Little Kitty, Big City is a charmingly mischievous puzzle game akin to Untitled Goose Game where you play as the titular kitty, who is attempting to navigate the big city and get back home. Along the way, you’ll meet a truly delightful cast of animal characters, steal fish from the masses, and obtain a stunning collection of silly hats.

Gameplay is fairly straightforward—you’ll run, jump, and climb your way around the city while hunting for fish (which gives you more climbing energy). The controls do take some getting used to, but at their worst they’re only a minor annoyance, and at their best, they let you cheese your way into some very interesting places. I love how much of the city is explorable, and how you can interact with so many things. Being able to knock plants off of ledges really enhances the experience of being a little rascal.

While the main quest of the game is to get enough energy to climb back home, the majority of the game is spent exploring and fulfilling little side quests, like finding a chameleon magician, or stealing a phone for a beetle. All of the NPCs have a lot of character and legitimately hilarious dialogue. If you enjoy the earnestly strange style of humor in games like Donut County, you will love Little Kitty, Big City.

The game really shines not only in the characters, but also in the little details like the fast travel system, which is called the Petwork™. It’s a series of wormholes created by a mad scientist tanuki and powered by feathers. The mechanics of this are never explained. You just have to roll with this random bit of basically-magic in an otherwise realistic setting, something that I absolutely love. There’s a lot of inherent humor in that variety of absurd contrast that I feel not enough creators are willing to play with, so seeing it in this game was a real treat.

Another favorite detail of mine is the money equivalent, which are called shinies, and are, in fact, random shiny objects that you can find scattered throughout the map. You can exchange them with a crow, who takes them as payment for operating a hat-dispensing gachapon. I just think it’s the most delightful thing, and demonstrates the general sort of whimsy that saturates the game.

Overall, Little Kitty, Big City is another wonderful addition to the genre of small-creature-causing-problems simulators—something I would absolutely argue is a genre at this point—with a lot of heart. I highly recommend this delightful little romp of a game, which is available on Steam, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.