A coffee shop run by and for cats
Cats & Cups puts you behind the counter of a hand-drawn café where the customers are all cats. You take orders, prepare coffee, tea and specialty drinks, and keep the catstomers happy. Each drink recipe is tied to its own mini-game challenge, so making a beverage is an active little task rather than a single click. The order list gets more demanding as you learn to craft complex drinks, and the game expects you to keep up with picky customers rather than just pour the same thing all day. Sessions are short and relaxed, with quick-time elements in the mini-games that keep the pace moving without turning tense.
Playing it with your group
Cats & Cups is listed as singleplayer, but it supports Remote Play Together, which lets people on your friends list join your session over a stream of the game. That means one of you owns the game and runs the café, and the rest of the group watches along and can take part from their own machines without everyone buying a copy. Hand a friend the steaming station, let someone else call out what the cats ordered, and pass the counter around as orders pile up. It works well as a shared pass-the-controller kind of evening: one person steers, everyone else shouts advice, and the mini-games give each turn a clear thing to focus on.
What to know before you start
The café grows over time. You unlock new areas, expand the menu, and spend on furniture, decorations and lighting to shape the atmosphere and pull in more customers. Cats return regularly, so regulars and their stories build up as you play rather than being served in one go. The art is hand-drawn and the tone is calm and wholesome, so expect a low-pressure session about running a shop and getting to know dozens of unique cats with their own personalities. There is no combat or failure state to worry about; the challenge comes from drink complexity and order volume. It suits a group that wants something light to do together while talking over voice chat, and it suits a quiet solo evening just as well.