What Cats Drop is
Cats Drop is a jar, a queue of cats and gravity. You aim along the top, release a cat, and it falls in and settles wherever the physics put it. When two identical cats touch they fuse into the next cat up the chain, and that new cat may immediately touch another of its own kind — which is where the good runs come from.
The jar never empties. Every cat you drop that does not merge is a cat taking up room forever, and the run ends the moment the pile crosses the line at the top. So the game is not really about dropping cats; it is about not filling the jar with cats you cannot pair.
How to play
- Press Play above and let the jar load.
- Move the pointer left and right along the top — the cat follows it.
- Click or tap to drop. Check the NEXT box first; it tells you what you are about to be handed.
- Land two of the same cat against each other to merge them.
- Keep the pile below the line. That is the only way to lose.
What the panel on the right means
| Panel | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| NEXT | The cat coming after the one in your hand. Plan the current drop around it, not after it. |
| CHANGE! | Swaps the cat you are holding. The way out when you are handed the one cat that would wreck a tidy jar. |
| FEVER METER | Fills as you merge. It rewards chaining and speed, which is the opposite of the careful play the rest of the game teaches. |
| SCORE | Rises with every merge, and rises far more for a merge high up the chain than for two small cats. |
| The strip along the bottom | The full evolution order, smallest to largest. Worth memorising the first five. |
Five habits that make runs last
- Big cats on the bottom, small cats on top. A large cat dropped early into the middle is the single most common reason a jar fills — everything after it has to be stacked around it.
- Drop against the walls. The sides are where a cat can rest without splitting the jar in two. The middle is the last place you want a lone unmatched cat.
- Sort by size as you go. Keep one side of the jar for the small cats you are still collecting pairs of, and let the merged ones settle away from them.
- Read NEXT before you drop, not after. Half the bad drops in this game are the right cat in the wrong place because the next one was not considered.
- Do not save CHANGE for a disaster. Using it to avoid a bad drop is worth more than using it to fix a jar that is already lost.
Where it comes from
Cats Drop belongs to the family that Suika — the watermelon game — started: a container, a merge chain and a losing line. If you like this one, the fruit original and Blob Drop are the two closest relatives, and 2048 Suika is what happens when the chain is a doubling chain instead.
Cats Drop Gameplay Screenshots
Frequently asked questions about Cats Drop
What is Cats Drop?
Cats Drop is a merging physics game. Cats fall into a tall glass jar one at a time; when two identical cats touch, they fuse into the next cat up the chain. The jar keeps filling, and the run ends the moment the pile pushes above the line at the top.
How do you actually play it?
Move the pointer left and right along the top of the jar to aim, then click or tap to release. The cat waiting above the jar is the one you are about to drop, and the NEXT box on the right shows what comes after it.
How does merging work?
Only two cats of the same kind merge, and they have to touch. When they do, they become one cat of the next size and it lands where the collision happened — which often sets off a chain, because the new cat may now be touching another of its own kind.
What is the Fever Meter for?
The bar on the right fills as you make merges. It rewards playing quickly and chaining rather than dropping one careful cat every few seconds — the opposite of the instinct the game otherwise trains.
What does the CHANGE button do?
It swaps the cat you are holding for a different one. It is the escape hatch when the cat you have been handed is the one thing that would ruin an otherwise tidy jar. Use it sparingly; it is not free forever.
How do I stop losing so quickly?
Keep the big cats along the bottom and the small ones on top, and drop against the walls rather than into the middle. Most runs end because a large cat was dropped early into the centre, and everything after it had to be stacked around it.
Is Cats Drop free, and does it need an account?
It is free and there is no sign-up. Press Play and it loads in the page. Your best score is kept in your browser.
Does it work on a phone or a school Chromebook?
Yes. It is a browser build with no plugin and no install, and it plays fine with a touchscreen — aim with a finger, tap to drop.