Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Special mention to the soundtrack, which has remained stuck in my head months after I stopped playing.”
Steam review · 83.3 h played ↗
Mewgenics
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Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Edmund McMillen, Tyler Glaiel2026Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, deep cat-breeding tactics roguelite with a superb soundtrack and wild synergies, but heavy RNG, tedious house management and punishing run losses will put off many. Skip it if you hate luck.
Great for
Players who love turn-based tactics, build synergies, Isaac-style dark humor and cats
Main risk
Hours-long runs lost to unavoidable RNG, plus tedious cat and house management
What players love
Deep tactics with wild build synergies
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Every decision you make is compelling, every possibility presented to you is exciting, risky, and has ripple effects”
Steam review · 90.2 h played ↗
Hilarious emergent stories with breeding and mutations
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“He ate his entire squad then died of exhaustion when nothing else could kill him.”
Steam review · 126.5 h played ↗
Addictive gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Just one more run. Just one chapter further. Just maybe this combination will work.”
Steam review · 164.3 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the amount of content and extra features is just absurd when compared to lesser, normal games”
Steam review · 127.1 h played ↗
Charming, funny Edmund style
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The number of times I've just died laughing in my room all by myself are too many to count.”
Steam review · 436.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Brutal unavoidable RNG ruins runs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Now your best cat will kill half of your party at the start of every fight, and there is nothing you can do about it, tehee”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Tedious cat breeding and house management
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Cat breeding is awful, cleaning up cat poop every day is awful, inventory management is awful.”
Steam review · 116.4 h played ↗
Poor UI and missing quality-of-life features
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“you cannot view your units' skills or gear if it's not their turn”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Runs are too long and progression too slow
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It sucks you need to give Frank 50 retired cats just for another room on your house (next is 100).”
Steam review · 124 h played ↗
Losing a run costs cats, items and hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“in mewgenics you don't just lose that run, but you lose most of the resources you collected through the run, you lose your cats with good stats”
Steam review · 41.3 h played ↗
Anti-savescum punishment for quitting mid-battle
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“You gave me the option to save and exit during combat, then lectured me for it lol.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor4 cores, from 2014 or later
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2GB VRAM, OpenGL 4.4 or better
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor4 cores, from 2014 or later
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2GB VRAM, OpenGL 4.4 or better
Storage6 GB available space
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