Cat Isle Update Adds Hard Mode, Speed Challenges, and Accessibility Options

Developer Domke has shipped a notable update to Cat Isle — titled the Challenges, Languages & Accessibility Update — that touches gameplay depth, internationalization, and usability in roughly equal measure.

What changed

New challenge modes

• Hard Mode removes tips and order history, leaving only statistics graphs to guide decisions
• Speed Challenge tasks players with beating levels faster than the developers themselves
• Two new achievements tied to completing any Hard Mode level and any Speed Challenge

New language support

• Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Finnish

Quality-of-life and accessibility

• Font style and size settings
• Smooth zoom toggle
• Option to disable mouse-driven camera movement
• Option to make buildings non-clickable during the day
• Default and decoration-specific cursor settings
• In-options display of PC and Steam Deck control layouts
• Hold-to-pet replaces repeated clicking for multiple cats
• Improved control mapping for Steam Deck
• Greater decoration placement freedom in Creative Mode

Bug fixes

• Quit button unresponsive on Level Select screen
• Auto-run breaking on larger islands
• Demo achievements failing to carry over to the full game
• Various smaller issues

The team also notes that community items — trading cards and badges — are in progress, with further bug fixes planned alongside them.

For players who found the base game comfortable, Hard Mode and the Speed Challenge offer a reason to revisit completed levels with meaningfully higher stakes.