Mewgenics

Mewgenics

Released Feb 2026

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

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Evaluation

Mewgenics launched on February 10, 2026 and has received consistent post-launch support. A substantial version 1.1 update shipped on May 23, 2026 with extensive gameplay balance changes, followed by localization work across the summer culminating in the official release of Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Russian language support on September 6, 2026. That same September 6, 2026 post confirmed two upcoming content additions: a small free update introducing a new way to play the game along with unlockable items, and the game's first paid DLC (previously referenced as the "small DLC"). Console versions (PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2) also launched on September 8, 2026, announced at Gamescom. Most recently, on October 4, 2026, the developer posted a development update confirming that Edmund and Tyler will be running one stream per month for the next six months specifically to show off the new DLC in development. The post mentions they "might even spoil some VERY early gameplay of the dlc" at the first stream on October 7, 2026. This confirms the DLC is actively being worked on as of October 2026. The game is fully released and in excellent health, with both a free content update and a paid DLC explicitly confirmed as in active development.
Evidence
Developer confirms monthly streams for the next 6 months to show off new DLC in development, with early DLC gameplay teased for October 7 stream
news post · Oct 4, 2026 source content planned
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Developer confirms work has started on a small free update (new way to play + unlockable items) and the game's first paid DLC, with no release dates yet
news post · Sep 6, 2026 source content planned
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Publisher
Edmund McMillen
Achievements
281
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

The Ultimate Turn-Based Cat Tactics and Breeding Roguelite

From Edmund McMillen (The Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy) and Tyler Glaiel (Closure, The End Is Nigh) comes a deeply tactical legacy roguelite that asks:

What if you could breed the perfect army of whiskered warriors, then send them on tactical adventures in search of food, money and loads of treasure?

The Cat Loop:

Welcome to Boon County, where each day you’ll assemble a team from your ever-growing house and outfit your cats with class-specific collars (Fighter, Tank, Mage, and  many more). Send your mutant feline squad clawing through adventures of turn-based battles that demand careful positioning, wild power combos, and environmental shenanigans.

Combat That Rewards Mastery:

With 1000+ unique abilities (75 per class), 900+ items, and countless environmental interactions, every run throws fresh tactical puzzles at you. There’s real depth here, and endless room for experimenters and optimizers alike.

Breeding Creates Your Future:

Cats that return home carry scars, experience (and sometimes extra heads!) Pass down strange skills and mutations, tinker with your bloodline, tackle genetic quirks, and build ever stranger, more powerful cats for the next adventure.

Epic Scope:

  • 200+ hour main campaign

  • 10+ character classes with 75 unique abilities each

  • 900+ wild items

  • 200+ enemies and bosses

  • Roguelite progression: never experience the same game twice.

  • Choices at every turn. Money! Items!! And genes!! All matters.

From Simple to Infinitely Complex:

Mewgenics welcomes you in and then reveals more and more layers over time. Early runs teach the basics, but soon you'll be optimizing breeding chains, discovering unexpected ability combos, and making agonizing strategic choices about whether to keep a cute kitten or give it to one of the many NPCs to upgrade your house. Mewgenics offers you a path to tactical mastery while embracing chaotic emergent gameplay.

Build, experiment, adapt! There’s always a new way to experiment with (and break) the game.

Also: you can pet the cats.

Last evaluated Oct 6, 2026
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