Underplayed Gems

Once A Stray (2019)

Once A Stray cover
Developer
Ross Winters, Austin Pinzon, Adrian Lannon, Ana Beltran, David Almaguer, Ryan Rosado, Chris Perry, Emily Bannister, Nicolas Kemball-Cook, Doug Fialko, Joel Arroyo
Publisher
Fire Fighter Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure
Rating
4.2 of 5, 12 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You play as a brave cat fighting through hordes of rats in a plague-ridden city, with simple platforming and straightforward combat against a few enemy types.

third-person actionfantasy adventurecat protagonistplatformingcombat-focusedlinearmoderate difficultyatmospheric

Screenshots

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