Copycat — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Copycat in 2026: a big year for our small studio | 2026-03-23 | Hi kittens!The Copycat team is hard at work. As you can see, the original Copycat is working the hardest. We love her so much.2026 has been a big year and we have so much to update you on. So far we have already taken part in the Women's Day sale, the Lunar New Year sale, and our daily deal. Hope you got your paws on a copy.👋 Your positive rating means a lot to our small team. If you have enjoyed Copycat, please drop us a review. We love to read them. The Steam Spring Sale is underway, and we hope you have added some fantastic games to your library. Have a friend or family member who would love Copycat? Get Copycat -50% off, making it a purr |
| With your help, we donated AUD$2297 to our local animal shelter. | 2025-12-21 | Hi kittens,Happy Christmas. Wishing you a wonderful festive holiday with your nearest and dearest. We hope your furbabies get lots of cuddles. We have tons to recap, so let's dive in!👋 Your positive rating means a lot to our small team. If you have enjoyed Copycat, please drop us a review. We love to read them.The biggest news is that the Copycat family has donated AUD$2297 to our local pet shelter. The funds are going to the Lost Dogs (and Cats) Home located in Melbourne, Australia. Not only will the donation help fund crucial vet treatment and loving foster care—but will also give animals a whole new lease on life in a loving forever home. |
| Let's celebrate! It's been 12 months since we launched. | 2025-10-31 | Hi kittens,Happy 1st Birthday to Copycat. It’s been a whole year of feels, tears, and love for our furbabies. Thanks for coming on this journey with us!👋 Your positive rating means a lot to our small team. If you have enjoyed Copycat, please drop us a review. We love to read them.We feel very lucky to bring home an AGDA in Impact and the ACMI Audience Award from the Australian Game Developer Awards a few weeks ago! Plus, we received nominations in Narrative and Music. A big thanks to IGEA for organising such a beautiful event. Thank you to everyone who collaborated with us to make Copycat possible: our voice over actors, localisation team, a |
| Did someone say PS5 physical editions are here?! | 2025-08-31 | Hi cool cats,Summer has been swell (and happy winter for our southern hemisphere kittens)! We have been busy keeping Copycat in high spirits. If you have been following our socials, you might have seen some of our updates. We can't wait to share them with you!👋 Your positive rating means a lot to our small team. If you have enjoyed Copycat, please drop us a review. We love to read them. Alright, first off the ranks is a beautiful review featured in Debug Magazine. Special shout out to this wonderful magazine.A few weeks ago, we made a video reflecting on the last four and a half years developing our first indie game Copycat. Tune in for the |
| We have a surprise (physical editions are coming!) | 2025-06-19 | Hi kittens,You have made our hearts soar. We finally hit 'Overwhelming Positive' on Steam for a few days while we had our daily deal. (Hello, friends who have just joined us from the Daily Deal!) 👋 Your positive rating means a lot to our small team. We wanted to take some time to reflect on the last six months. We have been part of our second cat shelter charity stream, made it as finalist at an awards show, and have been working on a physical edition (but more on that later).We were going through some of our quotes and stumbled across this beautiful one from Thumb Culture (who gave us five stars). Thanks for making our day.Over the easter h |
| Get your paws on Copycat! (+ Interviews with the dev team) | 2025-06-11 | Hi cool cats,It has been nine months since Copycat launched on PC and almost two months since we launched on Mac. We are so grateful for our Steam community. Thanks for cheering us on!A big hello to all our new friends joining the Copycat family. Did you grab Copycat on sale at the Cozy and Family Friendly Games Celebration last week? Thank you, Adrian and Rokaplay team for letting us participate two years in a row.Copycat was reviewed by the lovely fur-parents at Colin Magazine in Melbourne, Australia. (A big hello to our fellow Victorians 👋). They played our emotional little game, and here's what they had to say: "Copycat is a heartbreakin |
| Play Copycat on Mac and Steam Deck - Today! | 2025-03-22 | Dear Kittens, We come with good news on this overcast day. Copycat is now playable on Mac! (Yes, it's true). So many of our wonderful friends play games on Mac and have been asking us to play Copycat on their favourite laptop. So it brings us great pleasure to announce the news. Copycat will be compatible with Macbooks using M1 chips (and beyond). Bring Copycat into your home today. Experience colourful visuals to delight the senses while exploring dark emotional depths. Have the tissues handy. Plus, we are also Steam Deck certified. Thanks Freddy (@FreddysGamingBenchmarks) for your support along the way. Here's a sneaky photo of us celebrati |
| Putting our best paw forward in 2025 | 2025-03-03 | Hi kittens, Hope you had a wonderful start to the New Year. Can you believe it's already March?!? The Copycat team has been busy over the last few months, and wanted to share some updates with you. We're overjoyed that Copycat has been taking part in some Steam festivals including: Chinese New Year, Storyteller's Festival, Women's Day Sale, and the upcoming Tokyo Indie Games Summit. Grab your favourite discounted games or try something new. 😻 Have you played our free Copycat demo? Copycat is a narrative-driven adventure game about a pet who learns to deal with abandonment, and a human forced to surrender. Together, two souls go on a journey |
| Need some last-minute gifts or stocking fillers? | 2024-12-19 | Merry Christmas, kittens. We wanted to celebrate the year by participating in the Steam Winter Sale! Looking for some last-minute gifts or stocking fillers? Get Copycat for a loved one or fellow furparent with -30% off. Sale starts Dec 19 at 10am Pacific time. Santa's come early this year! We have made 3 volumes of study music to help you chill out and relax. The music is from the original Copycat soundtrack composed by the wonderful Daniel Bunting. P.S. Can't get enough of the soundtrack? You can buy it on our Steam page the next time you want to delve into the mind of a cat. ➡️ 1 hour of Copycat Soundtrack | Vol.1 | Relaxing Study Music ➡️ |
| Vote for Copycat at the Steam Awards | 2024-12-01 | Hi kittens, the Steam Awards nominations are open. It would mean the world to us if you could nominate our little game for the 'outstanding story-rich game' award! ❤️ Thanks again for all your continued support. Did you know 30,000 people have played Copycat? Here's what some people have been saying: What is Copycat about? Copycat is a poignant narrative-driven game about rejection and belonging. It is about a pet who learns to deal with abandonment, and a human forced to surrender. Together, two souls go on a journey to discover the meaning of family and home. The game's colourful visuals delight the senses while exploring dark thematic dept |
| Bring Copycat Home Today! | 2024-09-19 | Hi kittens, It's the big day we have been waiting for! Bring Copycat home to your PC today! After three years, across three festivals, and 22 digital showcases, our little indie game 'Copycat' is launching today. Eeeep. We are so proud. It's filled with so much love! The biggest THANK YOU to our players. Those who have joined us from the very beginning. Thanks for cheering on this little indie game. Watch our new traIler here: Get the full soundtrack on Steam for US$3.99, composed by Daniel Bunting, with 29 original tracks. Copycat has a non-verbal protagonist that relies heavily on music to convey the emotional beats of the story. Through th |
| One week to go - Adopt Copycat Sept 19th/20th | 2024-09-12 | Hello kittens, Copycat is coming out in almost a week's time! We are so awfully excited. You can adopt Copycat on September 19th (US/EU) and September 20th (AUS/NZ). Who's jumping in to experience Copycat's 3-hour long emotionally moving story on Day 1? 💛 Today we are excited to reveal our official launch price! Copycat will be available on PC for USD $14.99 (regional prices will vary) with a 10% Steam launch discount. Copycat’s delightful soundtrack is also available for USD $3.99. Our composer Daniel Bunting had this to say about the music: "The expansive and lushly cinematic score of "Copycat" gives voice to our non-verbal (but profusely |
| ‘Copycat’ is up for adoption September 19 & 20 on PC | 2024-09-03 | Hi kittens, Help Copycat find a new home on your PC this September 19 (US/EU) and 20 (AUS/NZ). Experience love, loneliness and letting go in our narrative-driven adventure game. Share the news with your animal-loving friends. Check out our brand-new release date trailer: Copycat Key Features 💛 Story from the heart: Copycat disguises itself as a simple story about a cat trying to discover where she truly belongs, but underneath lies a philosophical narrative layer that will make you pause and feel. It asks questions about our own existence and place in the world. 🌻 Animal expert as your conscience: Play as a domestic housecat while a nature |
| Copycat is in Beta | 2024-08-01 | Dear kittens, We are deep into testing at the moment. We're almost there! Thank you to all our friends and family who have put their hands up to test the full game of Copycat. Some of the feedback we have received so far. 💛 "Absolutely loved the game! Amazing story, cinematics, music, and the voice acting was incredible! Best of luck guys." 💛 "It's such an emotional journey. Thank you for letting me playtest it!" 💛 "Thank you for allowing me to be part of this project and help with playtesting! I had a wonderful time with my first complete playthrough, and I'm looking forward to the final release!" A big thank you to all our round 4 tester |
| Copycat is coming out in September! | 2024-06-10 | Dear kittens, if you missed the news... Copycat is coming out in September! (Finally - I hear some of you say!). It has been a big learning curve for us. So thank you for your patience. It's our first game and we are so proud of the journey we have been on. We are excited to share with you our new trailer! Let us know what you think. 🔥 Did you know the Copycat game has been localised into 10 languages? Portuguese, Spanish (Latin America), French, German, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Thanks to our friends who helped us translate: Yeva Dolzhenko Emilia Salinas Tapia Olga Niedziela Elise Bertrand Phoebe V |
| Copycat on show! | 2024-05-27 | Hello kittens, We have a busy few weeks ahead! We have a Copycat trailer coming out with BRAND NEW footage and an announcement month. We have been working hard over the first half of 2024 on act two and three of the game, and now can reveal some of the footage to you all! Tune into the following showcases to see new footage in action: Pillow Fort's Celebration of Games: Spring Showcase May 28th @ 11am ET youtube.com/@thepillowfortgaming OTK Games Expo Pre-Show June 4th @ 2pm CT youtube.com/@OTKchannel Future of Play Direct 2024 June 8 at 11am ET youtube.com/@heyglitch Plus, our Copycat demo will be featured in two Steam events. Keep your eyes |
| Meet our team! 🐾 | 2024-04-01 | Dear kittens, If we haven't met already, our names are Sam & Kostia. We've been working on this game since 2021. In 2022, we onboarded our composer, Dan. Since then, the three of us have been stretching our creative muscles to bring Copycat to life. (Here's a snap of us in the sound studio recording our voice talent last May). We thought it would be fun to share our roles and responsibilities for the game. Perhaps you are interested in game development yourself. Or perhaps you are keen to get to know us better. Either way, we hope you enjoy these short videos we made. If you have artistic flair and are interested in what makes a game beautifu |
| Happy International Women's Day | 2024-03-05 | Hi Kittens, With International Women's Day happening this week, we wanted to celebrate the incredible talent of women and gender-marginalised creatives who have helped bring Copycat to life. A big thanks to our voice talent: Emily Pollard Stephanie Begg Hayley Noble Madi Chan And our wonderful translators: Yeva Dolzhenko Emilia Salinas Tapia Olga Niedziela Phoebe Valent Elise Bertrand And our trailer editor: Suzanne Wallace This year, Copycat is involved in two festivals for International Women's Day: • Wings 'games by women-led studios' from March 1-10th! • Dames 4 Games on March 6! Jump on Steam to check out all the amazing games created by |
| Copycat // Steam Next Fest Demo | 2024-01-30 | Hey friends! We hope you're as excited about the Steam Next Fest as we are. Some of our favourite streamers and content creators had a chance to try the demo early. Join us to see their reactions, enjoy some cat gameplay and learn more about Copycat. We will also be in chat during the stream, so feel free to ask any questions or tell us your favourite cat stories. |
| Copycat // Steam Next Fest Demo | 2024-01-30 | Hey friends! We hope you're as excited about the Steam Next Fest as we are. Some of our favourite streamers and content creators had a chance to try the demo early. Join us to see their reactions, enjoy some cat gameplay and learn more about Copycat. We will also be in chat during the stream, so feel free to ask any questions or tell us your favourite cat stories. |