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Samurai Cat

Samurai Cat is a puzzle game based on checkers where you control Mr. Jack, a remaining cat in a world conquered by mice. Use cheese to lure the mice to vantage positions and help Mr. Jack eliminate them all with just one movement.

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January 18, 2021
5 years and 197 days ago
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Positive47 reviews85.1%

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About the Game

Samurai Cat is a puzzle game inspired by checkers.
Use the cheese to attract the rats to vantage positions



So that Mr. Jack can eliminate them with just one movement.

Features

  • Use your logical thinking to set up the perfect scenario so that there is one last chain capture (all those checkers will be useful now).
  • As the levels advance, new items will appear, those that change the position of the pieces and temporarily transform them into a queen piece.
  • Find answers about world domination by mice and the near extinction of cats.
  • Face a powerful enemy that changes position and can take more than one hit, will you be able to defeat him?
  • 41 unique handmade levels set in Japan.
  • Hidden scrolls that reveal secrets of history.