Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate
In a world where pets run the government, President DJ Nibbles has spent most of his time lying in sunbeams and using his desk as a scratching post. But now his days of zoomies in the Oval Office are coming to…
Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate is an indie developed by Oh, a Rock! Studios, released 25 February 2026 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate is
Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate is an indie game developed by Oh, a Rock! Studios and released in 2026. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a world where pets run the government, President DJ Nibbles has spent most of his time lying in sunbeams and using his desk as a scratching post. But now his days of zoomies in the Oval Office are coming to a close, as the U.S. prepares to elect its next Cat President! Six wildly incompetent candidates are throwing their yarn balls into the ring, each more dysfunctional than the last. You’re the human campaign manager tasked with keeping these adorable candidates out of trouble. Wrangle egos, dodge scandals, fall in love, and maybe even save the country...or make it much, much worse. With a script that’s nearly 100,000 words long, Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate is a visual novel…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Cat President: 3rd-Rate Candidate launched on 25 February 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Marathon and Mewgenics.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Marathon, Mewgenics.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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