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Kitaria Fables, action RPG Stardew with cats, is out nowOr Rune Factory with cats, I GUESS

Or Rune Factory with cats, I GUESS

A screenshot of Kitaria Fables showing a cute house, windmill, and a rabbit who is telling the player - a cat - that they look like they would be a good farmer.

Yes,Kitaria Fablesmight better be described as “Rune Factory with cats”, but let’s make the useful comparison to the game most folks have heard of. Kitaria Fables is a game in which you, a cat, biff monsters in classless combat to gather resources, and then spend time planting crops and chatting to NPCs at home. It’s out now.

Kitaria Fables - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube

Kitaria Fables - Launch Trailer

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The wildlife around Paw Village has become angry and violent, and so you have been summoned to investigate and defend your citizens. Luckily your uncle lives in Paw Village and his home becomes your base.

Kitaria’s pastoral landscapes and camera angle do strongly bring Rune Factory to mind. The Japanese RPG series is a spin-off from classic farming game Harvest Moon, and much like Kataria Fables, Rune Factory pairs growing crops with defeating (and befriending) monsters in dungeons.

But while Rune Factory 5 came out earlier this year in Japan, a worldwide release is not planned until sometime in 2022 - and then only on Switch. If you can’t wait that long and want a similar game on PC, perhaps Kitaria Fables will satisfy. There’s ademo available from Steam now, and the full game costs £17/€20/$16.