Underplayed Gems

Cats on Duty (2024)

Cats on Duty cover
Developer
Prikol Team
Publisher
ESDigital Games
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Genres
Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Rating
4.6 of 5, 186 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Managing a chaotic defense with cute, heavily armed cats while matching tiles feels like a whimsical, fast-paced puzzle battle.

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What players say

Players describe it as a fun but demanding crossover of match-3 and tower defense, closely modeled after Plants vs. Zombies. The need to juggle both genres at once creates a resource squeeze that some find tedious, while others praise the challenge. Opinions split on the upgrade system, and the lack of multiple save files is a common complaint.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.