Cats are always popular – even with the Steam community, which is currently extremely excited about Cat Parents, but caution is advised.
After the indie studio Gaze in Games launched a horror supermarket simulator withHellmartthe next logical step is obvious: a cute game with cats!
This seems to be sorely needed, because after just three daysCat Parentshas landed on over 100,000 Steam wish lists. However, the developer’s past is not without its problems.
“This is … MANY”
In apost to the communitythe developers announce the good news:
We honestly don’t even know how to say this… 100,000 wishlists in 3 days That’s… a lot! We’re so happy that so many of you share our values, our dreams and our love of cats.
This is what Cat Parents is all about:On the agenda is a simulator in which you rescue abandoned stray cats, nurse them up and build them a new home. To do this, you first track them down and cycle to their locations on your bike. Various tools will help you to rescue the cats from wells or trees.
After extensive washing and thorough medical care, you build a new roof over the heads of your protégés, with scratching posts, climbing facilities and sleeping areas.
Cats always go, but …
As already mentioned, the studio behind the game is also responsible for Hellmart. In the supermarket simulator, you serve bizarre customers, work towards your sales targets and defend yourself against monsters.
For many of the buyersthe quality of the game left a lot to be desiredand the too short playing timedid not justify the price of just under 15 euros. Thetrailer for Hellmartlooked similarly produced to that of Cat Parents. Nevertheless, Hellmart currently has a rating of 76 percent. No other game can make that claim.
While Gaze in Games only liststwo games on its website, the studio’s founder,Zoochosiswith the studio Clapperheads. This game also failed to live up to expectations, coming witha number of bugsandpoor controls. Zoochosis was punished with anoverall rating of 59 percentand itstrailerwas just as cinematic as the other two games.
Is this AI at work?
Another doubt about Cat Parents is currently spreading in theCommunity Hub on Steam . Many users believe that they are being served a game thatmakes generous use of generative AI
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One user wonders whether it is even possible to release games at this pace without resorting to AI. According to him, the cats in the trailer and on the screenshots look creepy, as you would expect from an AI tool.
In any case, the use of generative AI is not acknowledged on Cat Parents’ Steam page and the
