MeowGun: Hell Denizen

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• Patch Notes·18 Mar 2026Official

  Version 24 Notes - New extra gameplay modes, balancing, and guidance adjustments

  MeowGun's version 24 update features some balance & level adjustments based on user feedback, as well as some silly extra gameplay modes you can challenge yourselves with. Some of the bigger things are tweaks to the weapons: The Railgun couldn't quite match up to the Plasma Rifle, so we boosted its primary firerate. Also! The Railgun's alt-fire got an overhaul to have better synergy with the gun's primary function. The shock bomb stuns enemies even more effectively now and _doesn't_ scatter them everywhere, so you'll have more opportunities to line up really good multi-hit shots with the primary fire. You can combo the shock bomb with other weapons too of course if you really want to make excellent use of it. The Vampire Sword "Murhamasa" got a hefty buff this time around too! First of all for clarity, we swapped the primary- and alt-fire modes on this thing. Second, the now primary melee swings are considerably faster, meaning you'll get a lot more hits in with them and lots of health back to use for the alt-fire energy shockwaves. And finally, we like when one can deflect things with swords in video games, so now the Vampire Sword can deflect certain projectiles back at the enemies with good timing. You do have to face those projectiles though and just holding the attack button won't guarantee deflections, so there's a little skill involved. But hey, since we added more things for the sword, and people seemed to like it before already, how about a whole extra gameplay mode for it? When starting a new game using the Custom skill setting, you can choose "Vampire Mode" as a special mode to play the game with only the Vampire Sword, no other weapons besides limited support grenades, with slowly regenerating health, and most pickups replaced with armor items. It's pretty intense. There are also similar challenge modes for using Cat Claws and lots of Grenades only, and for the Ripper Blade. Oh, and a "Sicko Mode" - You can go see for yourselves what it does, it's pretty...
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• Patch Notes·8 Feb 2026Official

  Version 23 Notes - Accessibility, funny sliders, optional shmovement!

  Hello-! Yep, we're adding more things to MeowGun! Version 23 refines what's already there and adds some neat things accessibility-wise. We have a new Custom difficulty setting, which allows you to tailor the game's difficulty to your preferences with various settings. Like even more enemies than the game normally throws at you? Adjust the monster count to silly values. Feel that the baddies are too tanky considering the crazy amounts? Turn down monster health a bit! (Or add more if you're playing in co-op!) Want to do more rocket jumps? Turn down the damage taken! Are you a fan of respawning monsters??? Try the Nightmare Mode. Lots of things! There's also a modern-style weapon wheel in there now! Especially handy for gamepad/Steam Deck players, as it frees up a ton of binds for other good things. Do re-check your bindings or reset them if you want to play with this! We also added quite a few more gameplay modifiers, such as optional, toggleable wall jump & double jump mechanics for those cats that like to really bounce around the levels. (They are considered cheats though, so no stats recording if those are on, sorry!) There are also some tweaks to existing levels to make them less confusing and some secrets a tad less mean. If you load an earlier version save from any of these levels, you may want to restart the level as some silly things might occur. The levels are: E2L1: Junkyard, E3L2: Power Plant, E3L3: Rovaniemi Lab and Bonus 05: Lair of the Cat (and Tutorial, but who saves the game there?). Finally, we tweaked the engine to fix a bunch of crashes that were happening on Steam Decks and some computers, and we also fixed a bug in multiplayer which could cause clients to be kicked out of the server on level changes. Should work smoothly now. Also. A huge thank you for all the super kind-hearted reviews we've been getting since launch. Warms our hearts a lot to see people have so much fun playing MeowGun and appreciating all its quirks. We'll do our best to keep t...
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• Announcements·24 Jan 2026Official

  MeowGun: Hell Denizen ♥ FULL RELEASE ♥

  Hello-! Version 22 marks the step where MeowGun is officially transitioned from Early Access to Full Release! Thank you everyone who have supported this game in its Early Access phase! With the Full Release the game comes with the long-awaited final level, and not one, but TWO additional boss fights!? Where did we put that another boss if not the final level? Play to find out in THE CATASTROPHIC BONUS EPISODE...! The update also features tons of new voicelines, a cool new customizable menu, new silly collectibles, even sillier easter eggs, tons of bug fixes & optimization, new survival & deathmatch levels and even an extra monster or two! Note: If you played the Early Access and try to load old saves, you should restart the level. Also due to changes to how the score is tracked to support cooperative better, scores may show up incorrectly when loading old saves. It may also be a good idea to reset Meowpedia. Check out the release trailer below: The devs are taking a long-needed break after this, but there might be some things they'll add in the game after this release. There are also plans in the air for a new game project altogether. Here's the full changelog with all the details as usual: MANY NEW LEVELS AND IMPROVEMENTS: E4L5: The level is complete! E4L1: Fixed missing difficulty settings in some areas E4L4: Fixed missing difficulty settings from the start & end of the level Added doors to both sides of the train at the end of the level. Changed Assault Rifle to SMGs. Added some more light above the SMGs. E3L5: Added voicelines for the Cortex Mother The power generators in the boss chamber can be destroyed a bit easier E3S1: Added some yellow lights around the whole level. Changed Assault Rifle to SMGs. E1L1: Falling into the void is no longer instakill hazard it does some damage and teleports player back to the start of the jump sequence E1L2: Fixed monsters getting stuck at the invisibility trap if playing on Night Feline or Mäyhem E1L4: Made the outdoor areas ...
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• Patch Notes·2 Dec 2025Official

  Version 21 Notes - Big overhauls, big new level, big new boss monster & big guns

  Version 21 sorts the weapons by ammo type: There are 8 weapon groups now. Please check the Controls menu for your key/button bindings, they likely need to be readjusted! There are also some new models, changes to previous levels & changes to monster health values. If you're loading a save from an older version, you definitely should restart the level! Here's the full changelog: There's a new level and the previous ones got some tweaks! The level E3L5: Alien Mothership is now fully complete and it comes with a big bad bossfight in the end! The tutorial level got some makeover; The help messages are easier to read and can be skipped with most of the buttons/keys. (The controls listed there are now the default bindings for clarity.) Tweaks to level geometry & lighting in some levels. Tweaks to ammo/weapon distribution across all the levels. New changes to some of the player gameplay mechanics! The throwable flares were removed, as we found they didn't add much to the gameplay. Sorry if you liked them. When respawning in single player or coop, the player does a free power meow, pushing monsters away from the respawn point. When respawning, there's a little safety delay before being able to do actions, so that one doesn't immediately accidentally blast a missile to their face. Removed combat taunt subtitles from appearing when using Shy Kitten or Rough & Tough voice settings. Removed the Keep Ammo setting. Now you just keep all ammo when going from one level to another. No stress. The player's armor is now 60% protective! 10% more, yay. Power Meow overhaul: Single-press or hold the button with any weapon to do quick swipes. Useful for breakable secrets. Power Meow is now done by quickly double tapping said button. A new powerup: Backpack Booster. Increases ammo capacity 150% for the duration of the current level. Big overhauls to the weapons and how they work! All the weapons are now sorted by their ammo types into 8 different groups. (3 in melee and 2 in all others.) Ca...
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• Patch Notes·15 Sept 2025Official

  Version 20+ Notes - More features. More fixes. More cat shenanigans.

  Version 20+ adds even more features and refinements to the ver. 20 release! There are now options to change the player character voice from the Player Setup or Audio menu: Cute & Wild (MeowMeow's chatty default.) Shy Kitten (MeowMeow's quiet version, no midlevel voicelines or combat taunts.) Rough & Tough (MeowMeow does a tough fps guy impression, also no midlevel voicelines or combat taunts.) The player character has varying jump sounds now as well, in case it got too repetitive. The Lighter is replaced by throwable Flares! You can throw up to 4 flares at the same time. One flare lasts 10 seconds. You can even distract or lure enemies a bit with them! Neat! The secret Nekobots have more features to them as well: Nekobots are now summoned by throwing around delicious taiyaki pastries instead of bloody gibs. (Why were they gibs in the first place???) How to summon them? Call out to them in their own language. A lot. Player can now pet the Nekobots with the Meow button, it gives 1-2 health! Cat therapy. A critical feature. Not only do the Nekobots provide moral support, they also now go after enemies! They don't do much damage, but can serve as support in a pinch. There are now 3 types of door keys with themes that match better to the levels they're in: Keycards Demon Keys (new!) Pyramid Keys Level balancing & fixes: Episode 1's level 2 got more difficulty balancing as it was a pretty mean step up from the first level. Should be more manageable now! Episode 1's level 3 has better pacing with the monster spawns and progression. All three keys are used now. Episode 2's level 1 got a new secret, the magnum pillar with magnum power is no longer a secret and can be accessed more easily. More intermission camera spots added to episode 4's level 4. The extra lives system: The game now defaults to using lives in single player games - We felt that just respawning from autosaves or manual saves broke the game's pacing a lot, so we're giving this a try. It's easier to quickly ju...
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