Here’s Cats Watching People Play Stray Because We Know It’s the Content You Want

Stray, the latest game from Annapurna Interactive, is having a great launch week, and the game isn’t just popular with the people playing it. Cats seem interested in the game too, and their owners have been posting adorable pictures and videos online to prove it.

The game has players navigating a dystopian, cyberpunk world through the eyes of a stray cat who is trying to reunite with its family. Of course, there are plenty of cat antics that happen on screen, such as scratching with your claws and jumping onto places cats shouldn’t be. There’s even a dedicated “meow” button.

You can see why Stray would catch the attention of pet cats that may be hanging around the room while owners play it more than the typical video game would. Since there’s no such thing as too much cat content on the Internet, we’ve compiled some of the most wholesome pictures and videos of cats watching their owners play Stray for you to enjoy.

Below you can see SaucySione’s black and white cat taking interest in watching the main cat character in Stray move around the environment early in the game, even trying to paw at it at one point.

Laura Varley’s orange cat, who looks just like the playable cat in the game, is completely transfixed on the screen. You can see his attention doesn’t break even once throughout the 45-second clip.

We think that Sean McNelis’s cat wants to be inside the game to play with the other cats, as you can see by the paw on the screen.

Kendall’s cat Mina wants to get a closer look at the game, perhaps even offering to help out.

James Arbogast has two cats; one was desperate to hop in the game by pawing at the screen while the other one seemed completely uninterested.

Lhugy’s cat Vili made a friend in the protagonist and seems confused as to why the virtual cat won’t play back.

Luke Baldrige’s cat wonders why they used his likeness in the game without his permission.

Other owners are having a hard time playing the game because their cats simply won’t let them see the screen, such as this example below.