HOW TO PLAY

Controls and goals

How to operate
Move with WASD or arrow keys and interact with equipment and guests with E or Space. Close explanations and menus with C or Esc, and with a gamepad, left stick, A, and B correspond.
Goal
Keep the shop open for as long as possible, making drinks according to customer orders and operating a cafe that changes from day to night.

ABOUT THE GAME

Look at the order, make drinks,
Spinning the day at the cafe.

"An average day at the cat cafe" is a free 2D cafe simulation created by Angela He, Alex Rose, and Atmospherium. Take orders from customers lining up outside the store and prepare drinks using counter equipment.

01

Make drinks to order

Confirm orders displayed in customer speech bubbles and prepare drinks using counter equipment. The operating instructions also tell you that you can throw the failed drink into the sink.

02

The store and customers change from day to night

As the cafe clock ticks forward, the brightness outside the window and inside the cafe changes, and strange customers appear at night. The official explanation also introduces daytime business hours and mysterious visitors who appear at night as the core of the work.

03

Increase menu and customers by repeating business days

In official v2, drinks will be added and food will be released on the third day. New characters will be added depending on the number of days, and a mechanism has been added to save your progress until you fail.

PLAY NOTES

Play notes

Required time
No official fraction guideline is listed. It is a structure that tests how long you can keep the store open for many business days until it fails.
Fees/Support environment
You can play the HTML5 version for free on the official itch.io, and the Windows and macOS versions are also distributed on a voluntary basis. Officially supported browsers, minimum OS requirements, and smartphone support are not listed.
Public version
The latest major update of the official devlog is v2. The current web version does not have a version number, and the complete differences between the regular version and Game Jam Version are not officially listed.
Language
The official work page and in-game operation instructions are in English. There is no official list of supported languages.
KEEP THE CAFE OPEN

Receive your order,
Let's move on to the next business day.

Play an average day at the cat cafe for free on itch.io

On August 8, 2026, we confirmed the official itch.io, official v2/v1.1 devlog, and Atmospherium official OST. The two published images were taken by the editorial department using the official HTML5 version. Sources: an average day at the cat cafe — official itch.io, v2 — Official devlog, v1.1 — Official devlog, an average day at the cat cafe OST — Atmospherium Official Bandcamp, Creative Commons — CC BY-NC 4.0

STREAMING INFO

Streaming and video uploads

Streaming permission unconfirmedMonetization permission unconfirmed

In the official materials of official itch.io and its co-creators, we could not confirm any policy that allows the general public to use live videos, video posting, live streaming, monetization, and external posting of game screens. Please check with the rights holder before implementation. The four official Atmospherium OST songs are CC BY-NC 4.0, and for non-commercial use, it is necessary to display the author's name, work name, original URL, and license URL, and to indicate when changes are made. This permission is limited to the OST and does not extend to the entire game video, art, or sound effects.

“Unconfirmed” does not mean streaming is prohibited. We have not confirmed an official policy for the general public.

Checked: · Official pages checked: an average day at the cat cafe — official itch.io, an average day at the cat cafe OST — Atmospherium Official Bandcamp, Creative Commons — CC BY-NC 4.0

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