Cat then. In 2022, stray, and its feline hero, surprised the video game world. When no one was expecting him, now this red tomcat, grappling with a cyberpunk world, has won over tens of thousands of players since its release at the beginning of the summer, monopolizing the top of the best-selling video games. on Steam, the reference platform on PC. In December, icing on the croquettes, the title, developed by the Montpellier residents of BlueTwelve Studio, even scooped the award for Best Independent Game at The Game Awards. But why has this game made so many followers, with the nose and mustache of hits from the big studios? 20 minutes posed the question to fans of stray.
Agathe, who, the lucky one, played it on Playstation 5, “loved” the game. She had a blast traveling the world of stray, exploring “every corner, climbing on the furniture, always higher, to land on the roofs. We get caught up in the game of nonsense with this little cat, walking in paint, knocking bottles off a table and running in all directions. You can even make him meow, make him drink water from a puddle, or even make him scratch on a sofa! In short, the real life, free, of a cat! “A bit like his, continues Agathe, who” lives his own adventures “.
“It takes us to the guts”
“The game phases succeed in making the player think like a cat! “, is surprised Quentin. Perrine, too, fell in love with this cat separated from his family, in a world populated by robots. “We immediately put ourselves in the place of this hairy redhead, who loses his bearings and his loved ones, she testifies. We perfectly feel the disarray and the fear of this cat, it takes us to the guts… It’s not often that the end of a game takes me to the guts. She salutes “the realism of every corner”, really “bluffing”. There is “no human, but the places are still well inhabited, it looks like it”.
For Perrin, stray is a game accessible to everyone, not just controller addicts. This is also the case of Paul, who is “not very much into video games on Playstation”, but who loved “embodying this little cat in a dystopian and futuristic world. We are well guided to advance in the game, and it is filled with nice details and side quests. »
If Jonathan discovered this game, it’s because he loves cyberpunk worlds. And he was not disappointed. “I was won over by its originality, by its level of graphics and its atmosphere. This is a game that I highly recommend! And if cat owners salute the precision of the movements of the hero of strayno need to have a tomcat at home to have fun with this game, assures another reader of 20 minutes. “For some, it’s just a platform game or a cat simulator, a game that only interests cat grannies. I know people who don’t have a cat, and who loved it! “, he assures. And who knows, maybe with these players, stray will have aroused the desire to adopt one.