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In a whimsical afterlife, explore purgatory, befriend its animal residents, and uncover their stories through dialogue and puzzles.
Released 22 Aug 2021
Explore Purgatory Rooms
Help Animal Souls
Solve Point-and-Click Puzzles
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Developed by Niv · Published by Niv






Purrgatory is a visual novel set in an afterlife where you arrive with little memory and spend time among animal residents. Through conversations, you get to know their personalities and pasts while piecing together your own place in this strange waiting room.
Explore the point-and-click world by moving between rooms, talking to residents, and interacting with people and objects. Character errands, small puzzles, and occasional minigames break up the dialogue as you uncover side stories and details.
Progress comes from learning about the residents and following their personal stories; your interactions shape the outcome, with multiple endings to discover. The pace is unhurried and story-led, mixing cat puns and jokes with more reflective conversations.
Across the supplied reviews, players often single out the distinct, believable characters and say that getting to know them makes the afterlife story increasingly moving and memorable. The relaxed exploration, playful dialogue and frequent cat puns, along with the simple art and fitting music, are also recurring sources of charm. Some reviewers found the puns grew tiring or the rooms disorienting to navigate.
Purrgatory is a visual novel about passing time in an afterlife where nothing really matters. Explore a whimsical point-and-click world, get to know its downtrodden inhabitants, and remember — furever's not so bad!

About Purrgatory
There's a cat in it!
Largely LGBTQ+ cast!
3-5 hours of cozy escapism!
7 charming and realistic characters!
80+ hand-drawn locations!
Multiple endings!
Too many cat puns to count!
They put it in a museum!!

| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |