Lost Kitties is this adorable yet surprisingly deep indie game I stumbled upon last year. At its core, it's a puzzle-adventure where you play as a tiny, lost kitten navigating a sprawling, sometimes eerie city to reunite with its owner. The visuals are pixel-art perfection—think rain-soaked alleys and flickering neon signs—but what hooked me was the emotional undertone. You solve environmental puzzles by meowing to trigger switches or squeezing through tight spaces, but there are also these haunting moments where the kitten curls up alone under benches, mirroring real strays' struggles.
The game doesn't spoon-feed the story; instead, you piece together clues from graffiti, overheard conversations, and discarded newspapers hinting at a dystopian world. The ending wrecked me—no spoilers, but it asks whether 'home' is a place or a person. I still hum the melancholy soundtrack while doing dishes, and that's how you know it stuck with me.