Stray

 PC
User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 599 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 476 out of 599
  2. Mixed: 68 out of 599
  3. Negative: 55 out of 599

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  1. MadFox2813
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Gerçekten sadece yürüme simülasyonu ve gereksiz saçma etkileşimde bulunan bir oyunun bu denli overrated olmasına hayret ediyorum muadillerine baktığımız zaman yine bir indie oyun olan what remains of edith finchin hiç bir kıymet görmemesi beni hayrete düşürüyor bir kez daha oyuncu kitlesinin kanser olduğunu kanısına varıyorum.
  2. faizanali
    Aug 13, 2022
    0
    ABSOLUTE TRASH

    do not recommend this game at all if you value gameplay in any way whatsoever. Game may have a good atmosphere and story but none of that matters when the gameplay is extremely tedious and boring. The entire gameplay loop is this: jump, climb, talk, fetch quest, repeat. If you want fun gameplay go play something else that'll keep you occupied for more than a few hours.    ABSOLUTE TRASH

    do not recommend this game at all if you value gameplay in any way whatsoever. Game may have a good atmosphere and story but none of that matters when the gameplay is extremely tedious and boring. The entire gameplay loop is this: jump, climb, talk, fetch quest, repeat. If you want fun gameplay go play something else that'll keep you occupied for more than a few hours.

    Games are supposed to be fun to play. There's none of that over here. There's no fun in any of the game mechanics (of which there are only 2) it's just not a fun game at all. Use that $30 and save it for something else.    … Expand
  3. SPAGHETTIBOLEG
    Jul 21, 2022
    3
    While this game is very pretty, there's not a lot of "game" inside.
    I finished the game in about 4-5 hours and it was a pleasant but ultimately unchallening and boring
    My real issue is with the seemingly collective lack of critical thought towards this game. The steam reviews are just cat memes and it's almost impossible to find a review that actually discusses the game mechanics. This    While this game is very pretty, there's not a lot of "game" inside.
    I finished the game in about 4-5 hours and it was a pleasant but ultimately unchallening and boring

    My real issue is with the seemingly collective lack of critical thought towards this game. The steam reviews are just cat memes and it's almost impossible to find a review that actually discusses the game mechanics. This game appears to be marred by positive review bombs because haha cat cute.

    I really hoped this game would have more mechanisms for fun rather than the aesthetically pleasing walking simulator that it is.    … Expand
  4. Digul
    Jul 20, 2022
    3
    Cute, but very boring game. Cat walking simulator. Preschool level puzzles. Suitable for young children.
  5. BoomerZoomer
    Jul 28, 2022
    1
    The only gameplay this game has is you holding shift and spacebar and watching intentionally slow cutscenes
  6. Boomer2
    Jul 25, 2022
    0
    Cute, but very very boring game (sometiems hard to tell this is a game) . Walking simulator for young children. The worst spend money ever
  7. TitaniumDragon
    Jul 28, 2022
    1
    I was very interested in Stray when it was first announced publicly. The idea of playing as a cat was very interesting, and I tried to avoid spoilers as much as possible about the game before playing it. Unfortuately, I think that was a very bad mistake; this game is honestly quite mediocre and honestly, boring.

    The problem is that the most basic idea – the idea of being a stray cat    I was very interested in Stray when it was first announced publicly. The idea of playing as a cat was very interesting, and I tried to avoid spoilers as much as possible about the game before playing it. Unfortuately, I think that was a very bad mistake; this game is honestly quite mediocre and honestly, boring.

    The problem is that the most basic idea – the idea of being a stray cat walking through a futuristic city – sounds really neat, but when you actually reflect on the question of “Sure, but what’s the actual GAME like?” you start to realize that, for all that that sounds like a really cool premise for a game, it doesn’t actually seem to suggest much in the way of meaningful gameplay.

    What do you do in this game?

    Not much of interest, honestly.

    The “platforming”, such as it is, is extremely simple; you can only jump up and down a certain amount, and only to platforms – the cat does not jump independent of going to and from places, so the whole game is actually pretty rigidly controlled rather than open. You can’t climb, you can’t fight (except for a brief, very simple minigame you actually get an achievement for skipping, and which consists of nothing more than shining a flashlight on enemies vulnerable to light in one chapter), and you can’t really do anything sophisticated because, let’s face it, you are a cat.

    The result, then, is a game with very limited “gameplay” – some fetchquests, some pre-designed moving around in the environment, and like 1.5 chapters of mandatory stealth section which is quite basic.

    That’s it.

    Now, you might think that this is primarily a walking simulator… but honestly, it is bad at the story as well, and the game itself is surprisingly ugly.

    The problem is that the city is in ruins and the only people you can communicate with are robots, which means that there is no dialogue where you move around and they are talking with you, you have to stop to talk every single time, as you have to read it. There is no voice acting, and the characters are all very flat and uninteresting – none of them have more than one or two personality traits, and so it is hard to really care when good things or bad things happen to them. The dialogue is limited, and most of the robots just say repetitive things.

    It doesn't even deliver on the futuristic bit - the city itself is very mundane in many respects, and doesn't feel very futuristic at all. There’s no real spark of imagination here – it’s like they came up with the basic idea then executed it in the most boring way possible.

    This does not feel like a world that you are living in, but is very video-gamey, and the core plot – getting back outside of the city – is very, very basic and is nothing interesting.

    The city itself has a very boring backstory – we only get a tiny amount of it, we don’t get an explanation of what happened to the world, what we do see of it makes little to no sense, and there’s just nothing to really latch onto.

    The world, too, is quite ugly, because it is all set in a dark city, and while the idea of being lit up by, say, futuristic neon lights and holograms seems cool, it actually mostly is just boring slum-ish and boring concrete and fence areas – nothing particularly interesting. They even stick in plants, with the explanation that somehow humans genetically engineered them so they didn’t need sunlight anymore.

    But overall, this game is just bland. It’s not very long, which is a good thig because there isn’t much “game” there, but it isn’t very good, either.

    This is very much an experience you can skip. I thought the idea of playing as a cat would be cool, too, but there’s just no substance here – the world is too boring to carry the bad gameplay, and the gameplay is too bad to carry the story.    … Expand
  8. notchedbandit
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    All flash, but zero substance. A very simple and dull game that has no depth to it at all. I'd go as far as to call it a walking simulator. Only reason it's getting high ratings is because... cat.
  9. Kaneris
    Jul 20, 2022
    1
    Once you scratch 2 carpets and drink twice water, the veil of the surprise of beeing a cat goes away.
    There isn't any interesting game mechanic here, just walking foward and sometimes, pressing A to locked-jump obstacules.
    Boring until the point of the puzzles are solved in the same room by touching things and that's all. Animations are good. It only last 4.5 hours, so don't expect    Once you scratch 2 carpets and drink twice water, the veil of the surprise of beeing a cat goes away.
    There isn't any interesting game mechanic here, just walking foward and sometimes, pressing A to locked-jump obstacules.
    Boring until the point of the puzzles are solved in the same room by touching things and that's all.
    Animations are good.

    It only last 4.5 hours, so don't expect it to get better.    … Expand
  10. Syleion1
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    Expected something more interesting but this game is very boring ...falling a sleep during gameplay
  11. BulgarianCritic
    Jul 27, 2022
    4
    This has been a pretty disappointing game due to the fact that the entire presentation and gameplay mechanics get boring really fast. After the first hour you get used to the boring and cheap mechanics such as jumping and meowing to open things. Sadly in such games it would have been a way better choice to remove the robot entirely since it's very cheap to tell this type of story via textThis has been a pretty disappointing game due to the fact that the entire presentation and gameplay mechanics get boring really fast. After the first hour you get used to the boring and cheap mechanics such as jumping and meowing to open things. Sadly in such games it would have been a way better choice to remove the robot entirely since it's very cheap to tell this type of story via text and now the surrounding environment. Also you are a cat so why the hell are they making you into some sort of SAVE THE WORLD protagonist which fits really badly into the story. It's a meh game.… Expand
  12. t0nin0t
    Jul 27, 2022
    3
    One of the most overhyped games ever. The game basically gives you nothing and it's more a robot game where you play as a cat than being a cat game. Graphics aren't even that great, gameplay is very boring, and story is just bad. What I liked was level design, but I could've been improved by giving us free jump. Also the jumping button doesn't seem to work everytime and it doesn't evenOne of the most overhyped games ever. The game basically gives you nothing and it's more a robot game where you play as a cat than being a cat game. Graphics aren't even that great, gameplay is very boring, and story is just bad. What I liked was level design, but I could've been improved by giving us free jump. Also the jumping button doesn't seem to work everytime and it doesn't even show up, thus making you go to wrong directions cuz you didn't know you could go there.

    I can't justify any more than 3/10 fur this.    … Expand
  13. Skapple
    Aug 4, 2022
    0
    my pc is really old and buggy so it crashes in almost every game i play when i set the game settings to higher than medium, but this game has some of the best graphics that i have ever seen and i ran it on max settings, 2k resolution without any freezes or crashes
  14. Michael_666
    Jul 25, 2022
    0
    Максимально не интересная адвенчура, с геймплеем 2010 годов, 90% положительных отзывов от кошатников и любителей котов, а так не тратьте время и деньги!!!
  15. vova22379
    Jul 22, 2022
    1
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  16. chegverk
    Jul 24, 2022
    2
    the only plus is beautiful,
    the cat can't see in the dark, can't jump, only climbs on certain boxes
  17. Yosepgamer
    Jul 28, 2022
    2
    Esta muy sobrevalorado aunque es un juego simple buenos gráficos mala jugabilidad.
  18. yazoonOG
    Aug 11, 2022
    0
    Полностью пустая игра, не заслуживающая жизни в 2022 году. При создании игры, скорее всего, был расчет выехать за счет котов, присутствующих в данной игре. По большому счету, получилось ни чем не примечательное нечто, для наивных и нетребовательных геймеров, готовых еще и отдавать деньги на что попало.Полностью пустая игра, не заслуживающая жизни в 2022 году. При создании игры, скорее всего, был расчет выехать за счет котов, присутствующих в данной игре. По большому счету, получилось ни чем не примечательное нечто, для наивных и нетребовательных геймеров, готовых еще и отдавать деньги на что попало.
  19. sherbz
    Jan 8, 2023
    0
    There is very little wrong with this little gem of an indie game. It has excellent graphics and beautiful animation. And unsurprisingly cats make pretty good characters to play as. They are stealthy, small and curious. Just like how most gamers like to approach these sorts of stealth games. The puzzles are a little on the simple side. And it would have been nice if there wereThere is very little wrong with this little gem of an indie game. It has excellent graphics and beautiful animation. And unsurprisingly cats make pretty good characters to play as. They are stealthy, small and curious. Just like how most gamers like to approach these sorts of stealth games. The puzzles are a little on the simple side. And it would have been nice if there were difficulty settings. But it is very well paced and no section out lives its welcome. It also has some genuinely touching and sweet moments. Good job.… Expand
  20. tunahan43
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    overratedin kralı .kesinlikle 160 tl değil 16 tl bile etmez .çöp oyun insanlar 160 girdi bali keyifimiz kaçmasın diye kendilerini beğenmeye zorluyor.Zamanında bende öyleydim .259 tl verdiğim resident evil 3 remake çöpünü öve öve bitiremiyordum .Şimdi ise çöpden başka birşey demiyorum .Bu olay cyberpunkda da yaşanmıştı .CYBERPUNK en çöp oyundur ama savunucuları bunu hiç kabul etmez.overratedin kralı .kesinlikle 160 tl değil 16 tl bile etmez .çöp oyun insanlar 160 girdi bali keyifimiz kaçmasın diye kendilerini beğenmeye zorluyor.Zamanında bende öyleydim .259 tl verdiğim resident evil 3 remake çöpünü öve öve bitiremiyordum .Şimdi ise çöpden başka birşey demiyorum .Bu olay cyberpunkda da yaşanmıştı .CYBERPUNK en çöp oyundur ama savunucuları bunu hiç kabul etmez.
  21. Davidnotavailab
    Jul 1, 2023
    3
    boring gameplay, u dont feel like you re a cat at all. Repetitive level design, scripted parkour, clunky mechanics.
  22. Quake58
    Aug 20, 2022
    2
    graphics and atmosphere are good, the story is ideal, but the gameplay is very bad, so casual players are the kind of game they want.
  23. ShadowRage1137
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Stray is one of the best indie games i have ever played. The gameplay is pretty simple, but its enough to keep you playing for 5+ hours without getting bored or wanting to close the game. The story is simply amazing, not much can be said here without spoiling, so go check the game out. The game run well with high settings on my low-end pc, so even a laptop can handle it.

    "DANGER, GROOVE    Stray is one of the best indie games i have ever played. The gameplay is pretty simple, but its enough to keep you playing for 5+ hours without getting bored or wanting to close the game. The story is simply amazing, not much can be said here without spoiling, so go check the game out. The game run well with high settings on my low-end pc, so even a laptop can handle it.

    "DANGER, GROOVE LEVELS AT 2%, PLEASE FIND A DANCING SPOT IMMEDIATELY"    … Expand
  24. heiserlir
    Aug 29, 2022
    2
    You can jump here...wherever they let you
    Here you can drop things from the edge....wherever they let you
    You can sleep curled up here....wherever they let you
    Here you can rub against robots....about which you will be allowed
    You can scratch carpets here....which you will be allowed to
    Well, at least you can meow constantly and at any time, and thank you for that
  25. DinboNomad2z2
    Nov 13, 2022
    4
    Cat walking simulator. Movement felt janky, environment and story felt really limited and bland given the hype around this game. Cat people can stop malding now that they have their own version of Nintendo dog.
  26. PenetratorGod
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    If anyone likes this game, please throw yourself off a balcony or something. It's not even a game. It's a cheap money trap for animal lovers.
  27. Bushido_DZ95
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    Cats are funny. Pictures with cats funny. Videos with cats funny. Cat game? boring
  28. TripleBypast
    May 11, 2023
    4
    I only played an hour or so of this game because although I do admit I’m fairly had to please these days, It just didn’t do much for me and became really quite boring very quickly. I’m glad I got it for free and got the chance to try it out but it just ain’t for me sorry. 4/10
  29. Ubagur
    May 13, 2023
    2
    The parkour, walking and stealth simulator, it would seem, is a game about a cat, so many things can be implemented, but no, let's better add a rug to sharpen claws for each location.

Awards & Rankings

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#55 Best PC Game of 2022
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 1 out of 43
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    80
    The faithfully rendered, authentically impoverished setting goes a bit against the more magical technologies that accompany the cat's adventures. Suddenly, the game is left with nothing more than the atmosphere of each area, which fortunately in Stray's case still means a hell of a lot. [Issue#321]
  2. Cubed3
    Jun 2, 2023
    70
    Stray is an awesome looking game, with a neon-cyberpunk world that feels like it is alive. The run-time is short enough that the gameplay loop of solving puzzles via finding random items scattered throughout the world is well complemented from sequences that require running from area to area without getting caught by local mutated predators. While Stray is pretty to look at and is fun while it lasts the limitations of movement and rather simplistic puzzles hold this back from being greater than it could have been.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    76
    Leisurely promenades and simple puzzles are interspersed with action moments where you have to flee from local aggressive fauna. There’s also some stealth involved. These segments aren’t stellar, but they do shake things up nicely. [Issue#260, p.58]
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