Catio Simulator
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Catio Simulator

Catio Simulator is a casual incremental game in which you decorate a catio to attract cats. Pet your cats to get them ready for adoption, collect adoption fees, and upgrade your catio and petting ability!

DEV: Luke FischingerPUB: Luke FischingerAppID 3814540
UPDATE PULSEevery ~30d·last 65d ago·4 recent on record

Is Catio Simulator still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

82.3
Good

Elixir Rating

93% of 57 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 83.3. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone quiet — subtracting 1.0.

reception 83.3·support −1.0·Good

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$4.19$5.99−30%

Development

Unusually quiet

Last heard from developers

2 months ago

Usual rhythm

every ~6.5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

2

Current silence

10× normal

The developers have been silent for 64 days against a normal rhythm of about 6.5 — roughly 10 times longer than usual. 2 substantial updates landed in the past six months. It is currently 30% below its usual price.

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Our coverage

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patchAug 25, 2026

Catio Simulator v1.1.2 Adds Cat Pinning, FPS Cap, and a Control Swap

Patch v1.1.2 for Catio Simulator arrives as a focused round of improvements — no sweeping redesign, just the kind of refinements that smooth daily play.

What changed

  • Cat pinning: Specific cats can now be pinned or unpinned. A pinned unadopted cat has its adoption button disabled, LB-to-adopt blocked on controller, and is excluded from the auto-adopter — giving players firm control over which cats stay.
  • FPS cap: A new cap setting lives under Settings > Audio & Graphics > Cap FPS. It cannot run alongside Vsync; the developer recommends Vsync unless the goal is to push the frame ceiling below the monitor's refresh rate to reduce GPU load.
  • Swap pet and select: A new toggle under Settings > Gameplay reverses the inputs for petting and selecting cats, applying to both mouse and controller/Steam Deck. The on-screen control display updates to reflect the swap.
  • Naming bug fixed: A bug that generated contradictory cat names — a grey cat called "orange," for instance — has been resolved. Cats already seen with mismatched names are intentionally left unchanged.

Taken together, the patch gives players more deliberate control over adoption flow, hardware overhead, and input layout — modest additions that cater directly to how people are already playing the game.

Two years of development

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7 announcements · 2 substantial · 21 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

7 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsJul 31, 2026
Hotfix v1.1.3

This is a hotfix for a bug that caused a test save file to persist into the live version of the game for new players. I'm very sorry to anyone already affected by this, as I know it likely spoiled the early stages of the game for you, in pa…

Community AnnouncementsJul 30, 2026
Patch v1.1.2

Hey all, this is a small patch to add quality of life features that a few players requested, and to fix a minor bug, as detailed below:You can now pin/unpin specific cats. Pinning an unadopted cat will prevent them from being adopted manual…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2026
Catio Simulator has Launched!

Thank you to everyone who playtested, wishlisted, or otherwise supported the game during development. I hope you enjoy the game!Best,Luke

Community AnnouncementsJun 30, 2026
Pre-Launch Demo Update!

Demo version 1.1.0 is now available!This version of the demo matches up with the full version to be released on July 24, 2026, and all progress will be carried over automatically once the full game releases.Compatibility with the Previous D…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 16, 2025
Catio Simulator has a Discord!

A link to the newly created Discord has been added in game and on the store page. Check it out to give feedback, suggest a cat name for the full version, and chat about the game.

Community AnnouncementsOct 9, 2025
Demo v1.0.2

minor bug fixes and wording updates for clarity, most notably the following:changed "less clicking" setting to "hover to pet" and reworded descriptionfixed incorrect autopetter upgrade descriptionfixed bug that prevented app from closing af…

Community AnnouncementsOct 3, 2025
Demo v1.0.1 Update

-Reduced pricing of click power upgrade.-Added optional gameplay data collection.