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Cats Away

A nautical adventure featuring beautiful pirates, adorable talking cats and nail-biting sea battles, Cats Away brings real-time strategy to the high seas! Give orders to your ever-expanding cat crew and save the world from the reawakening of an ancient evil!

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July 9, 2025
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About the Game

Courageous Cats vs. Plundering Pirates in Ship-to-Ship Combat!

After serving as apprentice sailors, three seafaring sisters and their faithful cat crewmates reunite at the port where their father’s ship is docked. But when the father doesn’t show and the ship is suddenly attacked, they embark on a perilous maritime journey involving pirate guilds, a mysterious cat-hating syndicate, ancient magic spells, giant mutated monsters and more! Help Kanna, Lilia and Alicia to navigate through dangerous waters, upgrade their ship’s armaments, recruit a crew of skilled catmates and discover their father’s biggest secret!

Action and Adventure on the High Seas...With a Furry Feline Twist!

In Cats Away, players manage the crew and resources of a sailing ship on an exciting and dangerous exploratory voyage. Steer the ship during combat, maneuvering into more advantageous positions and giving orders on the fly to counter enemy tactics. Between battles, dock in faraway ports-of-call to upgrade weapons and equipment, meet new friends (and enemies), learn new skills and much more. Take on side missions to earn treasure, level-up the captain and the crew and open new routes to uncharted waters!

FEATURES

• Cats, cats and more cats—Assemble a crew of catmates from 60 different breeds to man weapons, pilot remote units, repair and maintain the ship and administer first aid

• Engaging story—Enjoy a dramatic single-player adventure with 30+ hours of thrills, laughs and adventure

• Choose a captain—Access different commands during combat depending on which of the three sisters is at the helm 

• Unlockable ships—Customize each craft’s equipment, weaponry, colors and pirate flags

• Over 30 remote units—Launch detachable watercraft, airships and submarines operated by your cat crewmates

• Over 150 unique weapons—Equip an arsenal from catapults and spear guns to gatling guns, torpedos and laser cannons 

• Unlockable online mode—Join a Guild and compete in Gate Battles to gain control over the sea and become the Pirate King

• Celebrity catmates—Unlock cat crew members based on Umihara Kawase, Cotton and Ria