Kittens Game
Text-based incremental strategy about guiding a kitten village into space
Nuclear Unicorn · Released Feb 10, 2026 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 80
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 122
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 month ago
- Sep 12, 2026
What is Kittens Game?
You manage a village of kittens on the planet Cath in a sandbox simulation. Gather resources, construct buildings, assign jobs, and manage your population’s skills and happiness while crafting, trading, and researching new technologies.
For you if...
- +you want semi-idle play that fits around other activities
- +you enjoy finding more efficient ways to manage resources
Not for you if...
- −you prefer graphical worlds over text-based management
What players say
94% of 80 reviews are positive
Players praise the depth of progression and the meaningful decisions within its expanding systems. They also note the slow opening and substantial time investment needed to reach later goals.
Screenshots and trailer
Kittens Game system requirements
Minimum: 0.4 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Kittens Game?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 and up
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 processor or up that's SSE3 capable
- Memory
- 400 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Kittens Game have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Kittens Game run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 37
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does Kittens Game use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Idler
- Incremental
- God Game
- Strategy
- Text-Based
- Casual
- Minimalist
- Cats
- Economy
- Building
- Crafting
- Survival Horror
- Singleplayer
- Early Access
Recent updates
- Sep 12, 2026 · Update Notes for Sep 12
- Sep 10, 2026 · Update Notes for Sep 9
- Sep 2, 2026 · Update Notes for Sep 2
- Sep 2, 2026 · Kittens Game Music Update
- Jul 23, 2026 · Update Notes for July 23