Doctor Cat

This is a charming puzzle game. You can beat it within an hour on easy, but the game has multiple difficulties if you like a challenge. The art is nice as well.

Doctor Cat is, at its heart, a jigsaw puzzle game. There are 12 images, with square pieces instead of cut shapes already set on the board. You swap pairs anywhere, not just next to one another. Difficulty determines how many square pieces are used. Wrapped around each puzzle is a small story -a patient kitty who has an issue, a high level description of their issue, the picture matching the theme (bill stress, unhealthy eating, gambling, etc.), and then the Doc saying a short platitude about working together to fix the issue. The game's issues, however, need analysis. In the Office, you can change the difficulty. Scrolling the text interacts with them by default. Also, you are stuck in the office; you need to start a puzzle for Menu to work. The menu is also confusing. Hard mode is hidden in the gallery, but Easy mode isn't. The painful part is the puzzle UI. PC/mouse may be good, but Xbox controller gave me RSI. No quick moves, except from just the left/right border.

Great Game

Short, but charming and impactful. It is made extremely clear how much care came from the dev team. I absolutely recommend this game, but it's definitely an experience needing to be played rather than reading a review to truly understand the game.

Doctor Cat is a pretty solid puzzle game! The gimmick using psychology as a building block for each patient's insecurities, fears and emotional baggage to form the outline. On a higher plain type level it works brilliantly! It reminds me of Comedy Central's Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. Fans of Puzzles will appreciate it for what it does for a super low MSRP