The Cat Machine
Released Aug 2015
The Future is Meow! The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and cats riding around on trains.As we are all aware, The Cat Machine is a giant contraption that maintains the stability of earth's orbit around the sun. A fun logical puzzler with over 50 levels, now you can build that machine too!
93% positive · 148 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
The Cat Machine launched on August 12, 2015 as a self-contained logic puzzle game featuring over 50 levels. The store description presents it as a complete product with no mentions of future updates, expansions, or additional content. The only DLC ever released was the soundtrack, which shipped on the same day as the game itself. There have been no developer news posts, roadmaps, or announcements of any kind indicating planned post-launch content. The game was built and sold as a finished puzzle experience, and nothing in the developer's public communications suggests that has ever changed.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete puzzle experience with over 50 levels and no mention of future content or updates
The only DLC is the soundtrack, released on launch day — no content DLC was ever listed
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Cranktrain
Achievements
5
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
"There’s humour here in spades... It’s fun, fast, colourful"
- Rock Paper Shotgun
The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and also cats. Cats riding around on Trains. As we are all aware, the stability of planet earth's orbit around the sun is maintained by an enormous and very secret underground machine. A machine where cats of various colours ride around on trains, as cats have done since time immemorial.
Without this secret mechanism, the earth would undoubtedly fold in on itself, probably with a rather satisfying popping noise, but also with the unpleasant side-effect of then ceasing to exist.
The Cat Machine places you in charge of designing that contraption.
A fun logical puzzler, the game is all about working on a solution, the correct design that will 'process' multiple configurations of cat trains. Cats can only travel on tracks that are the same colour as the cat itself (of course) and the cat at the front of the track decides where the whole train will go. Once a cat has traveled along a coloured track, it flies away, as cats are well known to do. The goal is, for every train, make all the cats, including the white one at the end, fly into the ether.
This is the only way to save the earth.
- More than fifty levels!
- So many cats, you wouldn't believe it. It has, I think, all the cats.
- Beautiful, beautiful music!
- Utilises high-fidelity, 60fps Advanced Cat/Train Simulation Technology for maximum cuteness.
- Support for Windows, Mac, and even our Linux friends.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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