Cats of the Song Dynasty

A hidden-object cat hunt through a Southern Song Dynasty painting

Catnip Studio · Released Sep 12, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 308
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…; 4 GB RAM; Full requirements

What is Cats of the Song Dynasty?

This free, single-player hidden-object game uses Zhao Boju's Xianshan Louge Tu as its backdrop. You search the 2D painting and click on 100 hidden cats, with a hint available once every 60 seconds.

For you if...

+you enjoy relaxed searches that reward close observation

Not for you if...

−you want a long game with complex mechanics

What players say

94% of 308 reviews are positive

Players praise the painted backdrop, music, and purring cat sounds. Some players find the hint button unclear.

Screenshots and trailer

Cats of the Song Dynasty system requirements

Minimum: Videocard with at least 5…, 4 GB RAM.

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Minimum

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

Does Cats of the Song Dynasty have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Cats of the Song Dynasty 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: Text only: 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 of the Song Dynasty 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