Bongo Cat

Bongo Cat

Released Mar 2025

Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

96% positive · 112K reviews
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Released, ongoing live service game
High confidence
Live Service
Not yet
Released, ongoing live service game
High confidence
Live Service

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Bongo Cat launched on March 5, 2025 as a free-to-play game and has been in continuous, active development ever since. The game is built around an ongoing cosmetics system with tiered item drops (Common through Legendary), multiplayer lobbies, DLC cosmetic packs, and limited-time seasonal events — a structure designed to grow indefinitely rather than reach a "finished" state. Since launch, the developer has shipped a consistent stream of updates: 40 new skins and hats (May 26, 2025), a full multiplayer mode supporting up to 100 players (August 11, 2025), seasonal events in autumn and winter 2025, a multiplayer chat system and new DLC releases (April 13, 2026), the Wild Wonders DLC with 6 new cosmetics (June 27, 2026), and most recently a multiplayer layout settings update on August 10, 2026 — just five days before this assessment. On the game's one-year anniversary (March 5, 2026), the developer explicitly stated they have "cool stuff planned for this year," including a Steam Point Shop integration, April Fools event, and a Collection Update, while also mentioning they are looking for a collaborator to help build it all out. The August 10, 2026 patch notes close with "there is an even bigger update in the making," directly confirming active ongoing development with more content on the way. The game's supporter DLC model, rotating seasonal events, and the developer's stated intent to "Bongo as long as possible" all confirm this is a live service game with no planned conclusion to content development.
Evidence
Multiplayer Layout Settings update shipped, with patch notes closing: 'there is an even bigger update in the making' — direct confirmation of more content actively in development.
news post · Aug 10, 2026 source content planned
high
Wild Wonders DLC released with 6 new cosmetics (3 skins, 3 hats). Post states the developer wants to 'Bongo as long as possible,' framing DLC sales as funding for ongoing development.
news post · Jun 27, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

5 of 5 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jun 2026

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Irox Games
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

Item drop pool chances*:

  • Common - 90%

  • Uncommon - 9.5%

  • Rare - 0.49%

  • Epic - 0.01%

  • Legendary - 1 in 500000

*Subject to change

Features:

Your own bongo cat

Many customization options

A friend while working hard

Based on the artwork and meme of @StrayRogue and @DitzyFlama

Last evaluated Aug 15, 2026
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