Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su

A hidden-object cat hunt inside a historical Chinese scroll painting

Catnip studio · Released Apr 16, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 96
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Sep 12, 2024
Minimum PC: Videocard with at least 5…; 8 GB RAM · 4 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su?

This single-player, 2D point-and-click game has six scenes based on Xu Yang’s Qing dynasty painting “Prosperous Suzhou.” You find and click 600 hand-drawn cats among its streets, boats, and buildings. A hint can locate a cat once every 60 seconds.

For you if...

+you enjoy spotting small details in busy scenes

Not for you if...

−you want fast-paced action and reflex-based challenges

What players say

94% of 96 reviews are positive

Players praise the detailed artwork, gentle music, and the cats’ meows and purring.

Screenshots and trailer

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Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su system requirements

Minimum: Videocard with at least 5…, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: 4.0 GHz Dual Core
Graphics: Videocard with at least 512MB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space

Does Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 100
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Turkish, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Thai, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Romanian, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, Uzbek, Urdu, Armenian, Igbo, Sindhi, Sinhala, Croatian, Icelandic, Cherokee, Galician, Catalan, Afrikaans, Kannada, Luxembourgish, Hindi, Gujarati, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen, K'iche', Kinyarwanda, Tajik, Serbian, Odia, Welsh, Konkani, Bangla, Nepali, Basque, Hebrew, Latvian, Tigrinya, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Georgian, Maori, Wolof, Bosnian, Persian, Telugu, Tamil, Irish, Estonian, Valencian, Belarusian, Quechua, Zulu, Xhosa, Lithuanian, Sotho, Sorani, Yoruba, Uyghur, Scots, Tswana, Filipino, Mongolian, Hausa, Dari, Azerbaijani, Amharic, Albanian, Assamese, Tatar, Macedonian, Marathi, Malayalam, Malay, Maltese, Khmer.

Does Cats in the Ancient City of Gu Su 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