Steam reviews
173,520 of 178,495 Steam user reviews are positive (97.2%) and Steam's own label is “Overwhelmingly Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Stray at the last data refresh.
Games like Stray
- A Short Hike
- Journey
- Little Kitty, Big City
Drafted by Claude; not individually verified.
Good for
- Players who want a short, atmospheric experience with no combat difficulty
- Cat owners and enthusiasts drawn to the protagonist's authentic feline behavior
- Those who enjoy cyberpunk aesthetics with a gentler narrative tone than the genre's typical violence
Avoid if
- You want mechanical depth — puzzle solutions are generally intuitive with minimal challenge
- Length — the game is completable in one or two sittings
- Some stealth chase sequences frustrated players who prefer avoidable checkpoints
Is Stray an indie game?
Yes. Steam lists Stray under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.
- Steam genre tags on record: Adventure, Indie — includes "Indie".
- Developer: BlueTwelve Studio.
- Publisher: Annapurna Interactive — not on this site's major-publisher list.
The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.