The Cat Lady

Man, what a great game. If you like point and click games and mature themes in games this is right up your alley. It is a little bit outdated when it comes to controls and UI but you will get used to it in an hour or so. Please give it a try past the first chapter as it is kind of a slow-burner but when you play through the second chapter you will be hooked for sure and it is only upwards from there. Music is amazing, you get songs at the end of chapters like in Alan Wake 2 and it is freaking awesome. Dialogues are witty and well written, VOs are quite good as well despite being all over the place when it comes to audio quality :) Cannot recommend it enough, Strong 9/10

⚠️ GATILHOS: suicídio, depressão, abuso e violência. ★★★★★ The Cat Lady é um jogo muito pesado, mas extremamente significativo. É uma história sobre depressão, solidão, trauma e, acima de tudo, sobre continuar vivendo quando você já não encontra motivos para isso. Não é um jogo fácil de jogar. Em vários momentos, ele é desconfortável, perturbador e doloroso. Eu mesma precisei ficar algumas semanas sem entrar no jogo para conseguir me recuperar emocionalmente do que tinha visto. Mas, no meio de toda essa escuridão, existem pequenas coisas que tornam a vida suportável. Uma amizade. Uma memória. Um gato. The Cat Lady não tenta romantizar a dor nem promete que tudo ficará bem. Mas mostra que, às vezes, continuar por mais um dia já é uma forma de resistência. Um jogo pesado, triste e difícil de esquecer.

This is a strange but amazing game that is probably banned on other platforms so most likely you can only play it on PC due to the theme. But it's great and has a great soundtrack too!

отличная игра, в духе студии! спасибо ребятам из Харвестер Геймс за такие мрачные и пугающе прекрасные игры

It's all the hype and more. A disturbing nightmare trapped in a video game.

It's hard to find anything positive to say about this game. A one-dimensional cast meanders its way through an incoherent mess of B-horror tropes and sententiousness Scotch-taped together and labeled "plot." The game expects the weight of its subject matter to cover for the utter lack of insight or intelligence in its treatment thereof (and the con worked on professional critics, apparently). The visuals betray that the artists didn't care enough to draw with an eye toward consistent style or on-screen size. The voice acting is beyond amateurish; the recording, technically bankrupt; the mix, about the sloppiest I've heard in a commercial work. You will sit through minutes of unskippable, irrelevant dialogue when you solve a puzzle before the writer thought you would. You will [i]accidentally[/i] skip important text lines, because the mode-error poster-child control scheme maps "walk" and "skip text that appears after walking" to the same button. You might even softlock the game opening your inventory in the first chapter, like I did. But you won't find an internal logic to the puzzles, because there is none. Items exist for the sole interaction the script demands, then mysteriously vanish (except for the burnt hamburger, which even outlived [spoiler]Mitzi[/spoiler]). Low effort isn't an aesthetic. The Cat Lady isn't worth your time.

A wonderful discovery, The Cat Lady is a game that explores challenging themes to say the least and I think they did it very well! In terms of gameplay mechanics there are better games out there but the story is absolutely worth it and I personally really enjoy the art style, va and music :) Navigating the psychological horror through Susan Ashworth is utterly captivating and I think this is the kind of game that stays with you whether or not you’ve experienced those same struggles in real life. For me it’s an easy recommendation for everyone- especially ofc for those who love this genre of games.

this game is truly a masterpiece and a classic even though it explores many dark themes, i felt really comforted by it. i have experienced a lot of violence by the hands of men, and have been struggling with depression, anxiety and cptsd for half of my life now. there's something very life affirming about looking all that violence in the eye, being able to strike back and make a choice to continue living and trying to be happy. the story is just so well-written, raw and well-executed. i am honestly baffled that this game doesn't have 100x more reviews, and i would love to see more people appreciate it