Psychocat: The Answer

Psychocat: The Answer

Chewa · January 11, 2016 · Indie, Casual, Action, Psychedelic

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Psychocat: The Answer costs £0.79 in the United Kingdom, $0.79 in Georgia (USD), $0.99 in the United States, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$1.09 in Canada, NZ$1.19 in New Zealand and R$2.19 in Brazil right now.

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Canada CA$1.09 CA$1.09 — 1
New Zealand NZ$1.19 NZ$1.19 — 1
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About Psychocat: The Answer

Psychocat: The Answer is an evil arcade game about the life of a cat named "Zag", who desperately seeks an answer. The purpose is to survive for 180 seconds in a Psychedelic tunnel by dodging the obstacles. The primary gameplay is that sometimes Zag will go through colored walls that will reverse your controls. With this unique and evil mechanic;

"it won’t be your reflexes that let you down, it’ll be your concentration – as control reversals mean you’ll constantly have to keep track of what’s up and what’s down (and left and right).

You control a Zag as he hurtles down multi-colored, gyrating tunnels packed with obstacles and (worst of all) zones that reverse your controls. The obstacles aren’t that hard to avoid themselves, but the zones that reverse your controls really mess with your mind. You can have the best timing in the world, but if you’re pressing the wrong button, you’re going to be one flat cat. Zag does change color to give you some indication of which controls are reversed, but with so much happening on-screen, that doesn’t make things much easier!" -Alphabetagamer

Features:

- The most evil game you will ever play
- 2 tutorials
- 1 survival mode
- 1 epic Answer

Psychocat: The Answer — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended May 10, 2025
[h1] Arcade runner. Follow the path, avoid obstacles until you find the answer. [/h1]
16 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 17, 2024
You can't rebind the controls from the arrow keys or close the game without alt+F4 / tabbing out. Very basic things every game should have. I get not being able to quit is part of the rage bait, but still. The game itself is fine... it's a trippy rage game that'll give you some fair entertainment for $0.49. I personally found it more annoying than anything else, but if you like these types of games this a decent version.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 1, 2024
Good game. I don't remember playing this for 10 hours but apparently I did
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 20, 2026
Psychocat: The Answer is a compact but cleverly constructed arcade experience developed and published by Chewa. Released in 2016, it represents the kind of focused indie design philosophy that builds an entire game around a single, sharply defined mechanic and then refines it into something deceptively demanding. At first glance, the premise appears almost minimalistic: guide a small cat named Zag through a vibrant, twisting tunnel filled with obstacles and survive long enough to uncover “the Answer.” Yet beneath that straightforward setup lies a game that constantly destabilizes the player’s instincts, turning reflex-based gameplay into a test of cognitive flexibility and mental endurance. The central mechanic of Psychocat: The Answer revolves around control inversion. As Zag moves forward through the tunnel, he passes through colored zones that flip or alter directional inputs. What initially feels like a standard left-and-right dodging challenge quickly evolves into something far more disorienting. Forward may become backward; left might suddenly send you right. The game cleverly signals these changes through visual cues and Zag’s shifting colors, but in the heat of the moment—…
Recommended Sep 27, 2025
Funny :3
Recommended Feb 2, 2025
I STILL DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER!

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