Mewgenics (PC) Review

When I think of veterans of the indie game space, Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel immediately come to mind, from success with flash games on Newgrounds, to more in-depth collaborative efforts with games like The End is Nigh, Mewgenics joins the ranks of absurd but addictively unique titles that effortlessly blend disparate ideas into one cohesive package.

Mewgenics is a real-time strategy game with role-playing elements that places players in the role of an unnamed lab assistant working for an eccentric mad scientist. The objective is to acquire cats for a variety of bizarre experiments and misadventures. While the game frames this task as procurement, Mewgenics is ultimately focused on cultivating the strongest possible litter.

In practice, this means taking in stray cats, sending them out to fight enemies and gather food, breeding them, and repeating the cycle. The goal is constant improvement as players refine their rosters and produce increasingly capable offspring... Read more