Banana cat game: the hide-and-seek, clicker and escape games, explained

Banana cat games you can play now

None of these are official. The meme has no owner that makes games, so every banana cat game is a fan or indie take.

• Banana Cat: Hide and Seek (phones). By Vietnam's CAT Studio, called Cat Escape: Hide and Seek on Google Play since July 2023. Sneak the cat to its favorite food without being spotted by a Shiba dog. Free with in-app purchases.
• Banana Cat (Steam). A free clicker published by Sciorda Inc., out since July 7, 2024. You click a "catnana", and idling earns catnana items you can trade on the Steam Market.
• Banana Cat Escape (Agame). A 2023 maze puzzle by Harbi Games. Push boxes onto switches and slip past patrolling enemies to reach the exit.
• Hiding Banana Cat (GirlsGoGames). A small web puzzle game built around keeping the banana cat out of sight.
• itch.io fan games. Small fan projects share the name, such as a Banana Cat arcade game where you collect bananas to stay alive.

Where the sad banana cat came from

The first banana-suit cats came from a March 2021 Facebook compilation by Sin Achilles, with no tears at all. The tears arrived on March 17, 2023, in a TikTok from the Happy Happy Happy Cat account @happyhappiihappy where the cat ends up in a hospital. Within weeks fans posted drawings and a 3D model. Know Your Meme lists Indonesia as the region.

It borrows from an older meme, Crying Cat, a photo edit of a cat with huge watery eyes that was everywhere by 2018. The banana suit adds the joke: a costume made for fun, worn by someone having the worst day. That is also why it suits games: the player's job is obvious, cheer him up or get him home.

Three banana cat game ideas

Keep it short and soft: one sad moment, one clear way to fix it, and a happy ending you can replay. On Roam, Whisker Bay is a cat mischief sandbox in a harbor.

• Cheer-Up Errands. A weepy kitten in a banana costume walks a rainy town. Find five small fixes: a lost sock, a new ice cream, a friend at the window. Each one makes the rain lighter.
• Tear Flood. His tears fill the room. Climb the shelves and curtains before the water reaches you, and grab tissues to slow it down.
• Peel Slide. The costume is slippery. Slide downhill, grab fish, and steer around puddles that start the crying again.

Questions people ask

Is there a banana cat game?

Yes, several fan-made ones: Banana Cat: Hide and Seek on phones, a free Banana Cat clicker on Steam, and web puzzles like Banana Cat Escape.

Who made the banana cat hide and seek game?

CAT Studio, a Vietnamese developer. It is called Cat Escape: Hide and Seek on Google Play and Banana Cat: Hide and Seek on the App Store.

What is the banana cat meme?

A crying cat in a banana costume, used in short clips about small sad moments, usually with sad music.

When did banana cat start?

Cats in banana suits appeared on Facebook in March 2021. The crying version started with a TikTok on March 17, 2023.