The Cat and the Coup overview

Overview

The Cat and the Coup comes from Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad and is published by Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, USC Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 15, 2011, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Steam, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Cat and the Coup's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 12 September 2026 - 20:00:15 UTC, with a tracked peak near 8. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 94% positive across 1,094 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Cat and the Coup is available in 3 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Cat and the Coup has sold up to 81,134 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Cat and the Coup overview details

The Cat and the Coup combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. As a player, you coax Mossadegh back through significant events of his life by knocking objects off shelves, scattering his papers, and scratching him. The game, situated within the traditions of Persian miniature art form and cold war foreign policy, asks players to consider their connection to Iranian history. The Cat and the Coup is both about the relationship between the Western video game player and Mossadegh and, by extension, the United States and Iran. It lays a foundation for today’s critical question -- how do the people know when their democracy is threatened?

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Cat and the Coup is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Free To Play and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 12 September 2026 - 20:00:15 UTC, a tracked peak of 8, and 94% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Free to PlayIndieCatsHistoricalShortPuzzleSingleplayerSurreal

Support and legal notes

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