Catizens
- August 17, 2022
- badopticsgames
- 4h median play time
Get on Steam"Catizens" is a single-player strategy game with around 4 hours of playtime, where you build and manage a town for cats with unique personalities and appearances. Your goal is to keep them happy by attending to their needs, decorating their surroundings, and helping them learn various professions. The game offers a variety of customization options and challenges as you form relationships with your feline citizens and respond to their personal requests.
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Reviews
- The game is incredibly cute and addictive, with charming graphics and adorable cats.
- It offers a unique blend of city building and character management, allowing for engaging gameplay.
- Despite being in early access, the game shows a lot of potential and has kept players entertained for hours.
- The difficulty spikes significantly between levels, making it frustrating for players to progress.
- There is excessive micromanagement required, which can become overwhelming, especially with larger colonies.
- The game suffers from bugs and unresponsive AI, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- gameplay28 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its charming aesthetics and engaging mechanics, blending casual city-building with deeper social and RPG elements. While players appreciate the cute kitties and level progression, they note issues with controls and building mechanics that could benefit from quality-of-life improvements. Overall, the game offers a replayable experience, though some players hope for additional maps and refinements to enhance gameplay further.
“Cute and laid-back city builder with a lot of nice details of cat's personality and relationships, which allows you to dive deeper into the gameplay and makes this little cat world more complete.”
“The concept is cute as hell, the gameplay is genuinely challenging, and I can't wait to see where it goes.”
“The game has a perfect balance of laid-back casual with strong strategic hardcore strategy elements peppered in to keep direction in your gameplay.”
“It's cute, but the gameplay has a lot of problems.”
“Sometimes the controls aren't as snappy when making cats do tasks. I'm having to click a task several times before it's registered, and I'm not sure if there's a mechanic to line up more than one task at a time.”
“It isn't game-breaking and didn't really change anything in the gameplay, but that's obviously not something that should happen.”
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are widely praised for their beautiful artwork and colorful design, contributing to a cozy atmosphere. Players particularly appreciate the adorable cat characters and the overall pleasant visual experience, which enhances the game's relaxing vibe.
“The artwork is beautiful and the cats are adorable.”
“Love this game for its cozy vibe and colorful graphics.”
“Relaxing music, pleasant graphics, cute cats, and challenging tasks.”
- story10 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story in the game is described as enjoyable and engaging, with players expressing excitement about the narrative potential, especially in the context of building a cat empire. While some reviewers have primarily experienced the sandbox mode, they look forward to exploring the story mode further, appreciating the game's cute aesthetics and relaxing music. Overall, the story complements the gameplay, making it a satisfying experience for fans of simulation games.
“The background music is very relaxing, the kitties are adorable, the story and gameplay are also nice.”
“I'm a huge fan of The Sims, but Catizens satisfies me as well because finally I can build an empire for cats and enjoy the story in it.”
“Overall, fun cute game! I look forward to trying the story mode and what the future holds for the game in general!”
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly due to the cumbersome controls for building placement and the inefficient farming mechanics that hinder resource management. The need for a cooking profession is suggested to alleviate the frustration of prioritizing farming over other essential tasks. Overall, the grinding experience is seen as a significant drawback in the gameplay.
“Left click is also select, and place building, and having to hold left click to rotate the camera and keep holding it until you place a building is a bit tedious.”
“Farming and feeding your cats is awful.”
“Maybe add a cooking profession since pawns are needed for resources and farmers prioritize farming before cooking.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has been reported to be quite buggy at its initial release, which is expected for a title that just launched in early access. Users acknowledge the presence of glitches but seem to understand that these issues are typical for a new game.
“Pretty buggy at its inception, but the game is only 2 days old at this point.”
“Being that I played the early access day 1 release, I was expecting bugs and glitches.”
“Pretty buggy at its inception, but the game is only 2 days old at this point.”
- music4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently described as very relaxing, complementing the pleasant graphics and adorable cats. Players appreciate how the soothing background music enhances the overall experience, alongside engaging gameplay and a charming story.
“The background music is very relaxing, the kitties are adorable, the story and gameplay are also nice.”
“Relaxing music, pleasant graphics, cute cats, and challenging tasks.”
“The background music is very relaxing, the kitties are adorable, the story and gameplay are also nice.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the game to be cute and highly replayable, appreciating the customization options and level progression. Many hope for additional maps in future updates to enhance the gameplay experience further.
“Cute and replayable, with good customization and level progression. I hope they continue to work on the game and add more maps to enhance gameplay.”
“Cute and replayable, with good customization and level progression. I hope they continue to work on the game and add more maps to enhance gameplay.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is criticized for high CPU usage, even with minimal on-screen elements like a few cats, indicating that significant improvements are needed for better performance.
“Game optimization requires some work - the CPU usage with just a few cats is so damn high.”
