Cat Quest II

Cat Quest II is a lightweight open-world action-RPG from The Gentlebros, and it does exactly what it promises on the tin: you run around a colorful overworld, bash monsters, collect gear, level up, and laugh at pun-heavy dialogue. You can do all of this solo, swapping between a cat and a dog protagonist, or in local co-op with a second player. The world is split between the feline kingdom of Felingard and the canine realm of the Lupus Empire, and the two rulers are forced into an uneasy alliance. It is not BG3-tier political intrigue, but the writing is warm and self-aware, and it earns its jokes more often than it flubs them. Combat sits somewhere between a twin-stick brawler and a simplified ARPG. You dodge enemy telegraphed attacks, weave in spells from an equipped set of staves and tomes, and auto-attack with your melee weapon when not rolling around. There is real build variety here for a game this size: armor sets push you toward magic-heavy or melee-heavy playstyles, and mixing gear across the cat and dog characters in co-op opens up complementary loadouts. None of it reaches the mechanical depth of something like Path of Exile, but it holds up well past the early hours and the gear chase stays satisfying. Enemy variety does thin out toward the back half, and a few too many of the side dungeons feel like palette swaps of earlier content, which is the filler-quest problem I always dread. The XP curve is gentle enough that it never becomes a grind, at least. The co-op is the headline feature and it genuinely delivers. Sitting down with a friend and splitting the screen to tackle the overworld together is smooth and low-friction, the way local co-op should be. Difficulty scales appropriately, and neither player feels like a passenger. Solo play is still enjoyable, though the AI does not control your second character, so you are actively switching between them, which can feel slightly awkward during hectic fights. Where the game stumbles is in narrative depth. If you came here wanting meaningful branching choices or a story that rewards a second playthrough for different outcomes, you will not find that. The main quest is linear, choices are minimal, and the world does not react much to what you do. The puns are plentiful and some are genuinely clever, but the writing does not carry the weight of a game that wants to be taken seriously as an RPG. Think of it less as a role-playing game in the CRPG tradition and more as an action game wearing a light RPG costume. For what it actually is, Cat Quest II lands well. It is approachable, polished, and breezy enough to clear in a relaxed weekend. Seasoned RPG players looking for deep systems or a challenging combat test should calibrate expectations, but anyone wanting a chill co-op adventure with genuine charm and a decent loot loop will find it worth their time. The Overwhelmingly Positive Steam rating is not an accident. Monika, Scout Team