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Cat carried Butterfly

包包丁STUDIO · Published by 包包丁STUDIO

Very Positive — 91% positive (108 reviews) · 23 achievements

Last updated 28 Sept 2026

In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.

DJCTQ 16

£7.99

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4 Sept 2026Lowest: £7.99 · Highest: £7.9930 Sept 2026

Indie, RPG · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games

Step into the shoes of Lu Ping and explore the enigmatic Luchang Apartment, piecing together lost memories and uncovering the mysterious bond between humans and yaoguai in Republican-era Shanghai.

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About the Game

Cat carried Butterfly is a Chinese folklore-inspired narrative mystery game, told through the lens of Shanghai dialect, retelling strange tales from a century ago.

Raised in an orphanage, Lüpíng returns to her childhood home. While uncovering her past, she unravels a mystery entwined with old customs and new ideas.

 Drawn from authentic historical backgrounds of early 20th-century Shanghai—a time when the remnants of feudalism clashed with modern thought—this is the tale of a girl searching for her identity, and of ordinary lives hidden in the alleys, burdened with sorrow and fleeting joy. The tide of history struck each individual like a great wave; may fate pass us by.

Players will follow Lüpíng’s perspective as she returns to her former residence, Luchang Lane. Within the overlap of reality and illusion, she reunites with the bygone souls of the house.

A cat, a rat, humans, spirits, and specters—each harboring riddles of their own. The courtyard and alleys hold the scars and obsessions of everyone who once lived there.

Featuring hand-drawn, retro pixel art. From the intoxicating glamour of “Greater Shanghai” to the shadows of its slums, the game paints an authentic portrait of the city’s historic past.

Performed by local Shanghai actors, the dialect’s lilting tones echo like whispers from the depths of the courtyards, sketching fragments of bygone tales.

Puzzles are like piecing together lost fragments. Through searching old belongings and listening to hushed voices, the story quietly takes shape. No demanding brain-teasers—just a haunting journey into the uncanny past.

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD Athlon II X2 240 equivalent dual-core processor or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 600 series / AMD HD 7000 series / Intel HD Graphics 5xx series equivalent or better (Vulkan 1.0 support required)
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Standard sound card with DirectSound support.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-7xxx / AMD Ryzen 3 equivalent quad-core processor or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 equivalent dedicated GPU or better (for integrated graphics, Intel UHD Graphics 630 or better with Vulkan 1.2 support required)
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Standard sound card with DirectSound or higher audio standards support

Supported Languages

English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Latest news

  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Chapter 4 Audio and Progression Issues Fixed — August 25 Update

    Hello everyone, this is Baobaoding STUDIO! We’ve just released a new version that fixes several known issues affecting your gameplay experience. For your convenience, the detailed patch notes are listed below. If you encounter any issues while playing, please contact our support email. We’ll work to resolve reported issues as quickly as possible. v1.16 Patch Notes Fixed an issue in Chapter 4 where missing audio assets could cause cutscenes to freeze and prevent story progression.
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  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Improved Butcher Shop Knock Detection—August 18 Update Announcement

    Hello everyone, this is Baobaoding STUDIO! We’ve just released a new version that fixes several known issues affecting your gameplay experience. For your convenience, the detailed patch notes are listed below. If you encounter any issues while playing, please contact our support email. We’ll work to resolve reported issues as quickly as possible. v1.15 PATCH NOTES 【Adjustments】 Improved the knock detection in the Butcher Shop in Chapter 1. If you knock incorrectly, the game will now provide immediate feedback and restart the sequence, preventing consecutive knocks from causing detection issues.
    Read full article on Community Announcements (三天之内我要让这家店倒闭)
  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Summer Sale Discounts & June 17th Version Update Announcement

    Dear players, *The Butterfly's Tale* will be holding a 14-day limited-time 12% OFF summer sale starting June 19th.We hope that this important time will allow more players who enjoy Chinese fantasy, suspenseful narratives, and story-driven puzzle-solving to have the opportunity to step into this nostalgic dream set in Republican-era Shanghai.June 17th v1.14 Patchnote\ Added renderer compatibility rollback support.When the device does not support the main renderer, the game will automatically switch to OpenGL compatibility mode to improve the issue of the game failing to launch on some devices.If you previously encountered launch errors, black screens, or inability to enter the game, please try again after updating to v1.14.Thank you for your continued attention and support for *The Butterfly's Tale*. We will continue to optimize the game experience based on player feedback.Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous summer. Thank you for your continued attention and support for *The Butterfly's Tale*, and we wish you a relaxing and enjoyable gaming experience during the holidays.— Respectfully submitted by Bao Bao Ding STUDIO
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  • Patch NotesOfficial

    【Steam Launch Issue Fix】【Cloud Save Fix】— May 15 Update Notice

    Hello everyone! We have just released a new version to fix several known issues that have recently affected the gameplay experience. Thank you so much for your continued support! If you have a moment after playing the game, leaving us a small review would mean a great deal to us, whether it is praise or criticism. The detailed patch notes are listed below for your reference. If you encounter any issues while playing, please don’t worry, and feel free to let us know in the comments. We will do our best to address reported issues as soon as possible. ———————————————— v1.13 PATCHNOTE 【Fixes】 Steam Achievement Fix: Fixed an issue where achievements could fail to unlock properly for some players after being completed. With this update, all completed but previously unlocked achievements will be automatically resubmitted when the game launches; Steam Launch Issue Fix: Fixed an issue where some players were unable to enter the game when launching it from Steam; Cloud Save Fix: Fixed an issue where save data could disappear after switching devices. Cloud saves will take effect starting from this version. Save files from earlier versions need to exit the game normally once before they can be uploaded to the cloud.
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  • Patch NotesOfficial

    Mahjong Puzzle Update | Dev Log & May 7 Patch Notes

    Hello everyone, this is Baobaoding STUDIO! We’ve just released a new version with several adjustments based on the issues and suggestions we’ve received recently. The full patch notes are listed at the end of this post for your reference. It has been one week since Cat Carried Butterfly launched. Thank you so much for playing, sharing feedback, and supporting us during this time. Today, we’d also like to take this opportunity to talk about something many players have mentioned: why does Cat Carried Butterfly use Shanghainese voice acting? To be honest, we hesitated about this early in development. We worried that some players might feel distant from the story because they were not used to hearing a regional dialect in the voice acting. After launch, we did see some discussion around the use of Shanghainese. Some players liked it, while others found it harder to get used to. We understand both reactions. When we were in school, we often heard that Mandarin should be promoted. Dialects seemed to belong only at home, in the casual conversations of uncles and aunties, in alleyways, markets, dinner tables, and childhood memories. As we grew up, the chances to truly speak in dialect became fewer and fewer. Shanghai itself has many different versions of “local speech” depending on the area. Some words we clearly knew as children have slowly become blurry over time, and sometimes we need to ask older family members before we can remember them again. When we try to say them now, our tongues may even stumble. Shanghai has developed so quickly. At times, it feels as if we can no longer keep up with the rhythm of the city. Many street scenes and ways of speaking that once felt completely natural in childhood have quietly drifted away. Dialect and “memories of Shanghai” are like faint pencil marks left on an old handwriting notebook, slowly fading bit by bit. That is why, in the end, we chose to fully voice the game in Shanghainese. A story set in old Shanghai should carry these...
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