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SeriesDevil Came Through Here

The Cat Lady

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First release
Dec 07, 2012
Publisher
Screen 7
Genres
Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Horror
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux

The Cat Lady is a single-player horror graphic adventure and the second entry in the Devil Came Through Here trilogy, following Downfall and preceding Lorelai. It is a puzzle-based adventure played entirely with the four arrow keys, so characters move left and right between scenes while the up and down keys handle interacting with the environment and inventory. Dialogue is fully voiced, and occasional dialogue choices can shift the story and its ending slightly. The game deals with mature themes including depression, suicide, murder, and illness, alongside moments of humor.

Also known as 猫夫人, TheCatLady.exe

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Storyline
Susan Ashworth is a chronically depressed woman in her forties who lives alone in a rundown council flat in England, keeping company only with the neighborhood stray cats she summons by playing the piano. Derided by her neighbors as "the cat lady," she has lost hope for the future. After an attempt to end her life, Susan awakens in a strange afterlife and meets a mysterious figure known as the Queen of Maggots, who offers to help her reclaim her happiness. In return, Susan is sent back to the world of the living, changed, and given the grim task of ridding the world of five dangerous individuals known as the Parasites.Read more

Susan Ashworth is a chronically depressed woman in her forties who lives alone in a rundown council flat in England, keeping company only with the neighborhood stray cats she summons by playing the piano. Derided by her neighbors as "the cat lady," she has lost hope for the future. After an attempt to end her life, Susan awakens in a strange afterlife and meets a mysterious figure known as the Queen of Maggots, who offers to help her reclaim her happiness. In return, Susan is sent back to the world of the living, changed, and given the grim task of ridding the world of five dangerous individuals known as the Parasites.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 07, 2012
Linux
Apr 20, 2014
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
7h
Main + Extras
8h
Completionist
15h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
bloody, murder, adult, death, deer
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At a Glance

Main Story (IGDB)
7h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
8h
Completionist (IGDB)
15h
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How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
  • Deutschinterface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 25 Oct 2026
Also in 9 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 25 Oct 2026