Cat Museum
Monsters, cats, and you
Ratings
Age
9+
Category
Casual
Languages
English
Thu Jul 28 2022
- Fixed some bugs
Cat Museum is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game characterized by its unique and eerie art style. As the new manager of a mysterious museum, you must interact with strange exhibits and solve intricate puzzles to uncover the truth behind your own past. Accompanied by a mischievous cat, you'll travel through surreal landscapes that blur the line between reality and hallucination.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Cat Museum is an unsettling, beautiful, and deeply weird puzzle-adventure that feels like a fever dream. The hand-drawn art style is phenomenal—think Salvador Dalí meets a slightly creepy children's book. You play as a young man who becomes the manager of a mysterious museum filled with bizarre creatures and, of course, many cats.
The puzzles are clever and perfectly integrated into the surreal environment. It’s not a horror game in the jump-scare sense, but it has a persistent, eerie atmosphere that is incredibly compelling. The way it explores themes of memory and childhood through its strange visuals is brilliant. It’s a short experience, but every frame is a work of art. If you enjoyed games like Fran Bow or Little Misfortune, this is a mandatory play.
Features
Stunning hand-drawn 2D art
Surreal and creepy atmosphere
Intuitive yet challenging puzzles
Deeply metaphorical story
Tips & Walkthrough
Pay close attention to the background art; often the solution to a puzzle is hidden in plain sight within the strange paintings or sculptures.
Gameplays
Navigate the museum's bizarre rooms, interact with grotesque creatures, and use found items to bypass obstacles and progress through the narrative.
Screenshot
Q&A
It has an eerie and grotesque art style that might be unsettling for younger children, though it is not a traditional horror game.
Ratings & Reviews
Unique & Wonderful Game
Fri Apr 01 2022 OkcoxgI don’t leave a lot of reviews but this game deserves one. I really enjoyed the art. It was very creative and enjoyable to see. At least for me. The developers have a wonderfully vivid and rich imagination. I loved the cats. Especially the glowing cat. As mentioned in previous reviews, there were a couple of puzzles that really didn’t give enough clues, hints or idea how to solve them. It was just a stroke of luck that I solved them. For the most part I could figure out the puzzles and they were fun. The story is quite emotional. That caught me a bit off guard but again, that was part of the enjoyment of this game. I would have been disappointed if I knew from the start what the exact story line would be. This is an absolutely wonderful game. I certainly hope you have more games coming out soon. I for one will be highly anticipating them. Thank you for this wonderful game!
Interesting
Wed Mar 23 2022 ally555It was a fun game. Mostly just a lot of tapping and trying to find something that activates. Sometimes, when there is too much surrealism, a game or puzzle loses logic. Like, I still don’t know how i passed the puzzle of the conjoined twins. But hey, maybe it was kick, lol. But I didn’t find this game difficult at all...but then I play a ton of adventure style games. And it was about an hour of game play. And tbh, the artwork is just not my style. Seems like everyone tries to be trendy and unique nowadays... but all that ends up happening is a weird trip into someone’s psychedelic dream-like fantasies. Modern art has destroyed anything beautiful and inspirational. Artists really need to know that they’ve been lied to...artwork is NOT subjective. There is no “subjective” beauty in a slap of paint. That’s just a lie to convince people they should only aspire to a slap of paint on a canvas. At least the artists didn’t go down the violent, bloody satanic art that most games seem to fall into nowadays. All in all, I’m glad I purchased/played it. If anything, it’s important to me to support devs who create games that aren’t just mindless tap-tap-tapping games...which seem to be 99% of the app games out there. Cheers
Definitely Recommend
Sat Mar 26 2022 Meowmeowkittycat_101The art style of the game is unique and nice to look at for me and the puzzles were pretty easy to solve with a few exceptions. I’m always looking for cat games to play and this one caught my eye immediately. It doesn’t take too long to get through with the game, only a couple hours at most in one sitting, but it is a very enjoyable experience during that time. We get to follow the story of a boy and his memories and the ending was super nice. The team working behind this did an amazing job and I can’t wait to see what they put out in the future! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡
Great Art, Very Cool Concept…Terrible “Puzzle!”
Wed Apr 13 2022 spiritedmattI really enjoyed about 95% of this game, but one very frustrating aspect convinced me to delete the game without completing. While the art throughout is weirdly beautiful and evocative (to say the least), and while the concept is compelling, the cat-scratch “puzzle” is wholly infuriating. After spending nearly fifteen minutes trying to successfully pass the test (and consulting three different online walkthroughs for help), I finally made it past. Then, to my horror, I had to do the same obnoxious task AGAIN?? At that point I deleted the game without finishing. Developers: Please take out the second iteration of the scratching puzzle—if not both. The rest of the game is evidence that you have the talent to do so much better!
Just wow!!!
Wed Apr 27 2022 Popbubbles13I have never left a review on the App Store but this game really got to me! Absolutely beautiful game, definitely had some creepy moments which I loved, the graphics were so unique and detailed. I felt the story in my heart, SPOILERS: I recently had a pet die and this really helped me work through that! Amazing game all around, the puzzles were challenging and fun, very interesting gameplay! 10/10!!!
Delightfully weird
Wed Apr 20 2022 Lingrush24It seems increasingly rare for creative, original indie games to surface on the App Store, but this is one of them and it deserves your attention. The art style is unlike any other game I’ve seen: nightmarish but at the same time oddly beautiful. It’s a linear game with easy puzzles, but the important part is the exploration. Hope to see more from this developer!
Great game
Fri Mar 18 2022 Katiebaby700It took me just a day but it had a cute story and fun puzzles. The few puzzles at the end were a bit too confusing for me honestly so I had to look them up but other than that I was able to figure it out on my own and enjoy the story and secrets behind each mystery
Cool game, but I’m stuck
Sat May 07 2022 LifeincircuitI will preface by saying that I’m the type who’s stressed and likes to have relaxing game experiences and I don’t particularly enjoy a challenge. I really like the art and the game so far, but I’m stuck at a point where I need to get a key and get in to a door(or perhaps something else) before I’m eaten, and I have tried so many times I’m about to delete this game lol. Maybe not for me sadly.
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Universal - Cat Museum (by 751 Games)Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cat-museum/id1580360375. Cat Museum. 751Games Co., Ltd. Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and...
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