Gato Roboto

good music

Fairly short, megaman-style metroidvania. LOVE IT

Cat. Mech Suit. No further words are needed here.

Thank you very Much oh mister... Uh... Cat... Robot?

Gato Roboto is a cutesy, comical Metroid-(and-Cave-Story)-like where you're crashed on a mysterious planet, and tasked to explore it and find a way off. It's a simplistic, exploration-focused, short but sweet game that doesn't take itself too seriously- and it does it quite well actually.

It's a kitty! With a Mechsuit!

You're a cat. You're quick and can climb up walls. But you can't hurt anything on this planet without a mechsuit, and you die instantly, without the mechsuit.

The mechsuit turns you into a lean mean, furred killing machine. And it's upgradable too! The weapon set is sparse, but versatile, and what you do get can help you extend your movement options as well as your firepower.

There are some puzzles, but thankfully, you won't have to worry about spending a week shooting at samey walls to try and find a powerup. The only destructible walls in the game are also distinct from all the other walls in the game.

Another Damn Hairball!

Gato Roboto has a level of scuff that's... significantly-annoying. A few areas can be problematic to navigate or exit if you exit the mechsuit and end up losing your way.

In addition, boss and enemy balance is unfortunately, not very balanced.

The intro and the first area have reasonably-balanced enemies, but for whatever reason, the second area's enemies are very tanky compared to the rest of the game before the final area. Bosses in terms of balance are hard. Harder than any metroid game and come close to the difficulty of the Cave Story games.

Also, the final boss... I won't spoil it, but the fight and the choice of music for it is slightly-disappointing, in my opinion. It might not be for you, but I personally found it underwhelming.

And finally?... You can drop down roped platforms. The game never mentions this being a thing at all.

Meow?

If you're expecting something with more substance and polish, you'll be disappointed. But this is a perfectly-fun game, and honestly? It's worth it.

My advice would be to get it on sale.

Cute little metroidvania. Doesn't have anything too crazy and has a pretty simple story. Would recommend whenever it's on sale. 8/10

loved this short game

Fun quick metroidvania with some mega man elements

Who's a good kitty?

This is a fun, metroid-style game with charm and nice pixel art

I like the mobility and weight of the cat and mech suits, movement feels good. The rocket actually has some knock back, so you can use it to boost while jumping but also have to be careful to not push yourself into danger

Boss fights so far have been good

You can't get all achievements in a single playthrough, but since the game is short, charming and fun to play, I don't see that as too big of an issue

A cute fun metroidvania

Its about a 3-4 hour game where you control a cat in a mech.
Get it on sale

The story is quite dark but has nice storyline 9/10

Fund and clever little game. Do recommend👍

Banger game, worth the money

A great Metroidvania with a normal story and good bosses. The pixel art style is really good, and playing as a cat in a mech suit was fun.

Cons: Keyboard controls feel a bit clunky; controller use is recommended.
Pros: Cat

Loved it = the narrative, the gameplay, the progression - only small minus is that sometimes I was unsure where I need to go but that is just a minor issue in the total scheme

Such a cute game! I didn't expect it to be as challenging as it ended up being, which was a nice surprise! Once you get use to the controls and latency in certain sections, it's a great time!

Would you like to enjoy a sunday afternoon? This is the game.

its ok

it's not a bad game necessarily, but I won't recommend it to my friends and nor to you.
I believe you can skip this one.

Gato Roboto

Y'all just had to make the coordinates be 42069...

The sound in this is so atrocious I had to disable the music in the first few minutes of playing, since it caused me physical discomfort. The controls aren't much better with your protagonist moving around like an amped-up meth head... which isn't really great when ~half the game has you dying on your first contact with enemies, hazards or projectiles.

Avoid this: There are 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 better and more enjoyable games out there.

very fun, feels like a metroid-lite but it's really much more than that

Fun little metroidvania, nothing too exciting to write about. The unlockable differing color palettes are a nice addition not just for some visual variety but to reduce eye strain at night since the stark black and white can get fatiguing. Definitely worth a pickup at a good price if you're into the genre.

very good

holy sh!t this is a banger. play it if you breathe air and drink water.

Gato Roboto is a fun, short game with a surprisingly good story. It had some challenging bits but was overall an chill experience.

The movement felt a bit weird at times, especially with the double jump and when being only the cat. It was a bit floaty and I'm not the biggest fan of that, it made me overshoot platforms etc. This was not a dealbreaker for me since the game is short and fun, but I wanted to mention it for the people who would find it an issue.

The only thing I really disliked is the map. It's fairly simple and in theory a great map, however when you're in one area you can only see the map of that area. In the end I just took pictures so I could cross reference them. There's also no fast travel at all, this is not a big issue but combined with the map that made it frustrating to explore sadly.

Still recommend it, but I'd advise to take pictures of the maps of individuel areas so you don't have to go to an area to see it.

Fun little metroidvania.

This game is fun and funny, to say the least, but this game might not be a game you pay for hours every day, so you can just by it during a sale. (7-10 stars)

Also this is selling it shot because the achievements and story is fun too.

A good Metroid-esque game with a cat in a mech suit. Very miau, would recommend.

pog

Like chewing on a bit of teriyaki jerky- short, sweet, and pleasantly tough

*very minor gameplay, no story spoilers*
as in like, i just tell you about early game weapons and characters

I bought this game on sale for $1.19. Obviously, since I bought it, I still paid for it, but I basically got it for free. Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed. On the me-o-meter, (MEE-AW-MUHTER) Gato Roboto scores a "great." Right below "damn good," and right above "pretty neat." This is a good game, if I've ever played one.

The combat is simple. You shoot bullets, you shoot rockets from time to time, and you get some extra moves and upgrades as the game goes along. It goes to show you don't need a skill tree for the 50th goshdarned time to have fun combat. Besides, the fun isn't in how many things you can do, it's in the spectacle and skill that's employed around the combat, in how enemies challenge you to use your moveset. This sort of segues into the bosses and enemies.

The enemies are fine, but most of them are nothing special. The bosses really are my favorite part of this game. I don't mean the rooms with the enemies you need to fight, those are fine, too, and clearly thought went into them, but the bosses feel rewarding and difficult while never feeling completely out of your league. In fact, the bosses often use enemies and objects that you came into contact with before meeting the boss, which truly makes it feel like a test of what you've learnt so far. My only gripe is that there's one section towards the end of the game that was really difficult. It's difficulty makes sense when taking to account where in the game it was positioned, but it was a minor blemish in the overall smooth difficulty curve that this game had. I also felt that the final boss was far too easy, especially in comparison to the section I just mentioned. It was a contributing factor to the entire ending of the game feeling very anticlimactic, and I wanted for something more final. Of course, difficulty is very subjective, but I'm talking about my personal experience here.

Speaking of, the story is also shockingly good? I mean, good for the game it's in. Frickin' Gato Roboto didn't need a story, but here's one anyway. It's got lore! A very small amount of lore, but you know. There's a relatively simple storyline with a sympathetic villain, and I think it's done well, despite the fact that they don't quite stick the landing. I actually grew to like both the cat, Kiki, and their owner, Gary. Despite the fact they don't have that much dialogue, the dialogue they do have is simple and fun. It emphasizes their bond, and you bring that idea of their bond into the final boss. Again, they don't quite stick the landing, but it's appreciated.

There are also sections where you're forced to roam the world as a defenseless cat, and it made me wish that they gave Kiki, outside of the mech (which you're usually in), more of a moveset. I just want a 2D cat platformer now. I wish they had a bit more of that. There is a section, thankfully, that does do this, but it'd be cooler if there was even one move that Kiki could do outside of their mech.

Also, very minor thing, but very few games have fun and varied achievements consistently. Gato Roboto does. Chasing the achievements, though I haven't gotten all of them yet, has been fun.

Another very minor thing, I didn't mention that there are two main ways to gain extra mobility in this game. I won't elaborate, but I assume most players figured it out very early on, and it was awesome. If you want to figure this movement technique out on your own, just don't read this part. Rocket jumping. The fact that you can effectively rocket jump in Gato Roboto of all things makes me smile ear to ear in a way no other game has. You can also string together rockets on different surfaces to move Kiki in different directions and up, it's cool, but underutilized. I'm pretty sure the developers were aware of it, as there's an optional room that requires you to rocket jump to get up to the top, but if they did more with it, I would have loved that.


This game is the epitome of good, clean fun. There isn't necessarily a ton of depth here, but the game adequately rewards the player for going through it with just a few minor bumps in the road. As I've said, I wish the ending had a bit more substance to it. I didn't feel it was a satisfying conclusion at all. It's well done, that's all I can say about it. The first metroidvania I've ever completed, and it's a great one.

8/10
(An experience that's satisfying, but would be made significantly better if it was simply expanded upon and some minor issues were ironed out.)

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(In short, I would recommend this game wholeheartedly regardless of whether it was on sale or not)

Such a simple yet fun game. 100% WAS DIFFICULT but very fun

It's a nice game.

This game is pretty good, nice exploration and great movement overall, story is alright (though I wish I could skip them when refighting bosses that I've lost to besides the final boss). I beated in a single sitting of 4 hours and ALMOST 100% completed the game. I'll try and get 100% on this game later, but as of right now would recommend to anyone who wants a small fun metroidvania that is designed to be speedrunned (even as a in game time when in the mech). Will say my only issue is some very minor glitches and the text not being skipable as well as (spoilers) after you beat the final boss, you can't go back to the main hub area, it's a one and done deal so you better get all the collectables you can think of before you decide to finish the game, felt it would have been nice to atleast been able to hunt for whatever I missed, but hey need to see if I can beat the game in under and hour ¯\(ツ)/¯. Also felt the lava crab robot boss was the biggest pain, especially sense the first few times I fought it I was dumb and forgot I had the dash ability.

Either way, would recommend for those who want a simple, fun, but not too easy time with a game about exploration.

Loved it — a really laid-back, not-too-challenging game with a charming 1-bit aesthetic. The characters, dialogue, and story are simple yet absolutely lovable.

Visuals
The game is well-designed within its 1-bit limitations. The player, enemies, and projectiles are always easy to distinguish, and the screen never feels cluttered or hard to read. Collecting palettes throughout the game and customizing the look was really fun. The game map, however, could have been improved—it was unnecessarily small and would have been more helpful with added detail.

Combat
Boss fights were definitely a highlight, with each one feeling purposefully designed. Small enemies, however, were easy to stun lock, which made combat with them feel a bit flat.

Controls
The controls are really smooth and stay interesting with variety in gameplay. You control Kiki’s robot suit, submarines, turrets, or just the cat itself at different points.

muito repetitivo

Pretty fun short metroidvania
Though my only issue is that the difficulty is very inconsistent

Fun Metroid clone.....with a little kitten.

Cool, silly and charming. Metroid fans will enjoy

Great game. Fun, cute, and tight gameplay. Not a long experience but a fun one and the title is fun to say.

Fun game, the only thing that is actually bad is the strobe-lights in some scenes. It felt like the game was actively trying to give me a seizure at times. Devs, if you read this for the love of god get rid of the strobe-lights.

Gato Roboto has got to be one of the finest Metroidvanias I've played a good while.
It balances platforming, run and gun, and even the light collectathon gameplay of the genre quite well, drip feeding you upgrades that boost your combat abilities and transportation, and secrets galore. The control over the mech (and the little kitty cat inside) is tuned perfectly, combine that with solid level design and Doinksoft brings another amazingly fine game to Devolver's repertoire.

Of course, with this in mind, the game is a tad on the easier side (my playthrough having opted for 100% completion), I personally didn't feel too greatly challenged. Yet, like any good Metroid style game, that difficulty does have a degree of variability set by the player, you can get all the upgrades, or tough it out and get none of them, perhaps somewhere in the middle, it gives it a great degree of replayability, and gives it the unique opportunity of being a good introduction to the genre. What is a bit more disappointing is the persistent performance bug I encountered during my playthrough; for seemingly no reason, the game's framerate will just dip to half what it's supposed to be, and I can't seem to figure out why it happens or how I could probably fix it (I'm sure there are ways). I didn't let it discourage me however, since the issue doesn't affect input response, and it may also prove a potential boon to speedrunners looking to give themselves an advantage, since one of the things it affects is the in-game timer, and could possibly assist with frame perfect inputs.

Something to love about this game as well is it's variety, the individual areas don't hold on to a gimmick for too long, which means each area never outstays it's welcome, or feels like it's gone on for too long. I'll avoid giving specifics for the sake of not wanting to spoil the game for any prospecting players, but each area comes with it's own challenge, and at no point did I really feel annoyed by them. The bosses, on the other hand, are nothing that special, once you get the pattern down, they're not too tough to crack, but crucially, they each make use of the area's gimmicks, putting them to use in unique ways. And yes, much like the game at large, they're not the most difficult, but at the same time it keeps any of them from becoming a roadblock on your progress.

Overall, it's a fun little game I can't help but love, and while I could wax philosophical about it, all I feel I need to say is this; It's Metroid with a cat, and it's only $8, need I say any more?

maybe i went into the game with a wrong mentality, but i just barely enjoyed it.
it's not a bad game at all, it's fun and charming, but there are a lot of things that just did not work for me at all.

first of all it has exactly two colors: black and white, and... it feels way too lackluster. the animations are great and the visuals are very easy to read, but my eyes were just tired from looking at it. and the palletes that you can unlock look really bad and hurt my eyes even more, i don't know how they messed it up.
secondly, it's a very fast-paced game. VERY fast-paced. i was blasting through every room because there was no reason to stay for longer in every one of them (or even kill enemies at all to be real). you have way too much health in this game and pretty short i-frames, so you can just tank damage from everything and not worry about dying when exploring the map or fighting the bosses.
the movement is oversaturated in my opinion. and while i like that you can do a lot of things, it just felt overwhelming to have so many buttons and ways of traversing in such a tiny and claustrophobic game.
lastly, a thing i did not expect is that this game has lore and story... which i mostly skipped because i found the direction they were going with boring. i love the silliness of it, but the "serious parts" felt completely out of place and cliché.

i do have to say that i respect this game and find it pretty good, it's just not what i was looking for

God, I love Metroidvanias!

Easy to learn, hard to master! Definitely had fun with this one, as this is seemingly an easy metroidvania game, which, in fact, has some decent platforming mechanics based on movement physics and precise action timing. On top of that, the game always tries something new to surprise you so you could stay on your toes until the end. Highly recommended!

short but fun

This game is incredibly fun and cute, with a super unique art style that makes it stand out. Definitely worth a try!