Stray players are swapping in their own cats

The heartfelt cat mods are off to a great start

While Stray has a set-in-stone look for its adventurous orange tabby, if you’re playing the game on PC, there are some convincing mods to alter the look of the “purr-tagonist.”

Chris already highlighted a funny Garfield mod, and Eric nudged me to mention a cursed “joke mod” that squishes Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas star CJ . After all the laughs, it’ll be nice to have some realistic alternate coats. It’s early days on , but Stray fans have already replicated their own🌌 cats in the gam🐷e.

Poking around the site, I found Stray cat mods for a , , , , , and even a . A creator named Hacktix uploaded based on other players’ real cats, and their own, . My heart is melting.

Another good one: , from modder Angeloloo — it’s “a texture edit of the main cat but instead it’s my cat Antonio.” And yes, the mod page includes a few real-world shots for comparison. The wholesome levels are off the charts with this game.

, a multi-coat mod from SpaceD0lphin, has some lovely hand-painted designs. I’m sure a lot of people will be looking for a classic black cat.

Installing these mods as extracting the files and dropping them into the game’s install directory on your PC. (steam\steamapps\common\Stray\Hk_project\Content\Paks, for instance.) I’m excited to see how the scene grows from here.

One of my favorite parts of reviewing Stray on Destructoid was seeing readers share a bunch of heartwarming cat pics — y’all flooded the comments with the best possible show-and-tell. Since then, I’ve seen disappointment that the game lacks customization, and while I’d have a hard time playing through this occasionally tense, perilous, monster-filled game with a cat resembling our own little , I do get the appeal.

Mods or no mods, it sure is nice to rally around a game like Stray, isn’t it?