How to play Pudgy Cat Colony
A handful of strays moves into a backyard and decides to get organised. You give them jobs, they catch fish, and before long the colony owns rafts, canneries and a whole harbour. Pudgy Cat Colony is an idle game: it runs in your browser, it keeps producing while the tab is closed, and it never asks for a download or an account.
How to play
- Hire workers. Strays arrive on their own every second. Spend strays and fish to hire Paw Fishers, who catch more fish.
- Build upwards. A Fishing Raft produces Paw Fishers, a Cannery produces Fishing Rafts, and so on. Because buildings create other buildings, production keeps accelerating. When in doubt, buy the highest building you can afford.
- Open shelters. A shelter costs resources and doubles its share of new strays. Strays are the real limit of the colony, so shelters pay off quickly.
- Finish missions. Three missions are active at any time. Each one pays a cardboard box, and every fifth pays a Deluxe crate.
- Collect cats. Boxes contain treats and cats. Each cat has a permanent effect such as doubling fish output or bringing strays faster. Extra copies and treats level a cat up.
- Move on. When all missions in a territory are done, the colony moves to a bigger one. Buildings start again, cats and treats stay, and a new district may open: yarn, milk, catnip and finally cardboard boxes.
Things worth knowing
The colony works while you are away
Close the tab and come back later: the game calculates everything that happened in the meantime, up to eight hours per break. The cat Dozer raises that limit by two hours per level.
The Lucky Paw
Every minute or two a golden paw print appears for a few seconds. Tap it for an instant burst of every resource. The cat Lucky makes the burst bigger and Jingle makes the paw show up more often.
The Moonlight Market
From Friday noon to Monday noon a weekend market opens in its own tab, with lanterns, dumplings and fifteen missions of its own. Completing it awards two Deluxe crates for the main colony.
Twelve territories
The journey goes from the Backyard to the Back Alley, the Rooftops, the Harbor, Market Square, City Park, Old Town, the Lighthouse, the Castle, the Cloud Kingdom, the Moon and the Cat Star. The first territories take minutes; the last ones are built for days of short visits.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There is nothing to buy. The page is supported by advertising shown around the game, never over it.
Where is my progress saved?
In your browser, on your device. In Settings you can copy your save as text, or create a transfer code to continue the same colony on another phone or computer.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The game is designed for one hand on a phone screen and works the same on a tablet or a desktop browser.
Do I need to keep the tab open?
No. Checking in a few times a day is enough, and that is how the later territories are meant to be played.