Game Overview
A newly adopted cat becomes the quiet center of a household already cracking under the pressure of a failing marriage, difficult neighbors, and human ambitions. Choice of the Cat is a comedic interactive novel that turns everyday feline behavior—napping, scratching furniture, stealing food, and staring judgmentally—into tools for shaping entire lives. Its tone swings happily between affectionate pet-story warmth and absurd megalomania, letting you pursue cuddly domestic harmony, petty revenge, internet stardom, or a long-term plan to put humanity beneath the paw. With no visuals or action sequences to lean on, the writing makes its apartments, alleyways, rival animals, and increasingly ridiculous political possibilities feel surprisingly vivid.
Every scene presents decisions that define your cat’s personality and influence the people around you. You manipulate arguments, form alliances with pets, sabotage calls, create chaos, investigate household secrets, and decide whether problems deserve a soothing purr or a strategically timed knocked-over object. Choices steer both immediate outcomes and longer character arcs, so a benevolent rescue cat, a selfish menace, and a calculating ruler-in-waiting encounter very different relationships and endings. The text-based format keeps the controls simple, but the real challenge lies in reading humans well, balancing your desires against their needs, and committing to the consequences of your feline worldview.
What stands out is the scale of the branching narrative and its willingness to treat cat logic as both a punchline and a genuine role-playing framework. Rather than merely offering cute animal jokes, it gives weight to family conflict, friendship, loyalty, and the odd moral question of how much influence a pet should wield over vulnerable people. Gender options for your protagonist and extensive route variation encourage repeat playthroughs, especially for players who enjoy Choice of Games-style fiction, visual novels, or narrative RPGs such as Disco Elysium’s dialogue-heavy side. Anyone wanting reflex-based gameplay should look elsewhere, but readers who enjoy funny, choice-driven stories will find a remarkably flexible cat simulator here.
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Installation
- Click the green button below to be redirected to UploadHaven.
- Wait 15 seconds, then hit “Free Download.” (Free downloads may be slower — upgrade to UploadHaven Pro for faster speeds.)
- Once downloaded, right-click the .zip file and choose “Extract to Choice of the Cat.” (You’ll need 7-Zip for this.)
- Open the extracted folder and run the game as administrator.
- Enjoy! 🎮 If you see missing DLL errors, check the _Redist folder inside and install what’s needed.
Setup Guide & Troubleshooting
How do I fix missing DLL errors for Choice of the Cat?
After extracting Choice of the Cat, navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.
What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?
The full archive is 95.62 MB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.
Why should I run the game as administrator?
Right-click the game executable and select "Run as Administrator" to avoid save file issues and permission errors. This is especially important on the first launch.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Try running in compatibility mode, install the latest DirectX runtime, or install the All-in-One VC Redist Package.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
Antivirus false positives are common with pre-installed games. Temporarily pause your antivirus during extraction to prevent it from quarantining game files. You can re-enable it after the extraction completes.