I’m writing about this cute cat plush so you play one of 2025’s best games

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I’m writing about this cute cat plush so you play one of 2025’s best games

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is one of my favorite games of the year, so you’ll forgive me if I spend the next 300 words or so writing about a

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the game’s creator, Gareth Damian Martin, is

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with the help of crowdfunding platform Makeship. Starting today, you can pledge $30 to support Martin’s campaign, and if enough other people do as well, everyone will get a cute cat plush sometime later this year. The toy was designed by French illustrator Guillaume Singelin, who also did the character designs for the game. Right now, the campaign is sitting at 45 percent funded with 90 toys sold, and the better part of 22 days to go.

And I mean look at the plush, isn’t it one of the cutest things you’ve seen? For the uninitiated, the Stray, not to be confused with another cyberpunk cat, is one of the characters Citizen Sleeper 2’s protagonist can encounter during their journey. As far as I’m aware, they only appear in one scene throughout the entire runtime of the game (how very cat-like of them, I know), but it’s a moment that’s emblematic of so many of Citizen Sleeper 2’s strengths.

“This cat, the one on your ship, was born here. That much is obvious,” writes Martin in the scene. “It is a creature of zero-gravity, a being that orbits and glides, not one that leaps and stalks.” Without spoiling anything, what follows is a touching and thoughtful meditation on memory, and how we can choose whether our memories define us.

If you haven’t played Citizen Sleeper 2 yet, consider this a recommendation. It is easily worth your time and more. You can play the game on

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, and Xbox Series X/S. As for the Stray, they’re expected to start shipping on June 12, 2025.

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