Yes, yes. We are really doing this: we are doing a a Top 10 Cooperative Cat Games! To be clear, these are cooperative board or card games that have an upfront and distinct cat theme to them! Some games have cats in them (like Cyber Pet Quest from a few weeks ago), but those games aren’t “cat-centric”. The 10 games below are all cooperative games where the cats are the main focus … and that’s just how the cats like it!

10. Max

Players: 1-8
Ages: 4 to 7 Years old
Time: 10 Minutes
Supports Solo?  Yes
Type: Cooperative Roll-And-Move

It’s kind of hard to recommend this, as it’s a game meant for very very young players: the recommended age range for Max is 4-7 years old. 

And the production isn’t great: see above.

But, this may be just what you are looking for to give your younger cat lover!  It’s a cooperative game for young kids, and that right there makes it worth mentioning! (even if it’s not the most beautiful game in the world)

Trying to save the creatures from Max is a fun little theme that is surprisingly charming.   Be aware: this is a roll-and-move game, the production isn’t great, it’s meant for young kids, and the game is very light.  But, it’s kind of charming as a cooperative cat game, so it makes our list.

9. Endangered

Players: 1-5
Ages: 10+ Years old
Time: 60 Minutes
Supports Solo?  Yes
Type: Cooperative Dice Placement Game

This is a cooperative dice placement where players play in together in multiple realms: diplomacy in the UN, conservation in the jungles, and gaining resources in the real world!

This only made out #9 because just a few scenarios are about cats (Tigers in the base game and Jaguars in the expansion),  but they are constantly making more and more expansions all the time!  And during those scenarios, the cats take center stage!

This has some really interesting ideas; the cooperative dice-placement mechanic is very well implemented!

Take a look at our review of Endangered to see if this might be for you.

8. Magical Kitties Save The Day!

Players: 2-7
Ages: 6+ Years old
Time: 60-120 Minutes
Supports Solo?  Sort of, there’s a solo Adventure that comes with the game to teach it
Type: Cooperative Role Playing Game (RPG)

So, I am in the camp that views RPGs as cooperative games; I view the Dungeon Master/Game Master (DM/GM) as a shepherd for herding cats through an adventure (analogy chosen on purpose).  The players are cooperating to get the best outcome for the group, and the GM is just trying to help the players. I know this GM view isn’t shared by everyone, but the vibe of this particular RPG is certainly very cooperative.

Players plays as cats going on adventures to save the day … that sounds like a cooperative game to me!  This is a fun and goofy cooperative game that will require a GM to run it.

The solo comic book that comes with for teaching the game is pretty awesome!

7. Cat Crimes

Players: 1+
Ages: 8 to Adult
Time: 15-30 Minutes
Supports Solo?  Yes, solo first! Cooperative by group
Type: Cooperative Logic Puzzles

Cat Crimes is more of a solo logic puzzle than a game per se, but you can play it cooperatively by having all players work together as a group to solve the puzzles! 

Player(s) take a challenge card (from Beginner to Expert: see above) and try to solve the puzzle!  Who Ruined The Shoes?

Players use the hints on the card to deduce, via logic only, the order of the cats around the table!

Once the cats are placed around the table correctly, that pinpoints the culprit! See above as Duchess ruined the shoes!!

This is a fun little logic game where the cats are cute: the theme helps keep it from taking itself too seriously. But the puzzles are whatever challenge your group is up for!

6. Space Cats Fight Fascism

Players: 2-4 
Ages: 13+
Time: 45-60 Minutes
Supports Solo?  No  (although you can play solo via 2-handed solo)
Type: Cooperative Dice and Card Management Game

This little cat game came out of nowhere for us: it’s from a very small publisher (TESA) and it really doesn’t have a lot of buzz around it.

The components are a little wonky and the art is a little wonky.  It’s a pretty small game.

But this little game is surprisingly fun! It has a Pandemic feel as cats fly around the galaxy trying to stop facism (removing cubes like Pandemic).  Space Cats Fight Fascism isn’t really political (despite the name); it’s really just a surprisingly cute cooperative game with its own “vibe”.  The cat theme works surprisingly well, considering this game could be just an abstract, but somehow the cats in this game give it its own flavor, its own soul, and its own sense of humor. 

5. Cat Rescue

Players: 1-4
Ages: 8+
Time: 15 Minutes
Supports Solo?  Yes
Type: Cooperative Tile Placement/Tableau Management Game

Cat Rescue is a very cute game that was on Kickstarter, but it’s actually incredibly hard to find now.  I ended up finding the original blister pack version (see above).

Players put some very cute cats in a 4×4 grid (see above and below).

The main mechanic is that you “push” cats along a row or column, trying to push a cat that’s “ready for adoption” (flipped) out of the grid.  You continue until you run out of cards and then score how many you saved!

It’s very cute, simple to explain, and easy to play.  Cat Rescue is sort of a cross between a tile placement game and a tableau building game.  It is hard to find, but there is hope for a reprint.

UPDATE: As of right now, March 30th, 2025, there is a Kickstarter coming in Spring 2025! See information here!  Thanks to Lon for pointing this out!

4. Run Run Run!

Players: 1-4
Ages: 8+
Time: 30 Minutes
Supports Solo? Yes, minimal rule changes
Type: Cooperative Tile-Laying Game

This cute game about cats invading an Egyptian tomb is quite fun!

The components in this cooperative tile-laying game are gorgeous! The tiles are thick and easy to read!  

The game is easy to teach, easy to play, and plays rather quickly in about 30 minutes!  Take a look at our review of Run Run Run! here to see if it might be something you might like!

This game could easily make our Top 10 Cooperative Tile-Laying Games!  But that list came out before we played this game …

3. Nekojima

Players: 1-5
Ages: 8+
Time: 15-30 Minutes
Supports Solo? Yes, minimal rule changes
Type: Cooperative Abstract Dexterity Game

Nejokima is a very cute cooperative dexterity game for 1-4 players; this can probably best be described as cooperative Reverse-Jenga!  In Nekojima, players work together adding wood blocks on a platform, hoping not to knock anything over! (whereas Jenga has players removing wood blocks from a tower, hoping not to knock anything over)! In both cases, players try not to knock the structure over!  See below!

At the end of the day, this is almost an abstract game, but the game leans so heavily into the cat theme (with a cat placemat, the cat tokens, and the “cat always lands on its feet” in the rules), that I think you can call it a cat game.

Take a look at our review of Nekojima to see if this is something you think you might like.

2. Hissy Fit!

Players: 1-4
Ages: 8+
Time: 20 Minutes
Supports Solo? Yes, minimal rule changes
Type: Cooperative Hand Management game

Hissy Fit! is a light little cooperative cat card game (20+ minutes) about trying to get your cat into its carrier!  Players move the kitty (above) along (using cards) until it reach the carrier!

Players cooperatively play Human cards (purple) to try to keep the Cat Cards (orange) under control!  This is a light, quick game that really encourages cooperation with a simple follow mechanic (allowing other players to play cards even when it’s not their turn)!

The art is absolutely adorable and is quite thematic!  The Towel Wrap keeps the cat from scratching you and from moving away!  The Robot Vaccuum moves the cat closer to the carrier!

This game is light and adorable and quick and easy to teach: there is a very good chance this will make our Top 10 Cooperative Games of 2024! UPDATE! It did! See here!

Take a look at our review of Hissy Fit! to see if this is something you might enjoy!

1. Race To The Raft

Players: 1-4
Ages: 8+
Time: 40-60 Minutes
Supports Solo? Yes, with some changes to base game
Type: Cooperative Tile Placement Game

Players need to work together to save the cats (see above) from the burning island (see below)!  They need to move the cats to the raft before the fire consumes the island!

This cooperative tile-placement game has players making all sorts of choices cooperatively or solo: which cats to move, which tile stack to draw from, where you place a tile, where to place burning trees, when to move cats!  There so many great decisions in this game!  This was such a great surprise it made the #3 position on our Top 10 Cooperative Games of 2023!  Honestly, it should have been #1, but 2023 was such a strong year for cooperative games!

See our review here of Race To The Raft to see if this cooperative tile-playing game is something you would enjoy! It’s probably the most complex game on this list, but it also has the most choice!