Cattails

Critic reviews

• CCOGconnected

  Patrick Anderson · Dec 08, 2018

  8.2

  Overall, though, the gameplay experience is an engaging one that will easily take 20-plus hours of your life away if you let it – but hey, you’ve still got eight more. If you love Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, or just cats, you’ll find this game to be a near-purrfect choice.

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• NNintendoLife

  Gavin Lane · Nov 29, 2018

  8.0

  A few rough edges do little to disturb the tranquillity Cattails lulls you into with its fun mechanics, cheerful writing and lovely soundtrack. Despite the conflict at its heart, you could happily while away hours frolicking in the fields, catching butterflies and chatting with your feline chums. If you’re after something light-hearted to relax with until Animal Crossing arrives next year, this fits the bill very nicely.

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• NWNintendo World Report

  Neal Ronaghan · Nov 28, 2018

  7.5

  Cattails lives up to the high concept elevator pitch. This is really Stardew Valley but with cats, and that’s an adorable and cute experience. It might not have the longevity of that and other farming games, but it has more heart than the majority of those games. This is a chill romp through a relaxing world that is best experienced by someone who just wants to take their time and smell the catnip.

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• GGGame Grin

  Matt Wilhelm · Apr 27, 2019

  7.5

  Despite the repetitiveness, Cattails does provide a lot of different things to do from romancing other cats, to starting your own community of cats. It offers something different from the usual RPG game and is well worth checking out if you are tired of the cookie cutter RPGs out there.

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• PGPocket Gamer

  Dave Aubrey · Dec 03, 2018

  5.0

  There are better indie games on the Switch, and this one just left me with disappointment.

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• NENintendo Enthusiast

  Steve Clist · Nov 28, 2018

  8.0

  Cattails is a game that totally charmed my jaded heart. It’s kind of like a feline Stardew Valley crossed with the board game Risk. Even these comparisons demean the game, though, as it tries to strike its own path and pretty much succeeds. There were a few lulls during my time with the game, but that just helped to highlight the times where I absolutely loved it.

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