Review: 'Stray' argues that sci-fi dystopia is better with cats

The game is mostly exploration and puzzle solving as we run around an underground city loosely modelled after Hong Kong's fortress-like Kowloon Walled City, one where stars are digitised and nearly busted monitors play static-infused images of the outside world. — BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive/TNS

Stray was announced in summer 2020, and shortly thereafter it colloquially became known as "the cat game."

After spending nine hours with and completing Stray — sorry, the cat game — I can confirm the following: