# Catizen

Catizen is a cat café-themed mini-game adventure that runs as a Telegram Mini App, with no download and no separate client.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Live |
| Rank | 234 |
| Token | catizen |
| Price | $0.03944 |

## Verdict

Catizen is a Telegram Mini App on TON, with a second bot on Mantle. It runs inside a chat window, with no install and no client. The loop is idle merging: identical cats combine into higher tiers, those cats earn currency from visitors to your cat café, and that currency buys more cats or feeds side activities like the fishing mode. It is worth correcting a common misdescription: the cats are ordinary game data and not bred NFT collectibles, and trading them is not the point. What works is the near-zero friction: there is nothing to install. Publisher Pluto Studio has since widened it from one merge game into a small hub of casual mini-games with an AI-branded layer on top. What does not work is the design, which is built around the airdrop. The September 2024 CATI distribution drew sustained complaints that the community allocation landed well below what players believed they had been p

## Pros
- Runs inside Telegram with no download
- Cat café-themed mini-game adventure inside Telegram
- Game center with more than 50 other mini-games, plus a task center
- CATI has uses beyond the game: game top-ups, Airdrop Passes and Launchpool staking

## Cons
- Airdrops drive much of the play
- Reward value depends on the CATI price
- Lives inside Telegram, so it depends on that platform

## FAQ

**How do I start playing Catizen?**

Open the @catizenbot bot in Telegram and launch the game, or @Catizen_Mntbot for the Mantle version. It is a cat café-themed mini-game adventure that runs inside the chat window.

**How do I earn rewards in Catizen?**

CATI comes from seasonal airdrops, including the Airdrop Pass, and CATI holders can stake in the Launchpool to earn partner tokens. The open task center also pays rewards for partner tasks.

**What tokens does Catizen use?**

Catizen uses two in-game tokens: vKITTY coins earned through gameplay, and CATI tokens distributed during airdrop events based on player contributions and engagement levels.

**Is Catizen still active?**

Yes. The official site counts more than 12 million players, including over 700,000 on-chain users, and the team keeps adding games to its game center and running CATI Launchpool events.

**Do I need a wallet to play Catizen?**

You can start playing directly through Telegram without a separate wallet, but you will need a TON wallet to hold and trade CATI tokens earned through airdrops or to participate in token trading.

Source: https://cryptogames.gg/?p=19182