'Absolutely obsessed': Crimson Desert gameplay goes pawsitively haywire when players start abandoning the main quest to adopt an army of cats

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Apr 2, 2026 8:45 AM EDT

If you wanted us to actually get something done in the game, you shouldn't have given us the option to tame a loyal horde of fluffy felines.

Any animal lover and video game addict knows that if the developers put animals in the game, they're going to become a priority. We've seen this with the rise of popularity from popular movies like Flow and the development of new games that actually revolve around taking care of animals, like a new game we recently wrote about, "Cat Parents". Because of this, developers have actually started putting more dogs and cats in their games that you can physically interact with. It turns out that players of a new PC/Playstation game, "Crimson Desert" are taking that concept to the purrfect extreme.

"Crimson Desert" is an open-world action game where you control Kliff, a member of the Greymanes, as you navigate the world and battle rival factions. However, players are abandoning the main story altogether to adopt up to 30 cats, which will become your loyal pets and follow you around if you raise their friendship level enough. Just like in real life, it's not so easy to get the cats to trust you, but it is pawssible, for those who are dedicated enough to the cause.

This one fact has caused the already popular game to go pawsitively viral, now with people buying the game just for the purrpose of making friends with virtual cats. To you, it may sound a little crazy, but to us, it honestly sounds like the purrfect game.

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If you asked us, our ideal game would be to travel around the world rescuing cats, training them as ninjas and/or warriors, and then fighting the evil criminals to obtain world peace. Magic is welcome, and so are dragons. Everything starts with an idea, right? Any developers out there reading this, we want 10% of all profits if you use this idea. We think that sounds like a fair trade.
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Upon reading more about the story, we're not entirely convinced that it isn't the story. They didn't put a lot of effort into the script and main storyline, but clearly focused on the world development and gameplay. This is what happens when you give developers free rein, and we absolutely love it.
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'Absolutely obsessed': Crimson Desert gameplay goes pawsitively haywire when players start abandoning the main quest to adopt an army of cats

If you wanted us to actually get something done in the game, you shouldn't have given us the option to tame a loyal horde of fluffy felines.

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