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Bongo Cat: The viral idle game taking over Steam

Remember the viral cat meme that covers pop songs in only meows while slapping an instrument? Well, that Bongo Cat, created by StrayRogue, has now inspired one of Steam’s most popular idle games of ...
GamesRadar+

Steam's fourth most popular game isn't really a game at all, but it's doubling as a "marketing tool" so effective its devs don't mind that "it's actually losing us money"

Steam's fourth most popular game at the moment isn't really a game at all - it's Bongo Cat, an adorably chubby feline who sits at the bottom of your desktop and counts every time you press a key. The ...
Comicbook.com

One of Steam Next Fest’s Best Demos Finally Got Me Into a New Genre

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Bongo Cat is an idle game, a genre which I admittedly paid little mind to prior to downloading the ...
Polygon

This desktop cat game is the best part of my Monday

It hardly matters that the version of Bongo Cat I downloaded before work this morning is a demo. It feels like the full game, because the game is simple: let this cat sit on your desktop while you ...
PC Gamer

Bongo Cat, still one of the biggest games on Steam, gets even bigger with multiplayer: You can now have up to 100 cats on your screen at once, all of them happily bapping away ...

Back in April we discovered Bongo Cat, a silly idle game about a cat with a hat who smacks your screen when you type. Silly, but also huge: Bongo Cat was one of the biggest games on Steam at the time, ...
GameSpot

Viral Steam Hit Bongo Cat Doesn't Actually Make Any Money

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Marcel Zurawka is the CEO and co-founder of Irox Games, the studio behind Bongo Cat. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Zurawka pulled back the ...