The hottest indie game is about breeding cats with ADHD and dyslexia
Megan Farokhmanesh
created: Feb. 13, 2026, 1 p.m. | updated: Feb. 13, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Go ahead, do your thing.’”Mewgenics, which launched for PC on February 10th, is the year’s first surprise indie hit.
“It’s a game about cats fucking, you know what I mean?”There is a deluge of mutations and disorders cats can inherit in the game — from bad gas or kidney stones to ADHD and depression — that impact their stats.
While the original project was about cat breeding and the genetics involved, McMillen says, it wasn’t actually much of a game.
“It was like a toy, a little idle game where you would breed your cats, and then you’d use your cats in minigames,” McMillen says.
“It was very apparent that I was the only person that wanted to continue working on the project,” McMillen says.
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