Cat Me If You Can is coming to Xbox Series X|S on 10 December 2026. Cosmic Stag Games’ cosy hidden-cat puzzle adventure will ask you to photograph hundreds of cats and bring the colour of their fur back to a world frozen in black and white.
Berlin studio Cosmic Stag Games is publishing the game itself on Xbox. Future Friends Games circulated the console date to press on 5 November 2026. The Xbox Store listing is live with a 10 December release date, PEGI 3, and Optimised for Xbox Series X|S. A price has not been listed on the Store yet, and there is no confirmation that the game is heading to Game Pass.
A camera, a frozen world, and a lot of cats
The premise is simple and strangely soothing. After a mysterious event freezes the world in black and white, only you and your trusty in-game instant camera can restore the colour of cats’ fur, one picture at a time. Some furballs sit in plain sight. Others hide behind riddles, locked doors and curious contraptions, so you will need a sharp eye and a bit of puzzle-solving to finish the collection.
According to the Xbox Store and Cosmic Stag’s own site, you will explore handcrafted 3D worlds inspired by black-and-white comic and manga art. Destinations called out in the Store copy include the sands of Ancient Egypt, the streets of modern Japan and the quiet corners of medieval castles. Official materials put the headcount at more than 725 cats to find and photograph across nine handcrafted levels in three themed worlds, with more than 50 quests and puzzles along the way.
What to expect on Xbox
Cat Me If You Can is a single-player cosy exploration and photography puzzle game. The Store lists Xbox achievements, Xbox presence and cloud saves as capabilities, and it is marked Optimised for Xbox Series X|S. Cosmic Stag Games appears as both developer and publisher on the Xbox listing. The studio is based in Berlin as Cosmic Stag Games GmbH.
Until a confirmed Xbox achievement list and Gamerscore appear, we are not going to invent numbers. Same rule for Game Pass: unless Microsoft or Cosmic Stag say otherwise, treat it as not on the service.
What Xbox players need to know about Cat Me If You Can
- Release date: 10 December 2026
- Platform: Xbox Series X|S (Optimised)
- Genre: cosy hidden-cat puzzle / exploration / photography
- Price: not listed on the Xbox Store yet
- Game Pass: no confirmation
- Xbox Play Anywhere: no (XboxXPA false on Store SKUs)
- Players: Single player
- Rating: PEGI 3
- Developer / publisher: Cosmic Stag Games
- Headline features: 725+ cats, 9 levels across 3 themed worlds, 50+ quests, instant camera
- Achievements: listed as a capability; count/Gamerscore TBC
- Store: Xbox Store (9N2KGX9Z1Q5V)
We will keep the basics in one place on our Cat Me If You Can hub, and we will update an everything-we-know page after this story is live. You can also follow Cosmic Stag’s own site at catmeifyoucan.games.
Read everything we know about Cat Me If You Can.
Source: Future Friends Games press email via PressEngine (5 November 2026); Xbox Store; Microsoft displaycatalog for 9N2KGX9Z1Q5V; official site; Cosmic Stag Games YouTube console announcement trailer.
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