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Meow Palace: Forbidden City

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Meow Palace is a chill desktop companion & idle life-sim where an adorable palace cat settles on the corner of your screen—keeping you company while you work, study, or secretly slack off.
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About Meow Palace: Forbidden City

About this game

Welcome to Meow Palace!

A cozy, laid-back game that blends idle play, bonding, and cultural discovery. Slip into the paws of a stray kitty who’s wandered into the Forbidden City. With the help of palace cats, you’ll learn new tricks, collect treasures, unlock stories, and experience the whimsical life of a royal feline.

Craft Your One-and-Only Imperial Cat

The story begins with a stray cat that accidentally wanders into the palace—but its destiny is up to you.

  • Create A Cat: Customize everything from name, fur pattern, pupils, ear shapes, and tails to craft your perfect palace companion.

A Stray Cat's Rose to Imperial Majesty

Go from “Stray Cat” to “Imperial Guardian” through effortless idle gameplay.

  • Idle Training: Learn up to 15 skills, including Imperial Cuisine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peking Opera, and Fishing with the instruction of veteran palace cats. Higher skills = better yields.
  • Craft Fashion & Furniture: Use collected materials and blueprints to make outfits and home décor for your cat.
  • Palace Encyclopedia: Every crafted item, animal encounter, and discovered treasure is collected into your growing compendium.

Your Desktop Comfort Companion

Feeling stressed at work? Tired of studying? Let your palace cat stay on your desktop.

  • Desktop Pet Mode: Your cat lives directly on your Windows desktop, quietly gathering resources while you’re busy. Tap it when you take a break and enjoy simple, soothing interactions.

Meet the Real Palace Cats

Encounter NPC cats based on actual residents of the Forbidden City, and explore the Palace Museum through their eyes.

  • The Palace Cat Family: Meet Aobai the dignified, Sheriff the clever, and Mantou the gentle—each being the inspiration of NPC cats in the game!
  • Four Seasons of the Forbidden City: Unlock classic locations, such as Hall of Supreme Harmony, Palace of Heavenly Purity, Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, and more. Game time syncs with real time, letting your cat walk you through spring blossoms, summer rains, autumn leaves, and winter snow in the Forbidden City.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
December 16, 2025
Developer:
宫喵家族
Publishers:
宫喵家族
2P Games
Supported Languages:
English
Genres:
Idler
Simulation

Casual

Point & Click
Themes:
Creature Collector
Cats

Relaxing

Cartoon

Cute

Hand-drawn

Historical

Funny
Play Styles:
Clicker
2D

Singleplayer
Features:
Early Access
Singleplayer

Steam achievements

Family sharing

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Meow Palace: Forbidden City is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Meow Palace: Forbidden City is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Meow Palace: Forbidden City was released on December 16, 2025
Meow Palace: Forbidden City is published by 宫喵家族 and 2P Games
Meow Palace: Forbidden City was developed by 宫喵家族
Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as Idler, Simulation, Casual, and Point & Click
Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as Creature Collector, Cats, Relaxing, and Cartoon
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as Idler
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as Simulation
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Meow Palace: Forbidden City as Casual

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