The Whisker Watch

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• Announcements·2 Sept 2026Official

  Bring Your Second Cat: Playtest Starts September 17

  Paws up, Watchers! 🐾Mary sleeps. The Watch begins.Our first Playtest runs from September 17 at 12 PM ET until September 22 at 12 PM ET.⚠️ LIMITED SPACES✨ No NDA🎉 It is fun!😸 Be a cat!🐈🐈‍⬛ Couch co-op will be available!🐾 Help us break, test and improve the gameThis is our first time opening The Whisker Watch to players, and we'd love your help testing it, breaking it and telling us what you think.Request Playtest access directly from our Steam page.Join the Watch!
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• Announcements·12 Aug 2026Official

  New screenshots, fresh footage, and playtest prep

  ✨Hey Watchers! ✨😊 We updated all the materials on our Steam page. We added new screenshots and new gameplay videos! 😊Since the last update, the game has also gained new rooms, new interactions and plenty of small details. A lot of work went into the lighting and environments too, so everything feels much more alive now.We’ve dropped some of the new screenshots into this post as well, so take a look and let us know what you think.And one more important thing: the first playtest is getting closer. Very soon :)Thanks a lot for all your support!
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• Announcements·26 May 2026Official

  OverInfected Enemies, Nightmare World & One Very Suspicious Cucumber

  Hey cats!🙃Some time has passed, and it's probably time to tell you how development is going.As always, it's hard to explain the long story short, because a lot is being made, some things are changing, some things are being thrown out, and some things are being added instead.Probably, the first thing worth talking about is the enemies!OverInfected enemiesWe now have OverInfected enemy variants. Just look at these beauties:These guys now die with some fun stuff - they can chase you after death or simply explode.Nightmare worldStarted working on the nightmare world. In the next articles, we'll tell you a bit more about it and about the game structure:Locations. Rooms and objectives. We polished all the rooms, played them, then polished them again, placed hazards, obstacles, and points of interest. We need to do the same 2-3 more times and they will be ready 🙃The game is changing visually, and we really like it:Cucumber.🥒Our game absolutely has to have a cucumber as one of the most unpleasant cat enemies. No doubts. It sneaks up quietly and appears suddenly. We are still working on the demo and preparing a build for upcoming closed and open testing. We'll be announcing it soon. 🙂Thank you for your attention! 😗
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• Announcements·3 Mar 2026Official

  Demo Work and Combat: Smarter Enemies, New Rooms

  Hey! Time to share how development's going. Time to tell you how things are! We're not dead - we've just been polishing the bathroom in the build! 🙃Look how beautiful it is!It's been a while since we posted on Steam, even though we've been constantly sharing bits and pieces over on X. So yeah, time to fix that and give you a quick update on what's up.From the big point of viewWe're working on the demo, and we've been talking a lot with different publishers.We've also put a ton of work into the combat system - chasing that exact "feeeeeeeel". Hopefully you'll like it! Enemies now move in patrols, can call in other enemies, and can get stunned so you can properly smack them when the time is right.We also experimented a bitWith locations and tried playing with multi-level layouts. Definitely something we want you to test in one of the playtests!Lot of updates and upgradesWe updated the HUD, added a bunch of points of interest to rooms, and added new rooms as well.And as usual, our cats really help us get the build done faster 🙂There's still a lot of work ahead, but we'll soon share when you can expect the demo.Thank you for your attention! 😗
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• Announcements·25 Dec 2025Official

  Mansion and Meta Month: Rooms, Quests, Chaos

  Hey whisker-watchers! 🐾Lately we've been pouring a lot of time into the meta layer - levels, progression, and all the "one more run" reasons.The core loop is now simple and satisfying: grab resources during runs then spend them back at base.And yes - we've built the first floor of the Mansion. Two more floors are coming (send help… and wood planks).It finally feels like a real home you're upgrading over time, not just a placeholder room, but still there are some placeholders :)We also added quests - you can now officially annoy your Human and get XP for it 😼On top of that, we introduced a rank system and scattered stashes across locations. During runs you can find all kinds of little goodies and then hang them on your Wall of Pride back at the Mansion.We've also introduced the Chaos system. The more mischief you cause, the higher your Chaos level - and it affects enemies and overall run difficulty.Right now we've switched focus to the big one: enemies and combat systems.We're working on perks, shooting, and the overall feel/readability of combat - making sure night runs become way more satisfying (and way more "cat").Happy Holidays! We decorate. Cats un-decorate.See you next update!
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