Cat Quest III Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published August 21, 2024 · Updated August 20, 2024

Cat Quest III Review, In Cat Quest III you play as a purrivateer in a freely explorable 2.5D open-world swarming with Pi-rats. You can sail the seas in your ship for treasures galore! But prepare for peril, as the Pirate King aims to hunt you down…

Cat Quest III Review Pros:

Beautiful cartoon-like graphics.
1.11GB Download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Action brawler gameplay.
Two playable characters.
Drop in and out of local co-op.
Two difficulties – Easy and normal.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
3 save slots.
Boss encounters happen a lot in the world.
Open world and you go wherever you want, enemy strength determines how well that goes.
You can swim around slowly in a rubber ring, run around the land, and drive your boat around.
The main story along with many optional side quests.
Coins drop from enemies, and chests, are given ad rewards, and are on the foot and water in the world.
Play how you want.
You can upgrade weapons and gear at Blacksmiths with gold.
Spells can be earned and equipped, they too can be upgraded but with special orbs.
The game plays out on a huge map where you and the enemy walk around it, you can go into dungeons and caves.
Driving the ship around is really responsive and so much fun to use, you have a basic attack and a special attack. What your attacks do depends on what ammo you have equipped.
Every piece of gear, weapon, or ship part shows the damage done, and if applicable will show any buffs or abilities they add like more health or more damage.
Hidden bushes for Rewards.
Every island has its own set of treasure chests, progress is shown on the map.
So much fun to play.
Every island has at least one rest spot with a friendly parrot, you not only get healed but the game saves.
The game does autosave regularly.
Anchor points are used to instantly spawn your ship.
Hack and slash combat but you can dodge roll, get magic, and you have melee and ranged weapons.
Great soundtrack.
The side quests are varied and supply some cool moments one is a story being told and you choose a door like a choose your own adventure.
Enemies drop exp orbs, as you level up you increase your stats.
Find lore and story notes.
Many characters to meet and work with.
Caves and dungeons can have different viewpoints which is a small but impactful thing.
Enemy health bars are always shown.
Puzzle stones to solve for Rewards.
Many outfits, armor, weapons, etc and you can mix and match.
Bounty board where you take out bosses and get unique rewards.
A very moreish game.
It builds on the previous in many ways.
Enemies respawn when leaving a dungeon/cave etc.
Upgrade and equip new buffs and upgrades to your ship.

Cat Quest III Review Cons:

Cannot remap controls.
Doesn’t have online multiplayer.
Has a lot of what the previous games had like combat styles, general progress, etc.
It’s so open it’s very easy to get lost or go off track.
You cannot skip cutscenes.
No camera control.
If you replay a fight you have to rewatch cutscenes.
A lot of fetch quest-style side missions.