Something has gone wrong with the Cat Distribution System...
Stray cats are pouring in, and there's only one fix: box them all up and hand them over to the caretakers. Box Them Cats is a relaxing 2D drag-and-drop puzzle game where you sort wandering cats into the right boxes, keep the area clean, and earn the trust of four very different clients.
How to play
- Cats wander onto the screen in different sizes and fur colors. Click and drag a cat to pick it up, check its size, and drop it into the matching small, medium or large box.
- The 2.5D view makes cats shrink as they wander off into the distance, so you'll have to judge their size carefully.
- Trash bags show up among the cats. Drop them into the recycling bin, not a cat box.
- Drop an object into the wrong container and you'll get a mismatch warning, which can also count against your current objective.
- No timers or complicated controls: just point, drag and drop. Mouse and touch screens are supported.
Two ways to play
- Campaign: take on jobs from clients. Each job comes with a specific objective.
- Endless: box cats and recycle trash for as long as you like, with no objectives and a random background each time.
Client objectives
Every Campaign job gives you one of four types of objective, with randomly generated targets:
- Time Attack: box a set number of cats before the time runs out.
- Color Streak: box three cats of the same color in a row to score a combo, and repeat it several times. A mismatch wipes your current combo.
- Accuracy Streak: box a number of cats in a row without a single mistake.
- Cleaning Streak: recycle a long run of trash bags, such as 42 in a row, without missing one. You can keep boxing cats while you do it.
You can accept a job or reject it for a small penalty. You can also abort a job that's going badly, at a larger penalty.
Build trust with four clients
Meet Ann, Betty, Chichi and Dia. Each has their own personality, background scene, comments and reactions.
- Complete an objective to raise a client's progress by 15%. Fail one and you lose 5%.
- Fill a client's progress bar to 100% and they ascend, revealing their goddess form.
- Ascended clients unlock permanent blessings, which change how the game plays. For example, a client's progress can never fall below 50% again, you may avoid penalties completely, or you may earn bonus progress when you complete a job.
- Each client has a diary where you can see the blessings you've unlocked and how to unlock the rest.
Tickle your clients
Tap a client's portrait to tickle them and see a unique reaction and giggle. It costs you 1% progress, so choose your moment.
Features
- Eleven fur colors and three sizes of cats, plus trash bags to keep you on your toes
- A different background scene for each client
- Original characters, with different portraits for success, failure and tickling
- A relaxing music playlist, with fireworks and applause when you complete an objective
- 8 Steam achievements: ascend each of the four clients, and tickle each of them for the first time
- Saves your progress automatically, with an option to reset your data in the Options menu
