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‘Take My Money Now’ — Fans Can’t Wait to Play This Viral Indie Game Where Your Pet Cat Becomes Massive to Help You Fight Enemies

 August 31, 2026 0 Likes 0 Views
‘Take My Money Now’ — Fans Can’t Wait to Play This Viral Indie Game Where Your Pet Cat Becomes Massive to Help You Fight Enemies


An indie game where players share heartbeats with their pet cat, which can transform into a giant kitty big enough to ride on and defeat enemies, is going viral — and it’s not hard to see why.

The game, titled Ylem’s Cat, is the debut offering of a small, independent studio based in Guangzhou, China. It was first revealed at gamescom this year, and it’s already sweeping across social media.

Per its listing on Steam, the game’s official logline is as follows: “Ylem’s Cat is an action-adventure game driven by the bond between a girl and her cat. Led by curiosity and knowledge, Molly sets out on a journey to find her missing mother across a dying planet, exploring ruins and uncovering the truth buried within the giants.”

While the game’s graphics are truly stunning and its gameplay loop seems immersive enough, the cat is the real selling point here. It can join you in combat and bap enemies on the head, and you can even use the reflection from your bow to play with it like a laser pointer. The feline’s realistic behavior will no doubt be a selling point for cat lovers (but we have to warn you that it does seem like it falls into mortal peril at one point in the trailer).

The game follows Molly in the wake of a terrible disaster after a mysterious cat saves her life. The cat — which she names Mio, after its ‘meow’ — now shares a heartbeat with Molly, and it’s being hunted by robotic beings named Sentinels.

Mio helps you both in combat and in exploration, and can grow bigger or smaller depending on the task at hand. “In combat, the more you learn to fight together, the easier it becomes,” the game’s Steam page reads. “In exploration, keep an eye on Mio — the little cat has its own curiosities, and those might matter more than you think.”

Thus far, Ylem’s Cat has no release date, but developers are reportedly heading toward an eventual 2028 launch. Players are already impatiently waiting to get their hands on the game, with some making comparisons to the realistic animal behavior of Trico from The Last Guardian.

“Just imagine a cat of that size getting the zoomies,” one remarked.

“Bro, take my money now!” another said.

“Knowing my cat’s mood swings, I would PROBABLY be murdered if it was that size,” yet another joked.

This is the latest pet-focused action game to turn heads after Stray Dog: nobody cares went viral earlier this month. The Souslike title follows a stray dog searching for its captured master in a world overrun with danger, using a sword in its jaws to defeat foes standing in its way.

Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she’s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze.





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