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Cat Cafe Manager
Developer Roost Games
Cat Cafe Manager is a 2022 simulation video game developed by Roost Games. Gameplay centers around managing a cat cafe, taking in stray cats, and catering to customers. The game received mixed reception. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
240 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
147 positive · 31 negative
95% range 76–87%
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| Steam reviews | 147 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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62 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,821 of 3,216 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
A cozy but flawed management sim, praised for charm and criticized for bugs and grind.
Many players find Cat Cafe Manager a delightful, low-stress experience with cute cats and charming characters. The gameplay loop is engaging and the art style is widely praised. [1][4][17]
However, critics (per Wikipedia) gave mixed or average reviews, and players frequently note bugs, poor optimization, and a grindy economy. Some also find the game too short or not worth full price. [3][6][31][35]
Praised cozy and relaxing · cute art and cats · engaging gameplay loop
Criticised bugs and glitches · poor optimization · grindy economy · not worth full price
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The PC and Nintendo Switch versions of Cat Cafe Manager both received "mixed or average" reviews from reviewers, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 52% of critics. GamesRadar+'s Alyssa Mercante said that she was "hooked" by the game, praising the depth of its gameplay. The game was also praised by Annette Polis of Siliconera. Mark Delaney of GameSpot was more critical, rating the game 5 out of 10, praising the in-game economy and art design while criticizing the game for all of the bugs in the decoration system. The game also received a 5.5 from Destructoid's Zoey…
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Reactions
60 of 240 · most liked firstI love being able to throw my cat towards resources like a pokemon in this game and how they follow you around your adventures 🤭 Game: Cat Cafe Manager 2: Big City Bliss (demo) Platform: PC
unlabelledView post →It felt like customer needs increased too fast to keep up with. You can ignore your regulars to offset this, but even still the items you need to buy are too expensive. You can only purchase around 1 item with the amount you earn each day and each set of furniture has 15-30 items in it. Plus, I got bored of fulfilling orders because it wasn't engaging enough, just move and hold 'e' over and over again. It felt like needless grind for a cozy game. Also you could not satisfy all your customer's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey hey! I thought I'd do a little #reintroduction! I'm Tim (he/him), a game developer and tech artist from Holland!🌿 I previously made Garden Buddies, am currently working on Footsy (a silly soccer game), and doing tech art for Cat Cafe Manager 2! ✨ I love weird movies, music and ADORE shaders❗
unlabelledView post →One of the best low-stress management sims you can get. I’ll warn you right away: ultra-light mechanics, a few more meows, a hooky gameplay loop, a slightly deeper peek under the hood, and of course very achievable achievements—especially if you build the right progression strategy. A few dozen hours well spent. Punks, witches, recipes, nectars, business, fantastic drinks, gorgeous furniture pieces, and pure, unapologetic coziness. Absolutely a Nintendo Switch game — perfect under the blankets…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a cozy management game, this was weirdly stressful. The pacing was just bonkers. It simultaneously felt like I was progressing too fast and too slow. I would unlock new items constantly, yet I could afford none of it. Customers kept asking for food that I didn't have the money for. When I couldn't give them what they wanted, I ended up getting even less money from them because they were displeased. Everything was bizarrely priced. Toilets and litter boxes both require copious amount of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wrapped up Cat Cafe Manager on stream this evening. It is a great game with wonderful writing. Recommended. As a gift, here is the Meownager Brian avatar I made for my stream.
unlabelledView post →Irene is an indie game developer (working on Cat Cafe Manager 2) and games marketing specialist based in Berlin, orginally from Barcelona. She's responsible for the PR strategy of The Rabbit #gamedev #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Just finished Cat Cafe Manager, and I know this is not my typical genre of game. Generally, it’s a cute and fun cozy game with a dash of cat-taming. And at times, this game feels like a stats-maximizing game (I do like that). It’s also relatively short (9-11 hours).
unlabelledView post →＿＿ 🌸＞ フ This cat is sad | _ _ l Hit the like to pet her ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💗✨Cat Cafe Manager 2: Big City Bliss is nominated to the Cozy Games Awards 2026 in the 'Most Anticipated Game' category!! Voting is open now until May 10th! ✨💗 You can vote here 🙏 👉 forms.gle/MEy6PjK5BGuU... @cozycelebration.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →✨Cat Cafe Manager 2 has been selected to be part of the Tokyo Game Show Steam event!! 🩷😻 👇Come check out all the fun down below! store.steampowered.com/sale/tgs2025 #cozygames #indiegames
unlabelledView post →I got this for sale when it was under $10. I cannot see this game being worth $20. It's cute, but very repetitive. The cats are barely present, you can just pet them a little and need to click on them every now and then to fulfill playtime. The staff are rather useless and often just sit in the corner. I'm not very fond of the economy system either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute, functional, and put together well. The game just isn't fun for me and feels like work, long boring arduous work. I spent three days grinding up for a set bonus, and I stopped playing looked at myself in the mirror and just realized, "man, I don't like this." This game is perfect for some people, I just don't jive with it. If you like goofy cozy sims please pick this up. However, the question is can I recommend this game and the answer is a resounding no. It wastes my time and not in a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a little drawing of Carla-Lalla, from Cat Cafe Manager 2! She's my fave from the first game, and the outfit she has for the 2nd one is so nice 💕 #CatCafeManager #CatCafeManager2 #Fanart #art #witch #cat
unlabelledView post →Great concept, really bad execution. Way too grindy. I wanna like this game, I really do. The aesthetic is cute, I actually do like the characters. A lot, actually, which isn't common for most "cozy games" for me. But there are a LOT of problems that just make the game more frustrating than fun. For starters? The currency system with is, in my opinion, the BIGGEST problem. There are 6 demographics you can market to and can visit your cafe, each one providing a type of resource. Vagabonds…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎉Cat Cafe Manager 2 has been selected for the Wholesome Games Celebration on Steam!!🎉 🐈During this event, we will treat you to brand new visuals of a key game element we KNOW you’ll obsess over...👀 🩷The @wholesomegames.com event takes place August 7–14. Stay tuned!!
unlabelledView post →So you don't really know how to start, you just start and wing it because the tutorial is just doesn't tell you much.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is good but not worth if full price. On a discount it is fine. I mean there's just many small things not working well. The game is out since 2022 yet they never even thought to include a quit or exit button? They already work on the sequel but had no time to implement this? Super weird. Also on Steamdeck some menus don't work well, e.g. where you select hairstyles somehow I can only select the ones on the left. If you have a mouse connected you can select the others though. Not sure that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🩷Me-aaahw yeah!🩷🤠 🐈Both Cat Cafe Manager and Cat Cafe Manager 2 have been selected to be part of the Cat Awareness Sale on Steam! 🐈⬛There is no such thing as too many digital cats, so dig your claws into your next kitty game through the link below!👇😼
unlabelledView post →Cat cafe manager is a cozy management game centered around, you never guess- a cat cafe. The game is instantly charming and adorable with the graphics and the cats running around your cafe. There are also special customers who all belong to certain groups and certain groups like certain things. The witches for example like magical items. You also have a very intimidating Cat shrine with tasks to work forward to in the form of a skilltree to unlock things so I found that personally very cool. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🩷What’s more wholesome than running a kitchen alongside the floofiest colleagues?🍳🐱 🎉Cat Cafe Manager 2 has been selected for the #WholesomeKitchenEvent on Steam! 👇Wishlist the game on Steam via the link below! #steamevent
unlabelledView post →I really like this game, I 100% it, but for the love of god, it keeps crashing and crashing and crashing. Fix your previous game before starting to make another one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cat Cafe Manager is a delightful cozy adventure. It’s not the deepest simulation game out there, but the management and strategy hit a sweet spot that keeps things engaging without losing that relaxed feel. The gameplay loop is satisfying, and time flies as you jump from day to day serving customers, petting and collecting cats, and managing employees and resources. I spent about five hours with Cat Cafe Manager to complete the main story, and I could easily see myself coming back to collect…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel bad reviewing this negatively because it's not a bad game, it's just not for me. It doesn't make me want to go back to it to finish it. It can feel sort of repetitive and hollow, but I think it would be fun to play in the background while you're listening to something or watching something.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wish I could say anything about the game, but I couldn't get past the loading screen. It was stuck on a black screen. Tried to follow some of the fixes that were posted, and didn't help. Developer in one thread post said it was an issue with the game engine? Anyway, asked for a refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WE HAVE FUCKING LESBIAN MOTHER REPRESNATION IN THE CAT CAFE MANAGER GAME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #Queer #Lesbian #LGBTQIARepresentation #CatCafeManager
unlabelledView post →JUST FINISHED 100% CAT CAFE MANAGER!! After 2 years of streaming this is the first game I've ever 100% on stream!! I'm so happy :D
unlabelledView post →The devs are making the sequel for this game tho (Cat Cafe Manager 2), and it looks really great. They even push the cat-taming aspect even further and have more natural way to encounter stray cats.
unlabelledView post →Is it cute? Yes. Is it fun? At times. However, there's a lot of frustration in the fact that there's quite a few flaws in this game. The staff AI is pretty bad. Far too often do I find, for example, a staff member with one job - cooking - standing off in the middle of nowhere doing nothing while there's a pile of orders waiting to be cooked. If you save your game at the end of the day and load your save and move onto the next day, it will tell you that you scored a "D" rating for the day…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Which game(s) do I need to pick back up the most? Beastieball Blue Prince Button City Cassette Beasts Cat Cafe Manager Chicory Coromon Dokimon Escape from Ever After Hollow Knight Hollow Knight Silksong Kristala Relooted Schrodinger's Cat Burglar The Plucky Squire
unlabelledView post →'cozy' slop mid graphics, mid design choices, gameplay loop is mediocre, dev team clearly did not test for any bugs and UI glitches, no actual "management" of your cafe actually happens here, poor Linux support for a simplistic game. flash games in 2008 did better than this, pirate or get it on sale for 3 dollars.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Send $13 for me to get Cat Cafe Manager on my Switch and I’ll send you the load of pics I took naked outside in Florida. 🐈🌿☕️ I love this game and it’s the last day it’s on sale!!
unlabelledView post →Todays surprise game is: Cat Cafe Manager!
unlabelledView post →What's your favorite cat game? 🐱 We just love Cat Cafe Manager! A perfect management sim for some serious cozy weekend vibes! You can get it here: 2game.me/3WEoSR9 🐱 #Caturday #CozyGame #CozyGaming
unlabelledView post →I do not recommend, its grindy and too many currencies to manage. The staff you unlock are terrible, most of the time they stand there not doing anything. It is not cosy in anyway, to unlock new food/drinks you need potions from witches but you also need this currency to buy more ingredients. This forces the game to be slow to progress, not mentioning all the other currency you need to upgrade everything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i bought this game like two days ago, i think...? and i still havent been able to play it cause it just keeps stuck on the loading page 😭
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sweet and short-ish game. It hits the perfect spot when you don't want to start a game that needs your whole attention (like a story game or gameplay heavy game) but you also don't want to just be passive like with a visual novel. This game requires just enough brainpower that you are engaged but not too much as to overwhelm you. I would however say that this game is not worth 18,50 euros, that is in my opinion too much for what the game really is. Don't get me wrong, the Dev's deserve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've only just started playing on my Steam Deck and so far, improvements could have been made to explain how to start the game. Time moves so quickly during the course of a day, way too quickly. Also, not having a way to quit the game other than shutting it down completely from the Steam game menu is annoying since it takes so long to start it back up. I am glad I got it on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the cozy game you've been looking for! I'm not a huge cat fan, but the cats do add another cute element to the game play. I love games with farming aspects, but sometimes it's really nice to have a game without that. This is a restaurant style game and there are plenty of things to do daily which I like. Keeps the player interested. I would definitely recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I beat the game on here and almost beat it on the switch as well(kept crashing so was impossible to beat there). I would give this probably a 4/5. Its glitchy, there's typos, and I find the story to be a tad too boring imo. But the gameplay loop is enjoyable. I love the cat options, the leveling up system works fine (although a bit slow for my liking for post game). The art style is cute, and I like the decor options. I also really like how forgiving and relaxing it is. There's no stress of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's time to give herding cats a try, in Cat Cafe Manager! We're going in blind, but I hope this game will be chill as catnip 💖💫 www.twitch.tv/luci_ferrous...
unlabelledView post →Moggy had to go to bed so we're swapping to Cat Cafe Manager, a much more chill and adorable sim game! If you were staying away from stream due to the horror content you're now safe to join!! [ twitch.tv/magicksgameroom ] #vtuber #horrorover #chill #cute #gameswitch #vibeswitch
unlabelledView post →10 video games to get to know me 😺 when doing this, I suddenly forgot everything video game I've ever played ● all of Dragon Age ○ Overwatch ● Cat Cafe Manager ○ FFXIV ● Bloodborne ○ Undertale ● Fire Emblem Fates/ Three Houses ○ Persona 5 ● Lethal Company ○ Fallout 4
unlabelledView post →Be live in a bit for paws and coffee beans in our beloved Cat Cafe Manager Game! www.twitch.tv/sofeiravt
unlabelledView post →— Can't rotate furniture/objects (maybe you can later, but I find it the most basic feature that should exist for accessibility and implemented in a gameplay's core) — Can't rotate the map or change the point of view in any way (this isn't even a proper 2D in my opinion) — Can't click/operate with the mouse only to tell the character where to go, which I found a deal breaker with this game. The controls suck, which leads to accessibility sucks. For a game that looks this simple, having to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game, thinking I would play once or twice. It was cheap, during the Summer Sale. I am now obsessed. The re is so much to do, and once you get past the first struggles of not having funds, decorating is maybe the best part. For cozy gamers, I highly recommend this. Not the high stress/energy like PlateUp! Right now it is in my top ten of favorite games- including Spiritfarer, Stardew, and Fields of Mistria.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cat Cafe manager has plenty of heart and soul behind it making it a really cute and fun experience. I had a good time getting all of the games achievements and found myself easily getting lost in the games loop of serving customers and looking after all the cats that you can acquire. Even as you progress through the games story it never becomes overwhelming as you expand the cafe with how many options there are to cater to different ways of playstyles. Very much looking forward to the sequel!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →❗StatusMain Story Completed; Not 100% 🎮Played OnSteamDeck Only ⏱️Game LengthFinished the main story in 10.4 hours but did not go for 100%. 🔄Replay ValueLow for me right now. The systems feel unbalanced enough that going back doesn't feel appealing, and knowing the sequel apparently addresses most of what bothered me here makes it hard to want to reinvest in this one. 💙Favorites💬 Art Style: The visual design is genuinely charming and I do like it a lot. The cafe and cats look warm and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game was really fun . friend thought i'd like it. i've never played this type of game before. i played it for two days and i beat it in two days because i was so locked in on it. i really love cats, and i really love funky little characters and i think this game did both really well, and it was worth playing past the 'ending' to see more of those interactions (friendship furniture). very excited for the sequel, when that inevitably comes out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring, the graphics are ehhh
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very cute little game. If you love a management sim with cats and a good story with cute characters, then this is it! However, at late game after you finish the story, it's not well optimized. I have a high-end computer and I ran the game at a 20-25 FPS so a few minus points for that. But still recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All my customers are happy.. Gay means happy! everyone is gay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just keeps on crashing, doesn't even open the game after selecting new game. on a new pc that doesn't have any issues.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I LOVE to 100% cute games. I had so much fun with grinding this one in 14.7 hours. I love the characters and staying engaged was difficult sometimes but it's very good with music or watching something on the side ! Super cozy game, would totally recommend to cat lovers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a cute game but by the time you get half way through the game it's just repetitive. Also a lot of people, including me, have had problems just getting the game to work. I understand this is an indie game but i feel i shouldn't have to join a discord to find out how to run a game. Even after final getting the game to start without crashing for the millionth time i still can only have one saved game at a time or else it crashes... again. They've posted about a sequel which looks cute and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking at a game named Cat Cafe Manager, you know what you're looking for. This is it. Casual, but with enough depth to carry you through. After you complete the story, there is more options to keep playing and really go for that ultimate Cat Cafe!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant even play it, crashes upon opening. refunded
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2025 Completions: 14. Cat Cafe Manager 🏆 (Steam / 16hrs) Cute cafe management game with plenty of upgrades, decorative items and cats to adopt. Super casual with no chance of losing, which is great to relax with, but I would've liked it to have a bit more of a challenge 🐈
unlabelledView post →Thanks everyone for coming out to my Cat Cafe Manager stream and I beat it today as well today. Its a really nice enjoyable chill game. 😀🐈Thanks @walnutkingy.bsky.social for the raid much appreciated and raided off to @clavicleclive.bsky.social go check them out on twitch!!
unlabelledView post →Thank you so much for coming to my Assassin's Creed 2 stream! Tomorrow it will be a stream game based on the vote and Cat Cafe Manager is winning. Raided by daydreamerlive! We have raided @captainmari.bsky.social ! <3 Give them all the love in the world <3
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