Do Not Take This Cat Home

About

You find a cat in a cardboard box during a gloomy afternoon and face a simple question: are you the kind of person who helps or who walks away. This visual novel unfolds through dialogue and decision points where your choices shape the cat’s fate. Each option branches into different outcomes ranging from heartwarming to tragic. The tone balances humor and pathos with quirky writing and expressive pixel art that gives the cat a surprisingly distinct personality. The game’s charm comes from its tight script and how small details about the cat’s behavior subtly change based on earlier choices. While short, it packs multiple endings that encourage replaying with different approaches. Community feedback highlights how the cat’s design alone makes it hard to look away, even if you’re not someone who owns pets.

Storyline

It's your day off, but the weather is really bringing you down. Among other things. But... you're drawn to the distant sound of something calling out to you... You follow it to a dark, lonely alley. And at the back of the alley, in a cardboard box... ...is a cat. A very cute cat. What will you do? Will you selfishly ignore it and go enjoy your day off? Will you befriend it only to abandon it anyway? Or... ...Will you take it home with you? Surely you will, right? Right. Who could say no to that face~?