Push The Cat with WASD

Push The Cat with WASD is a short block-pushing puzzle game in which you help a cat named Push remember why they are stuck inside the game. The letters displayed on the screen act like blocks, and you have to click on them to push the cat onto the flag. Push The Cat with WASD delivers an emotional story through moderately challenging puzzles.

Each puzzle is a sentence written on the screen grid. You’ll need to click on certain letters to push other letters, and the cat along them, until the cat reaches the flag. Only some of the letters can be clicked on: W/A/S/D (which act like a push to the up/left/down/right) and Q/E/Z/C (for a push on diagonals). For example, clicking on a W makes the letter go up, along with all elements directly above it.

Getting the cat to the flag requires good spatial visualization first and foremost. New mechanics are introduced throughout the chapters, such as the shift button which reverses an arrow coming into contact with it, or the Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V which acts as a teleporter. Since it can get hard to memorize and visualize everything, Push The Cat with WASD has an option to directly display arrows instead of letters.

Push The Cat with WASD is a balanced game overall. Many levels exist just for the sake of the story, allowing for regular breaks between the puzzles. Hints are available if you're stuck, but there’s also a bonus chapter featuring very challenging levels, making Push The Cat with WASD a very approachable game that should also satisfy the more experienced players.

This description was written by Andréas Andrieux.