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Muscle Cat · Published by Muscle Cat · Official site ↗
Content notice: This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages. It includes mature language, and infrequent depictions of partial nudity (the occasional boob) in anime style. Very tasteful. No sexual acts are depicted. One character experiences temporary alcohol dependence.
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Alawon is a life sim where you manage a game composer career. Rise from game jams to AAA, balancing life and work. Make money, make friends, make love, and make music in Alawon's Digital Audio Workstation — then export and share your creations to make your mother very proud.
Navigate the challenges of a game composer's journey in Alawon, a simulation where you balance life and work to rise through the ranks. Use Muscle Cat’s Digital Audio Workstation to create and share your musical masterpieces.
About this game
Live the lo-fi life of a bedroom game composer.
Manage a game composer career
Train 3 music skills: instruments, production, and music theory.
Build a portfolio, grow your following, and compose for game developer clients.
Follow a realistic game composer journey; start with game jams, and eventually become the legendary composer of blockbuster AAA titles.
Deep simulation
NPCs have independent homes, schedules, jobs, and simulated lives over 24-hour days and a 365-day calendar.
Attend world events including public holidays, musical trends, live shows, and game audio conferences.
Your smartwatch monitors your Energy, Hunger, Stress, and Inspiration. Manage your needs as you balance your social life with your career.
Compose real music
Express your creativity using Alawon's easy Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
Create your own chords, beats, and melodies — or use pre-written blocks.
Share your creations with other players on Twitch, or export and listen anywhere.
Grow relationships
Meet a vibrant cast of characters and learn their hopes, dreams, and fears as they become a part of your life.
Support your friends, and in return they'll offer gifts and perks to help you make better music.
Discover 10 character stories and 8 romance options.
Branching story with 4 endings
A parasite has infected the music industry in Alawon. Compositions are being stolen by generative AI, and Big Music is obsessed with amassing DAWCoin.
Grow in status and uncover the dark secrets of the industry. Will you save the industry and make composing free for everyone, or will you exploit human creativity to become a greedy music tycoon?
Upgrades
Buy new homes to unlock major life improvements such as a cat, louder instruments, marriage, and eventually a luxury home studio. But mostly a cat.
Incremental/idle mini-game: find the balance of 3 different component upgrades to optimise DAWCoin mining speeds. Number go up.
Unlock new instruments and blocks for use when composing — as gifts from friends, or buy them in the music shop.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GForce GTX TITAN X
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
ALAWON REACHES 1,000 WISHLISTS!
OMGAre you kidding me? ONE THOUSAND people are into our little game?!A sincere THANK YOU to every single person who Wishlisted. Your support really means the world to our tiny team!This is an injection of pure hype; we're more pumped than ever to make the best game we possibly can.I genuinely can't wait to show you the next update!Until then, take care, and be excellent to each other.Love,Muscle CatRead full article on Community Announcements (MuscleCat)AnnouncementsOfficial
Game Announcement - Alawon: Life of a Game Composer
HELLO, BEAUTIFUL STEAM COMMUNITYYou seem wholesome; nice to meet you!We're Muscle Cat, a micro team based in Wales. I'm Harvey, and I'm writing this post to announce our first game - Alawon: Life of a Game Composer!It's a life sim about making game music and trying to find your way in the world, loosely based on my own experience as a game composer in RL.The goal is to balance engaging character-driven narrative with and compelling music simulation gameplay, and it feels like we've hit a really good spot! It's my first time writing a post like this, so I'm probably not doing it right. The store page went up a few months ago, but I've only just worked out how to make this post happen. Oops!But hey, it's my first time; I'll let it slide. We've done loads behind the scenes in recent months, and I can't wait to share more stuff in the near future.For now, I wanted to say hi, to thank you for your support, and to let you know that questions, comments, and ideas are super welcome!If you want to contact us directly, the best way is to join our Discord server using this link:Join the DiscordI think that's everything for now.Thank you for reading, and I'll catch you again soon! Cheers! -HarveyRead full article on Community Announcements (MuscleCat)
