If you’ve spent time on social media recently, you’ve probably seen clips floating around a digital cat doing cat stuff – climbing on top of objects, throwing things from heights, and generally any something you can truly imagine. making feline of the world.
This is because a new game, Stray, has just been released and has taken the gaming world by the neck.
Stray, the latest Annapurna Interactive title, puts players in control of a stray cat separated from his family. Along the way, players will travel through a cyberpunk-style city and solve many puzzles in a way that only a cat could do.
It may sound strange, but a game that offers gamers a dedicated meow button and the ability to use trees as scrapers is currently the number one trending game on Steam, the most popular digital PC game market.
Stray has shattered Annapurna Interactive’s first day sales records according to analysis website SteamDB. In one day, Stray has amassed more than 60,000 players simultaneously on Steam alone, a massive figure for any independent game and breaking Annapurna’s previous record by almost 50,000.
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The previous record holder, Twelve Minutes, only had 8,000 players simultaneously on the day of the release. To put it all in perspective, Stray is selling more than Grand Theft Auto V and the latest expansion of Elder Scrolls Online.
Not only have cat lovers fallen in love with Stray, but many pet owners have discovered that their cats also love the game. A new Twitter account, @catswatchstray, has been collecting and retweeting images of various cats trying to interact with digital felines on screen.
For example, just take a look at this little kitten trying to pet one of the cats in the game:
Or this cat who really wants to take part in the action:
Stray is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Steam for $ 39.95 AUD, and while it will take you about five hours to complete the game, if you have your own cats, it can take a lot longer.
Written by Junior Miyai on behalf of GLHF.