25 Gaming Animal Memes for Gamers Who Play With a Cat on Their Lap

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Apr 2, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

Hey, you. Yes you, with the cat on the lap, trying to get their paw off the keyboard because they keep pressing [space], making your character jump towards that cliff and--- Never mind, they just plunged to their deaths. This is how little you care about the lives of a video game character when you have nine lives yourself. Now you have to start this level again. But maybe not right meow, because your cat is really demanding.

Every gamer who's also a pet pawrent knows this deal - you game, you're about to reach a milestone, your pet disturbs the game, you must pause the game and forget what you were doing. But don't let that gaming frustration eat you. I mean, you have such a cute cat, or dog, or any other pet, so first of all - how can you even be sad when that's the situation? And secondly, there's a very easy method I can recommend to remove the gaming frustration that I often use - looking at some gamer animal memes.

If you're both a gamer and a pet pawrent, some animalistic laughs of the gaming kind can definitely help you howl with laughter and forget any reason to ragequit a game ever again.