A cat RPG you can play online

In Whiskerfall you are a cat. Not a hero with a cat, not a cat-person: a cat, who falls asleep in a sunbeam and wakes in the Dreaming, a world of other players' cats.

Your cat

• Make it yours. Pick one of 8 breeds, each with a small passive, then its coat, pattern and eye colours.
• Pick a path. Every cat starts as a Kitten. At level 10 it becomes a Clawguard, Whiskerseer, Yarnslinger, Prowler or Purrbard, and it keeps advancing at 30, 60 and 100: 36 classes in all. See picking a class.
• Dress it up. The wardrobe holds looks worn over your gear, which sparkle and glow more the higher you climb, plus trails your cat leaves behind as it runs.
• Ride something. Cats ride whatever will hold still: 30 mounts, from a hedgehog to a robot vacuum.
• Build a home. The Cardboard Fortress grows room by room, and your companions wander between them.

The world

168 side-scrolling zones, from the Windowsill and the Giant's Kitchen to tide pools, tundra and Morrow's Keep, with ledges, ropes and jumping. Monsters are what a cat would fight: mice, rats, gulls, hounds, beetles and stranger things. Days turn to nights, weather rolls in, and night creatures come out after dark. See the zones and monsters.

The story

Cats sleep sixteen hours a day. Humans think it's laziness. Every cat knows the truth: when we sleep, we walk the Dreaming. You are Ninefold, a rare cat whose spent lives come back, sent to win back the nine Life Lanterns from Morrow, the Last King, before the Hush drains the colour out of every dream.

Questions

Can you play as a cat?

Yes, that is the whole game. You make a cat, choose its breed, coat, pattern and eyes, and it walks, climbs, jumps, fights and naps through a dream-world as a cat.

Is it free?

Yes. It is free to play in your browser. The Store sells a few wardrobe sets, looks only.

Is it good for cat lovers who are new to RPGs?

Yes. Your cat fights by itself, so you can start by just watching and dressing it up, and learn the deeper parts at your own pace.

More guides

• What is Whiskerfall?The game in a minute, and the questions people ask first.
• Your first hourFrom the windowsill to your first class, and what every button does.
• Picking a classThe five paths at level 10, their branches, and dungeon roles.
• How time away worksWhat your cat does while you are gone, and how to get more out of it.
• Making gold, and the ExchangeWhere gold comes from, what other cats will pay for, and how offers work.
• Vessels and the islandsBoarding the ferries, how the timetable works, and what to do aboard.