Cozy cats on your actual desktop.
Your desktop has a cat problem. Cats roam your real open windows, loaf in the quiet moments, and leave you small gifts while you work.
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What's New
v0.0.681
14 May 2026
- Speech bubble was being cut off when the cat or food bowl is up high.
v0.0.592
3 May 2026
- Cats now can jump down from anywhere across the top of a window, not just the side (where it can get stuck).
v0.0.537
29 April 2026
- Cats now jump off the top of the cat tower instead of just falling off.
v0.0.530
29 April 2026
- Added a cat tower where two cats can loaf.
v0.0.517
28 April 2026
- New setting to make all the cats bigger or smaller, depending on your prefs.
v0.0.493
27 April 2026
- Cats were sometimes invisible on startup! They now are seen.
v0.0.442
25 April 2026
- Cats will now slow down and not jump if your mouse is near them. Makes it easier to throw them, and I guess pat them too.
v0.0.440
25 April 2026
- You can now pet multiple cats over the screen while holding down the left mouse button and moving around.
v0.0.435
25 April 2026
- Menus make a bit more sense now. The menu items purr all over the place.
v0.0.417
24 April 2026
- Cosmetics functionality is in! No art yet.
v0.0.414
24 April 2026
- Quick left-right bug was still there. Fixed. Probably.
v0.0.395
23 April 2026
- Fixes to the windows updater
v0.0.365
22 April 2026
- Tweaked personality descriptions!
v0.0.348
21 April 2026
- Windows exe is now signed! Less scary blue warning screens.
v0.0.337
21 April 2026
- Better recovery after your computer falls asleep.
v0.0.335
21 April 2026
- Missing assets directory will now tell the player what's going on. It used to just not do anything.
v0.0.333
21 April 2026
- When doing fullscreen video capture with apps like ShareX and OBS, cats would not jump on windows because they were too shy. We gave them more treats and now they can hop on windows while being filmed.
v0.0.313
18 April 2026
- Decided to not release as EA. It will be a 1.0 release!
v0.0.304
16 April 2026
- Cat's don't jump off the screen when a window is partially outside the desktop. It's funny but gets annoying!
v0.0.272
11 April 2026
- Fixed toys sometimes dropping straight down instead of flying when thrown.
v0.0.271
11 April 2026
- Your cat now walks slowly and deliberately when bringing you a gift.
- Gold sparkles drift up from the gift while your cat sits with it.
- Hearts appear when the cat arrives, and again every so often while it waits.
- Click the gift to give your cat an extra happy reaction.
v0.0.266
11 April 2026
- Your cat now remembers you. Hold still on your cat to pet it: pink hearts appear and it purrs.
- Affection level shown in the right-click menu and journal. Grows over time just from being on your desktop.
- Curious cats (any affection) drift toward your cursor. Bonded cats follow you around the screen.
- At higher affection your cat will wander over to the food bowl for a nap.
v0.0.221
6 April 2026
- Cats now pause at the bowl to eat before bouncing off. You can watch them nom.
v0.0.213
4 April 2026
- Frame rate setting in the right-click menu: 30 fps, 60 fps, or Maximum. Default is 30 fps for lower idle CPU and GPU usage.
v0.0.197
3 April 2026
- Show FPS is now in the main menu (no longer buried in the debug submenu).
v0.0.196
3 April 2026
- New: "Hide Loafstead" in the menu bar (macOS) and tray (Windows) instantly hides the overlay and pauses the simulation. Pets, food, and coins resume exactly where they left off when you show it again.
v0.0.195
3 April 2026
- Fixed: food bowl radial menu wedges now stay on screen when the bowl is near a screen edge.
v0.0.191
3 April 2026
- Visitor breeds now appear in the Collection Journal the moment they arrive, as a mystery silhouette. The full entry reveals when they leave.
v0.0.190
2 April 2026
- Cats now drop 5 coins each time they eat from the bowl
- Adoption costs updated: Common 50 coins, Uncommon 100 coins, Rare 150 coins
v0.0.184
2 April 2026
- Fixed: cat dropped onto a window above the food bowl no longer flickers left and right
v0.0.169 – v0.0.176
1 April 2026
- Each cat breed now has a unique window-sitting personality
- Breeds differ in window preferences, loaf speed, and how easily they startle
- Special behaviors: some cats fade at night, follow other cats, or patrol between windows
- Journal shows a window hint for breeds you've seen more than once
v0.0.168
1 April 2026
- Your starter cat now appears in the Collection Journal from the first session
v0.0.164
31 March 2026
- Adoption costs adjusted: Common 40, Uncommon 75, Rare 150 coins
- Adopt button now appears after fewer visits for common breeds
- New players now start with 2 household slots
v0.0.124 – v0.0.152
30 March 2026
- Privacy policy added, linked from tray/menu bar and crash dialog
- Pet is now easier to click (hitbox expanded)
- Newsletter signup on the website
- Join Discord item in tray/menu bar
- Bug fix: cats no longer oscillate when seeking food
- Bug fix: visitors now animate correctly when walking
- Bug fix: jump animation no longer shows a white background
v0.0.123
28 March 2026
- Cats now sit on your application windows
- Cat follows you when you alt-tab to a new window
- Cats settle into a loaf position the longer they sit
- Cat gets startled if a window closes while they're on it
- What's New menu item (you're reading it)
v0.0.122
28 March 2026
- Loafstead.gg website launched
- Project renamed from Desktop Pets to Loafstead