Bongo Cat — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Bongo Cat is currently the #63 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 154K concurrent players — holding steady at #63 for a second week.
Last official update Jul 12, 2026 (10 days ago) · 5 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #63 ＝
- Peak (24h)
- 154K
- Genre
- Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
- Developer
- Marcel Zurawka, Julius Krüger
- Released
- Mar 5, 2025
- Price
- Free to Play
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Latest updates & patch notes
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Patch
Pat Your Friends
Pat Your Friends You can now give your friends (and yourself) some pats!(to disable patting, turn it off in the multiplayer settings) We also added some requested features: Added feedback to opening chests for others, so you know whom to thank
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Event
Wild Wonders DLC Release & Summer Sale
☀️Wild Wonders DLC Release & Summer Sale☀️The DLC pack is finally released!!! You can grab the these new 6 cosmetics from the store with a 25% launch discount here: All other DLCs/packs are also 25% discounted right now! This contains 3 skins and 3 hats. Bumble Kitten…
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Event
Bongo Cat ☀️Summer Event☀️
☀️Summer Event Starts ☀️We will now run a limited event to celebrate Summer for the next 4 weeks (until the 14th of July). During this time you can drop 20 exclusive summer items! After July 14th the items will no longer be dropable. So exchange, exchange, exchange and open your…
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Patch
Backend Update, UI Rework, Upcoming Event
Hello, sorry for the long silence. Here is a bit of an update. But i keep it short. First things first, because i know a lot of people are waiting: THERE WILL BE A LIMITED SUMMER EVENT SOON! Because of sickness this will take a bit longer. Patch notes: I now use another library…
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News
Bongo Cat x Indie Demos
I will launch a limited summer event soon (Flores was sick so you have to wait just a little bit longer)! We are still working on all the items, but it will be really cool! In the meantime I want to celebrate some more indies again! Here are some gems for you to try: STUNTBOOST…
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Patch
Community Voting, Language Filter & Fixes
Community VotingI finally found a way to add community voting to the game! As some of you already saw was my first test. We will from now on add different polls regarding certain decisions directly in the game. I will respect the 27% and for them there won't be another community…
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Patch
Discord Integration, Afk Warning, The Typer Was Replaced
Discord IntegrationAdditionally we just added the Discord SDK! You can now join lobbies directly via Discord! You can also disable it in the settings. Afk WarningYou can now see if people are inactive in your lobby (after 2 minutes of inactivity)Tap. Tap. Repeat. Big week. Tap…
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Release
Meowtiplayer Chat, DLC Release, Collection Bundle
Meowtiplayer ChatSomething a lot of you requested... Meowtiplayer Chat is out now! You can now send small messages in multiplayer lobbies. This is not moderated so please...behave my little kitties
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News
🐁⚔️Bongo Royale⚔️🐁
Update after the event endedFirst things first: The mode is now disabled again (so update the game) and the Blood Splatter Skin will be granted to everyone for the next 2 days (as a small sorry how bugged it was). I know it was a mess (regarding lobbies stopped working etc)…
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News
Regional Pricing, Experimental Mac Support, QoL Changes
Hi everyone, small update post: Regional PricingI found a way to "enable" (aka me creating all the prices haha) regional pricing for all the items in the supporter shop: Supporter ShopThis means you should either see the same price (for EUR/USD) or a significant decrease in…
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Event
1 Year Anniversary
🥳 1 Year Anniversary 🥳WhatAYearIt's hard to put it all into words...thanks to every single one of you that played the game, shared it with their friends, supported the shelter cats or talked about it. It's insane. 5.8 million players downloaded Bongo Cat and gave it a try. I…
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News
Bongo Cat x Tap Tap Loot
Tap Tap Loot Demo just dropped!!! This is a small cross collab post because we publish Tap Tap Loot. Thank you for everyone who participated in the playtest and giving an insane amount and valuable feedback! THANK YOU!
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Screenshots
About Bongo Cat
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find? Item drop pool chances*: Common - 90% Uncommon - 9.5% Rare - 0.49% Epic - 0.01% Legendary - 1 in 500000 *Subject to change Features: Your own bongo cat Many customization options A friend while working hard Based on the artwork and meme of @StrayRogue
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 / 11 Processor: Intel i5 5200 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 100 MB available space
- Languages
- English, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish…
- DLC
- 5 available on Steam
Frequently asked questions
- Is Bongo Cat free to play?
- Yes — Bongo Cat is free to play on Steam.
- What is the latest Bongo Cat update?
- The most recent official update is "Pat Your Friends" (Jul 12, 2026), categorized as Patch. Pat Your Friends You can now give your friends (and yourself) some pats!(to disable patting, turn it off in the multiplayer settings) We also added some requested features: Added feedback to opening chests for others, so you know whom to thank
- How many people play Bongo Cat?
- Bongo Cat peaked at 154K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #63 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #63 the previous week).
- When was Bongo Cat released?
- Bongo Cat was released on Mar 5, 2025 by Marcel Zurawka, Julius Krüger.
- What kind of game is Bongo Cat?
- Bongo Cat is a Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Free To Play game, featuring single-player, multi-player, co-op.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. Bongo Cat and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.