How to Play Hide the Cat
The full round loop in the developer's own words: hide your cat before the landlord inspects, keep quiet, explore new rooms for better spots - plus coins and revives, beginner mistakes, and dated Unknowns.
Hide the Cat is a round-based stealth party game: you kept a stray cat, and your landlord is coming to inspect the house. This walkthrough uses the game's official description plus the API facts listed on Sources (checked 2026-10-31) — anything the developer has not stated is labeled in one honest line instead of invented.
The round, step by step (official wording)
- A stray cat shows up at your door — you decide to keep it.
- Find the perfect hiding spot before your landlord arrives to inspect the house.
- Grab the cat and hide it somewhere sneaky.
- Get ready before the landlord arrives.
- Keep quiet and don't let them find your cat.
Those five steps are the game's store description, nearly verbatim, and they carry the whole skill loop: spot choice first (step 2), placement second (step 3), discipline last (step 5). Between rounds, the description's closing lines take over — explore new rooms to discover better hiding spots, and see if you can keep your secret pet hidden. Each successful hide adds one cat to your cumulative count, which the 5–25 Cats badge ladder tracks and the 2x Coins pass pays double on.
The landlord and staying quiet
The landlord is the inspector. In the official art he is a pink-faced character in a dark navy suit and red tie carrying a blue checklist book, actively searching rooms — leaning and looking into furniture while the cat waits inside a cabinet or wardrobe. The art is promotional, not a screenshot, but it shows the two interactions the description names: inspection and hiding.
The official counter-play is exactly two rules: hide the cat well and keep quiet. How detection actually works — the round timer, line of sight, noise rules — is covered by no public documentation (checked 2026-10-31): one honest line here, not a page of guesses. Spot selection under that fog is what our hiding spots page teaches instead.
Servers and who else is in your house
Servers hold up to 20 players (official API, checked 2026-10-31), and joining is free — the API lists no purchase price for the experience. The description frames every player as the keeper of their own cat; how co-players' rounds interact in one house, or whether they can interfere with your hide, is stated nowhere in the official record, so this page treats your round as yours and marks the rest out of scope. The group's own description is one word (“meow”), so there is no extra rules text hiding there either.
Coins, revives and the shrink ray
- Coins — earned “from hiding cats” (official 2x Coins wording), so every clean hide is income. The only published quantity is the Starter Pack's 750-coin grant; what coins buy has no public documentation (checked 2026-10-31).
- Revive — the Starter Pack's “1 revive” proves a revive mechanic exists; when and how it triggers is covered by no public source, so treat it as a safety net the shop references, nothing more.
- Permanent Shrink Ray (999 R$) — official wording: “Shrink your cat to make them easier to hide!” A smaller cat fits sneakier places; the exact effect size is stated nowhere. Full pass table: game passes.
Beginner mistakes to avoid
- Panic-placing the cat in the first obvious spot instead of picking during your approach — step 2 of the official loop puts finding the spot before the landlord arrives for a reason.
- Ignoring room exploration — the description explicitly rewards exploring for better spots, and the furniture you learn in early rooms is what later rooms test.
- Forgetting the quiet rule: hiding well but moving noisily defeats the point of steps 3–5.
- Spending Robux before reading what each pass actually does — the table on game passes quotes every official description verbatim.
What the developer hasn't stated (dated)
Kept short on purpose — these are the only gaps, each with its last check date:
- Round timer length — no public source states it (checked 2026-10-31)
- Exact catch/detection rules — same status, same date
- Coin payout amounts and sinks — same status, same date
- Official hiding-spot/room names — none exist publicly; the “7 maps” list you may see belongs to the other game (details)
- Developer products beyond the five game passes — the API listing requires account authentication
Everything else on this page traces to the official description or the API records on Sources. If a future update names rooms or timers, the pages above get new check dates the day the record changes.
How-to-play FAQ
What is the objective?
Each round: hide your cat somewhere sneaky before the landlord's inspection, then keep quiet so the search passes. The official description lists exactly those five steps (checked 2026-10-31).
How long is a round?
No public source states a timer (checked 2026-10-31) — the length is stated nowhere, and we leave it at that rather than guess.
Is Hide the Cat free?
Yes — the API lists no purchase price; servers hold up to 20 players. Optional passes are priced on the passes page.
Do I play with or against other players?
Up to 20 players share a server, but the official description frames each player as keeper of their own cat; co-player interaction is covered by no public documentation (checked 2026-10-31).
What should a first-time player do first?
Play the loop once for the Welcome! badge, then use the exploration between rounds to learn the furniture — the badge ladder and coin income both start with successful hides.