Box Them Cats

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