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Rebuild your grandmother’s cat café in Caterwaul Way: serve locals, adopt strays, customize the shop, and uncover village secrets.
Released 14 Apr 2022
Rebuild a Cat Café
Adopt Stray Cats
Serve Custom Menus
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Developed by Roost Games · Published by indie.io
You inherit your grandmother’s run-down cat café in Caterwaul Way. Restore it as a home for stray cats while getting to know the villagers and following the town’s mysteries.
Run the café day by day by preparing and serving food and drinks, responding to customer requests, and adjusting your menu and advertising. Different customer groups bring different resources, so you can shape who visits to support your plans.
Renovate, expand, and decorate the café; hire and train staff; and care for, befriend, and adopt cats. Build relationships with townsfolk to unlock story events, recipes, and opportunities, while progressing through shrine tasks.
In this review sample, players who enjoy the game often praise its cute and varied cats, charming art, and relaxed café-management loop. Decorating the café, collecting and adopting cats, and getting to know the villagers are recurring highlights. Some players find the simple routine satisfying and easy to unwind with, while others say it becomes repetitive or grindy, particularly when balancing customer needs and resources.
The life of a Cat Cafe Manager awaits! Your grandmother left you a small cafe in the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way, and it's up to you to fix the place up, impress the locals, and befriend the local cat population. Time to roll up your sleeves, break out the tools, and start hammering away. Your cat cafe can be the talk of the town with the right attitude, menu, and of course, the right cats.
That's right, Caterwaul Way is home to a plethora of extraordinary felines. The cafe can become their home, to the delight and relief of the villagers. Who knows, maybe their presence will loosen tongues and help you discover the secrets of Caterwaul Way... cats and take them off the streets, giving them a home.
The cafe is run-down and abandoned by the time you arrive, but it's nothing that a little bit of elbow grease (and money) can't fix.
Renovate the cafe, then decorate and expand it as you see fit and create a welcoming place for cats - and people - to relax in!
Build up a capable staff by hiring the right people, managing their workload, and helping them refine their skills.
Refine your cafe experience further with custom dishes and other menu items, catering to your customer's needs.
A good cafe is more than just a restaurant with good food and drinks. The difference lies in relationships. At Caterwaul Way, that means befriending cats and townsfolk alike.
Befriend and build relationships with a diverse cast of local villagers, such as Finley, a young musician trying to make it big, or Bonner, the local ferryman who's got some very tall stories to tell.
Look after the local cats, befriend, and, eventually, adopt them. Each stray cat is unique and will make your cafe a little different.
Keep your human and feline friends happy to unlock clues and eventually learn the secrets of Caterwaul Way.
Caterwaul Way has a long and mysterious history - and many festivals celebrating it. If you want your cat cafe to become a staple of the village, plan accordingly!
Travel the town, interact with the locals, and discover new recipes and opportunities for your cafe.
And, if all goes well, maybe you'll crack the mystery of the crumbling, ancient shrine to an old feline god in the forests near Caterwaul Way...
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 62 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
