BitLife Cats - CatLife - Pets & Life simulation

Ever wondered what it's like to experience life as a cat?

Welcome to CatLife, the LATEST captivating text-based life simulation game developed by the same team behind BitLife!

Will you embody the personality of a feisty, independent stray feline, an affectionate adorable kitten, or perhaps be the beloved companion to a slightly eccentric cat lady in this interactive narrative-driven simulation game? Your destiny is yours to shape as you encounter COUNTLESS scenarios on your quest to become the most charming (or mischievous) kitty in town. This engaging game will keep you hooked – each CatLife journey is unique!

The variety of cat breeds available is boundless! Take on the role of a Persian, Himalayan, Maine Coon, Siamese, Calico, Sphynx, and MANY MORE!

Play Method:

⬆️ Aim for the peak of the animal hierarchy. Demonstrate to all that you're the most stylish cat in town and EDUCATE everyone on the superiority of cats over dogs!

🏠 Where will you choose to reside? Select from FOUR distinct environments as the starting point for your cat's tale: a household, a shelter, a pet store, or as a stray roaming the streets.

🎗️ ACCUMULATE achievements and ribbons to commemorate the tales you've experienced!

😻 Announcing our BRAND-NEW kennel feature! Share kittens with your friends!

🐶 ENGAGE with other animals! Will you perpetuate the rivalry between cats and dogs, or will you be a fantastic friend?

🐾 Have a special cat companion in real life? Utilize our personalized character feature to replicate your beloved pet and live through their virtual adventures!

🙀 What's that lingering wet dog odor?! Become a connoisseur of scents as you expand your olfactory database with as many fragrances as possible!

😈 Don't stay idle! Navigate through a plethora of scenarios that will elevate you to the top of the pecking order! Demonstrate to the creatures around you that you mean business.

The potential outcomes are LIMITLESS! Your decisions shape your destiny. Embark on your CatLife adventure immediately and witness how the stories of your sims unfold!

Guide

1. CatLife Is Very Similar To DogLife

If you guessed that CatLife is pretty much the same animal (no pun intended) as DogLife, then you are mostly right. With the exception of a few differences that we will be explaining later on in this guide, CatLife is mostly a re-skinned version of DogLife, and you can also play as a dog if living your best (or worst) feline life doesn’t appeal to you — of course, the priority here would be the cat breeds over the dog breeds, but otherwise, the experience is very similar.

Just as usual, you can create a new life and choose your character’s name and gender, and choose whether you wish to start out life in a household, on the street, at a shelter, or at a pet store. Like you can in BitLife and DogLife, you can choose your character’s home country and hometown, and when it comes to choosing breeds, the difference here is that cat breeds all appear above the dog breeds, as we noted above. If you are willing to pay $5 for Top Cat — this game’s version of Top Dog in DogLife and God Mode in BitLife — you can choose your character’s appearance (primary color, secondary color, eye color) or their attributes.

The similarities between DogLife and CatLife are especially evident when you choose a habitat for your character. If you choose to live in a household, you will be assigned a random family, couple, or individual to take care of you, and while you can edit human and animal NPCs alike if you choose to purchase the Top Cat feature, your relationship with these humans will be randomized. The same applies to any other pets that you may have — if they have other pets, you will be ranked among all pets in the Hierarchy section, and depending on how the game rolls these characters, you may or may not be on good terms with your fellow pets. Still, this is the option that offers the most stability in general, provided you end up with loving owners.

Choosing a pet shop or a shelter, on the other hand, will also have you dealing with humans with randomized attributes and relationship statuses with you — these would be the pet store or shelter’s owners and staff members. The hierarchy setup will apply more here than it does if you were in a household, as you’ll need to gain some respect among your fellow animals while also doing what you could to convince humans to buy you or adopt you — this could mean performing trips or doing cute things to attract attention.

And lastly, opting for the streets is almost exclusively about respect and survival — be prepared for some nasty animals, even the smaller ones, who may randomly attack you and inflict tons of damage (yes, even the smaller ones) to exert their dominance, and be prepared as well to scrounge for food and play a number of mini-games, either to scrounge for food or find a new place to roam.

Just like in DogLife, you have the option to unlock all breeds — unlocking all cat and dog breeds will cost you $3 respectively, which is a bit costlier than it was in DogLife upon its launch. But if you’re willing to spend some money on the game, we would recommend unlocking Top Cat, which, as mentioned above, costs $5. Not only do you get all cat and dog breeds, you also get the God Mode-like ability to edit all NPC humans and animals, as well as choose your attributes and appearance when creating a character.

Granted, you won’t be able to edit each and every stat, as some may be hidden. You won’t be able to edit the ages, genders, and backgrounds of other characters. However, you’ll be able to edit the main attributes, as well as character names and other important details, which should be enough incentive for most players to spend five dollars on this very useful feature.

Once again, just like in DogLife, hitting the Age button advances your character’s life by three months instead of one year in BitLife. Naturally, this is because cats and dogs age faster and have shorter lifespans than humans, but with that in mind, there will be certain features and actions that will be unlocked once you reach a certain age. For example, you won’t be able to eat much smaller animals (rats, rabbits, etc.) during your first few months, and you won’t be able to perform tricks either at that point in your virtual life.

2. Animal Stats – What’s Changed?

This is an aspect of the game that may be best appreciated by those who have Top Cat enabled, but it is important that you are aware of your character’s stats and those of the people and animals they interact with.

When creating a new character, you will (provided you have Top Cat) be able to edit a total of eight stats. Cuteness is the CatLife/DogLife equivalent of Looks, and could influence your value and your attractiveness to potential owners if you choose to live in a Pet Store or Shelter, or even in the Streets. Discipline influences your character’s ability to master new tricks or avoid causing random trouble — say, if you choose to live in a Household, having high Discipline makes it less likely that you’ll chew on the couch, break a vase, or do similar things associated with misbehaving pets.

Happiness is self-explanatory, and so is Health — these show you how contented your character is, and how healthy they are at the moment. Karma affects your resiliency in tough situations (e.g. getting kicked out of the house, getting bullied around by another animal in the shelter, pet shop, or streets) and also plays a role in determining how long you may live.