Zurks, I can do. _Just_ running and dodging, I do not want. I didn’t hate those levels as much as you, but I didn’t like them either. After doing a couple of them, though, I did appreciate what I thought was their purpose, because I found my adrenaline pumping and heart racing a little after those levels. In a game that is largely sedate and slow-paced, I respect the choice to add some small sections that are more action-oriented, even if they were not my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/46 "2023-09-14T12:24:49Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I hate the run-through-Zurks levels so much. Puzzles involving Zurks, I can do. _Just_ running and dodging, I do not want. I found it helped if I kept thinking of that “[I Am Speed](https://imgflip.com/i/5a4weu)” meme on those levels. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353/47 "2023-09-14T14:19:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I hate the run-through-Zurks levels so much. Puzzles involving Zurks, I can do. _Just_ running and dodging, I do not want. Agreed, though I managed to beat the game so they must not be so difficult as to not be doable. I’m bad at that type of thing. I hated Prince of Persia Warrior Within because it made the main villain chase me at various points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353.md?page=2)