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Cat game · idle · pixel art

The cats go walking.
You have nothing to do.

Neko Idle is a hand-drawn cat game where everything moves gently. Your cats head out, bring back coins, and the house furnishes over weeks. A few minutes a day is enough — that is the point.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play iOS and Android · free

What's not in it

Three things this game will never do

Most games of this kind hold you by what they demand. This one holds you by what it spares you, and that is a design decision rather than a gap.

NoMessaging

There is not a single text field in the whole game. You add someone with a code, visit their house, send your cat over for four hours, and compare this week's scores. Nothing to report, nothing to moderate.

NoForced ads

Nothing opens between two screens. Videos exist, they are optional, and they always pay you something. You watch them if you want to.

NoDaily backlog

Daily plays never stack up. Skip a day, skip a week: you do not come back to arrears waiting for you. The counter starts fresh each morning.

How it plays

Three gestures, and the rest happens without you

1

Pick a cat

One cat goes out walking. Each has a temperament, a coat and a nose — some bring back coins, others find pieces of relics.

2

Close the game

Time spent away is counted. Close the app at night, find the walk further along in the morning. Nothing is lost while you live your life.

3

Furnish the house

What the cats bring back buys tiles, lanterns and tatami. Nine plots, floor to roof, and months to fill them.

The collection

Eighty cats, every one drawn by hand

They carry names that are never translated — Mochi, Kinako, Amaterasu — and each has its coat, its temperament and its line when it comes home. The rarest only appear once you have started over.

71tiles to place
14relics to assemble
102milestones
7languages

Activities

Twelve small games, one visit a day

One or three plays a day depending on the game, never carried over. Some only open after dark; a merchant comes by in the evening with a few marked-down pieces and four tiles you can only get from him.

Questions

What people ask us

Do I need a connection?

Only for friends. Everything else — the walk, the house, the twelve games — plays offline.

Does the game ask for an account?

No. No name, no address, no password, no age. An anonymous account is created on its own for cloud saving and friends, and it can be deleted in two taps.

Are there purchases?

Not today. The game is free and funded by optional reward videos.

What happens if I am away for a month?

Your cats wait for you. Offline earnings are capped, but nothing is lost and nothing needs catching up.

Can I play with friends?

Yes, with a code of four letters and four digits. You visit their house, send your cat to stay over, look after theirs while they are away, and compare the week's best scores.