Overall, players express strong emotional connections to the story of "Copycat," often praising its heartfelt narrative and poignant themes on pet abandonment. However, feedback is polarized, with some players finding the gameplay bland and the narrative execution lacking depth. Many appreciated the emotional impact while others felt frustrated by technical issues and the game's linear design.
Copycat casts a shelter cat named Dawn, who insists she is a wild animal, and narrates her domestic life as though it were a nature documentary. The device is the whole trick: a posh narrator describes the lightning reflexes of jungle cats while Dawn bats clumsily at a toy on an elderly woman's carpet. Spoonful of Wonder uses that comedy to soften a harder story, about Olive's failing health and the lookalike stray who takes Dawn's place in the home.
The trade-off is what it is not. Critics landed on a Fair aggregate: consistently moved by the writing, consistently frustrated by how little there is to do across three linear hours of light platforming and set actions that several reviewers likened to a visual novel, bugs included. Rated Everyone, it rewards players who want a short, upsetting story about pet abandonment, and disappoints anyone hoping to properly play as a cat.
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Overall, players express strong emotional connections to the story of "Copycat," often praising its heartfelt narrative and poignant themes on pet abandonment. However, feedback is polarized, with some players finding the gameplay bland and the narrative execution lacking depth. Many appreciated the emotional impact while others felt frustrated by technical issues and the game's linear design.
Based on 87 reviews from steam
COPYCAT (this game made me cry real tears)
