Secret Paws - Cozy Offices

I completed something similar to this which had the same perspective but I do not recall having the option of turning the room. This is what I liked a lot in Secret Paws - you believe you have found everything but you still need to look at the same room from another angle to find all its secrets! Fortunately, everything is cluttered with cats so you can easily make a steady progress until you realise there are half a dozen very well hidden objects left. The hinting system helps but it can also get you a tad bit annoyed when you realise that given the colour of the cat it successfully managed to blend in and that is why you did not notice anything. Remember to interact with everything to ensure you get access to further hidden areas! New locations can be visited when clicking on a door. This means that you do not have to go back to the main menu to pick a new level since you can just complete the game in one go. This was a nice little HOG. I wonder if it means we will see a new era of cat-based HOGs, but this time in 3D.

6 maps, 360 degree map searching, and all the chonky cats of different sizes and colours! Secret Paws - Cozy Offices is a very casual HoG with various cats you have to find in a small square room. There's a lot of rotation to the game, as you will not see some of the cats unless the room is turned at a certain angle, out of all 4 possible sides. The maps themselves are neatly decorated, added with the ambient BGM and minimal effects and animations. So the gameplay was very smooth, with no bugs nor lag. Overall, Secret Paws - Cozy Offices is a game I recommend to all HoG layers!

Kinda like the Hidden Tomatoes games in that it's in 3D. On the plus side, unlike Hidden Tomatoes, it's colorful and you can actually rotate the camera. On the downside, I found the controls to be a major pain in the arse. You have to use the keyboard to rotate and zoom, so there's no way to play one-handed. Now, all jokes aside, having to use two hands kills the potential to play casually while having a cup of coffee/tea. Also, the "movement" keys are forced WASD, which kills someone like me who can't use that setup. Anyway, I realize I'm in the minority re: WASD and I'll give credit for a free game that tries something a little new for the tired find-100-whatever games on Steam. [h1]The Good[/h1] +Unique setup for a find-100-whatever game +You can change rooms at any time +Hints (there's an exploit for the cooldown, FYI) +Saves on exit [h1]YMMV[/h1] ~Navigating the rooms in-game is a bit confusing. Easier to exit to menu. ~Cats don't really look like cats ~Cats don't disappear when found, keeping things cluttered ~Some cats hidden in same "location" from room to room ~Some cats only found by clicking on common objects...meaning you have to click everything in sight [h1]The Bad[/h1] -Controls require two hands, making it hard to relax with a cuppa -Forced WASD Played on: Win11Pro, i7-14700K, RTX5060 Ti 16GB, 32GB DDR5-6000 @ 1920x1080 using KB&M