A cat is not a dog

The house cat.Felis destructus.Humankind’s absolute best mate and undisputed master.

But what if you don’t want to wait for these games?

Well, you have options.

A group of Monster Hunter Palicoes chefs looking at a huge sliced steak

Here are 10 of the best cats in PC games.

Then, when you sit down, they climb on you.

Blessed existence, blessed life.

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Evolution is poorer for having never thought of this.

The Khajiit, a playable race of light-footed fuzzfolk, talk commonly in third-person and travel widely.

They cannot get enough of drugs.

Many cats sitting in a circle eating in a cat cafe in Yakuza 6

They drench the prawns in sumptuous sauce, and serve it to you with a smile.

This is unnatural behaviour for a cat, but… mmm…

I am willing to disregard it.

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More importantly, it’s possible for you to hug Daffodil.

There are entire Twitter accounts devoted to tracking which games allow you to pet or otherwise interact withcatsanddogs.

Others might say: Okay.

The player character riding on a giant cat creature in Edge Of Eternity

But can I pet the cat?

Ship’s cat -Sea Of Thieves

This is Admiral Fangs.

He rolls around by the ship’s wheel and meows to get a juicy fish.

A warrior and a khajiit rogue attack (confusingly) a mountain lion

He is one of the few microtransactions I have made in video games this past decade.

I have no regrets.

However, it also means you have to find your own food.

A group of Palico cat creatures in Monster Hunter World look at a delicious roast chicken

And open your own doors.

And fight your own giant lizards.

And spear huge, deadly vultures.

The player is followed by their lovely pat companion in Spiritfarer

And wear the skull of said vulture as a mask to scare away the aforementioned lizards.

Just everyday cat stuff.

A service will be held in its memory.

A lovely cat sitting on the prow of a boat in Sea Of Thieves

Night In The Woods is sometimes described with a hollow and nebulous descriptor as “evocative”.

But what does it evoke?

I shall tell you.

The family of cat creatures travelling together in Rain World

It evokes fear, it evokes unease.

A cat-woman who owns a cat-cat?

I shall not be the last.

Lara Croft prepares to arrow a big cat in a Shadow of the Tomb Raider screenshot.

But one of these robotic intelligences needs to be shut down.

It’s…the xenomorph of Alien Isolation.

I will allow such a cross-examination.

Mae Borowski from Night In The Woods standing on a rooftop

That’s all for now.

Remember to kick one of these cats to the kerb, fellow list goblins.

The xenomorph stalking towards the camera in Alien Isolation