How to play

From your first purr to your next podium.

A happy cat needs care, practice and a little stage confidence. Here is how the current game actually works.

1. Settle into your home

Your active cat appears in the room. Click or tap it to give affection and hear a purr when sound is enabled. Use the name control on the profile to choose a name. My cats lets you manage your collection; the boutique offers upgrades bought with game coins.

2. Choose your training

• Food: restores up to 35 energy for free, without exceeding the energy limit.
• Play: costs 12 energy and improves agility.
• Brush time: costs 10 energy and improves beauty.
• Practise poses: costs 15 energy and improves charisma.
• Affection: improves your bond without an energy cost.

Training upgrades increase the benefit of their matching action. Spread your practice across the three talents rather than improving only one.

3. Look after health and grooming

A health reminder can appear after a number of turns. When it does, visit the veterinarian for a free check-up before training or entering another contest. You can still feed and pet your cat.

The grooming salon offers baths for 20 coins, cuts for 30 and styling for 25. These services improve relevant attributes. Choose a natural, teddy or sleek cut and explore visible styling options. Earn coins in contests; no real payment is involved.

4. Enter the contest

You need at least 20 energy and a cat without a pending veterinary visit. Read the lobby instructions, then start. Entry uses 20 energy. Rival cats vary, and later contests introduce stronger competition.

Perfect pose: timing

Stop the moving marker inside the highlighted target. The better your timing, the better the score. There are three attempts. You can use the on-screen button or the space bar when prompted.

Remember the routine: memory

Watch the sequence before choosing the same symbols in the same order. Later competitions can use a longer sequence. Accurate recall matters more than guessing quickly.

Spot the toy: observation

Read which toy you need, then select it among the alternatives. Each round allows one choice. A correct, quick answer earns more points; a wrong choice scores zero for that round.

5. Learn from the results

Your challenge scores and preparation determine the result against the rival cats. The weakest challenge matters too: training alone cannot guarantee a win. Every completed contest awards coins and a training upgrade, with larger coin rewards for the top places.

6. Return home and keep growing

Return home with your cat, spend earned coins if you wish, restore energy and practise again. New contests continue indefinitely. Trophy history keeps your recent results.

Saving and accessibility

Progress saves automatically in this browser on this device. Clearing site data, switching browsers or using a private session can lose access to that save. There is no cloud recovery. Use the language selector and sound switch in the header. Reduced-motion settings shorten the visual movement, and travel and professional-care animations offer a skip option.