Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed PC (Build 24648748)

Live your cozy ocean cat life! Step into a peaceful world of Fish and Cats! The game has a cute aesthetic; the cats are in the same style as Kygua Tech’s other game, Fish to Dish. This time, big brother black cat has the mission of feeding the cute little cats and the overbearing God of Cats. The game starts small, with one fishing zone and four cats to feed. The cats give gold for fish, and the gold can be spent at the God of Cats for upgrades. The game is designed to be very linear, with mostly one section of the tree unlocking before moving on to the next.

There are two types of fish: normal fish and giant fish. Giant fish take longer to collect, and their HP does not regenerate if the hit point bar is not fully depleted. This means half of a giant fish can be taken down in one zone and finished in another. Upgrades are varied; investing first in extra gold, then damage, is recommended, prioritizing the highest unlocked zone, as it always gives more gold than the fully upgraded previous zone. Treasures are fun, and some are essential. They simplify the game even further, such as the VR Goggles, which unlock auto mode and turn Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed into a full-on idler without requiring any more aiming.

For the four hours of content it offers, Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed is a bargain, but it is currently missing one essential quality-of-life feature. Later in Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed, hundreds of fish are caught to feed the cats and earn gold, but this procedure takes a couple of minutes every single time. Hovering the mouse horizontally to feed them quickly becomes a chore. There is an auto feeder that can be found randomly as a treasure while fishing, but finding it after beating the entire game and purchasing all the skills makes it practically useless.

The auto feeder would be much better as a skill on the skill tree rather than something dependent on RNG. Despite that, Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed remains a great incremental game and a good recommendation for newcomers to the genre. It is also very addictive. The pacing at the start is rough, and upgrading feels pointless during that period. The transitions take forever—not literally, just about a second, but it adds up. Almost every action has a prolonged animation before the next interaction becomes available.