Used to identify the game, unaltered. Catherine wordmark, trademark of its owner, from the publisher's Steam store listing

Catherine

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.

Puzzle Horror Action Adventure

Player score

8.7/10

11,244 reviews

Released: 2011
Developer: Not recorded
Platforms: 2 systems
Critics: 80
Steam Deck: unsupported
Download: 20 GB

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Catherine?

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	17 February 2011
Developer	Not recorded
Publisher	Not recorded
Platforms	PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Genres	Puzzle, Horror, Action Adventure
Languages	5 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q277377, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Catherine received?

Players87%positive of 11,244 · Very Positive

Metacritic80critic aggregate, PC

Achievements50on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	full support
Cloud saves	Yes
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	unsupported
Download size	20 GB
Add-on content	None listed
Age gate	18+

Content descriptors

Some nudity or sexual content
Frequent violence or gore
General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$19.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Catherine on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Crashes and freezes81 of 300 (27%)
Game searches for recording software (streaming software, discord screenshare, geforce experience, etc) and will crash itself once it loads a new scene.
Steam review, 30 September 2023 · 3 hours played · 146 readers marked it helpful
when it does launch, it crashes, and it can't handle streaming.
Steam review, 11 February 2026 · 29 hours played · 83 readers marked it helpful
Will not launch or install13 of 300 (4%)
however, it simply does not run on windows 11 systems.
Steam review, 11 February 2026 · 29 hours played · 83 readers marked it helpful
And to top it all off, I got ALL THE WAY to the final boss of the game, and right as the stage cleared, the entire game stayed on a black screen with church bells tolling.
Steam review, 5 September 2025 · 17 hours played · 46 readers marked it helpful

A further 4 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Catherine

24 games overlap with Catherine on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Lucius, Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma and Chaos;Child.

All 24 games like Catherine

Common questions about Catherine

What platforms is Catherine on?

Catherine is available on PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch. It first released in 2011.

How much does Catherine cost?

$19.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Catherine?

87% of 11,244 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Catherine?

80 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Catherine work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Catherine as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Catherine download?

20 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.