What is the cheapest place to buy The Cat Machine?

Fanatical at $13.39 — an official store, and the lowest of the 3 stores we compare for your region. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.

Is The Cat Machine free?

No — The Cat Machine is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $13.39.

Has The Cat Machine ever been cheaper?

Yes — the lowest we have tracked since we started tracking it in June 2026 is $2.24. It is $13.39 today.

Is The Cat Machine Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates The Cat Machine Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play The Cat Machine on Mac?

Yes. The Cat Machine has a native macOS version on Steam.

Is The Cat Machine multiplayer?

No — Steam lists The Cat Machine as single-player only.

Is The Cat Machine on PC Game Pass?

No — The Cat Machine is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $13.39.

The Cat Machine

Name: The Cat Machine
Brand: Cranktrain
Availability: InStock

Cranktrain · August 12, 2015 · Cats, Indie, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic

Buy The Cat Machine from Fanatical at $13.39 — the cheapest of 3 stores we compare.

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Very Positive94% · 149

Best price

$13.39-11%

$14.99lowest tracked $2.24

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Prices last checked 7 Aug 2026, 09:13 UTC

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Where to buy The Cat Machine — official stores

Fanatical

Standard Edition · Steam

-11%

$13.39

$14.99

Buy

Steam

Standard Edition · Steam

$14.99

Buy

Humble Store

Standard Edition · Steam

$14.99

Buy

The Cat Machine price by region

The Cat Machine costs $8.49 in Georgia (USD), £10.17 in the United Kingdom, €11.15 in Europe (EUR), $13.39 in the United States, CA$15.62 in Canada, NZ$18.49 in New Zealand, A$19.20 in Australia, R$28.99 in Brazil and zł53.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Cat Machine offer in each region, in local currency
Region	Best price	Official store	Key shop	Stores
Georgia (USD)	$8.49	$8.49	—	2
United Kingdom	£10.17 −11%	£10.17	—	3
Europe (EUR)	€11.15 −11%	€11.15	—	3
United Statesyour region	$13.39 −11%	$13.39	—	3
Canada	CA$15.62 −11%	CA$15.62	—	3
New Zealand	NZ$18.49	NZ$18.49	—	2
Australia	A$19.20 −11%	A$19.20	—	3
Brazil	R$28.99	R$28.99	—	2
Poland	zł53.99	zł53.99	—	2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Cat Machine

"There’s humour here in spades... It’s fun, fast, colourful"
- Rock Paper Shotgun

The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and also cats. Cats riding around on Trains. As we are all aware, the stability of planet earth's orbit around the sun is maintained by an enormous and very secret underground machine. A machine where cats of various colours ride around on trains, as cats have done since time immemorial.

Without this secret mechanism, the earth would undoubtedly fold in on itself, probably with a rather satisfying popping noise, but also with the unpleasant side-effect of then ceasing to exist.

The Cat Machine places you in charge of designing that contraption.

A fun logical puzzler, the game is all about working on a solution, the correct design that will 'process' multiple configurations of cat trains. Cats can only travel on tracks that are the same colour as the cat itself (of course) and the cat at the front of the track decides where the whole train will go. Once a cat has traveled along a coloured track, it flies away, as cats are well known to do. The goal is, for every train, make all the cats, including the white one at the end, fly into the ether.

This is the only way to save the earth.

More than fifty levels!
So many cats, you wouldn't believe it. It has, I think, all the cats.
Beautiful, beautiful music!
Utilises high-fidelity, 60fps Advanced Cat/Train Simulation Technology for maximum cuteness.
Support for Windows, Mac, and even our Linux friends.

The Cat Machine — game info

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

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The Cat Machine price history

The Cat Machine is $13.39 at Fanatical right now, compared across 3 stores. The lowest we have tracked is $2.24.

2026-06-18low $2.24 · now $13.39

Might be worth waiting — It tends to drop further during sales — usual sale price around $2.24.

The Cat Machine price changes · tracked since 18 Jun 2026
Date	Price	Store
10 Jul 2026	$13.39 ▲	—
25 Jun 2026	$2.24 ▼	—
18 Jun 2026	$13.39	—

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The Cat Machine — questions & answers

What is the cheapest place to buy The Cat Machine?: Fanatical at $13.39 — an official store, and the lowest of the 3 stores we compare for your region. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.
Is The Cat Machine free?: No — The Cat Machine is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $13.39.
Has The Cat Machine ever been cheaper?: Yes — the lowest we have tracked since we started tracking it in June 2026 is $2.24. It is $13.39 today.
Is The Cat Machine worth buying now?: Might be worth waiting. It tends to drop further during sales — usual sale price around $2.24.
Is The Cat Machine Steam Deck compatible?: Mostly. Valve rates The Cat Machine Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.
Can I play The Cat Machine on Mac?: Yes. The Cat Machine has a native macOS version on Steam.
Is The Cat Machine multiplayer?: No — Steam lists The Cat Machine as single-player only.
Is The Cat Machine on PC Game Pass?: No — The Cat Machine is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $13.39.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Aug 19, 2025

I enjoyed the concept but it didn't click with me and overall, I didn't enjoy it. Not to knock the game and I wish I could leave a review with a "mid" option, so I'm leaving a thumbs up because it's well made and other people are enjoying it.

1 found this helpful

Recommended Apr 16, 2023

I recommend, good puzzles.

1 found this helpful

Recommended May 21, 2025

i 100%'ed this years ago. Still have fond memories, still would play again! Play the cat game!

Recommended Jan 7, 2025

Send cats around convoluted machines on trains to launch them into space and correct the Earth's orbit? Who are you to question the Science Cat? The puzzles are good and can be surprisingly hard. The idea is absolutely insane, in the best way possible. The cats are cute. What's not to like about this game? Lovely. Definitely recommend.

Recommended Apr 10, 2024

Overall, I am a cat person so I enjoy playing it. After playing for a while I realized that this game sometimes is not only purely about the logics and how you arrange the orders, but also about the space and the position of each hub. Because the limitation of the space will make some solution not working at all, and cats will collide with each other. So the seemingly workable solution is quite delusional. Think before hand is important but trial and error is more essential in the context of this game.

Recommended Mar 8, 2024

Build coloured bridges in just the right way to spin off all the cats as they traverse the level. Its a bit janky to control, and I was initially a little disappointed at how simple it was, but when you get in to more complicated levels and work out the logic of it its very satisfying to solve and there are a good amount of levels to go through. Worth picking up, especially if its on sale.

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