--- title: "Hustle Cat" description: "You finally got a job in the big city. But your coworkers at this cat cafe disappear at weird times, and there’s something peculiar about your new boss, too... " image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/95/79195.jpg" --- # Hustle Cat ![Hustle Cat](https://t.vndb.org/cv/95/79195.jpg) **Developer:** Date Nighto **Release date:** Feb 29, 2016 **Platform:** Windows, macOS **Language:** English, Russian **Rating:** 6.7/10 (347 votes) ## Description You finally got a job in the big city. But your coworkers at this cat cafe disappear at weird times, and there’s something peculiar about your new boss, too... You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat’s Paw. The coffee’s good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can’t quite read... You’ll work hard at A Cat’s Paw, but there’s still time to get to know your new coworkers! Who’s your favorite? The brusque, but devoted cook Mason? Or maybe Reese, the fashion-obsessed waiter who knows more than he says? And there’s always your strange-eyed boss, the enigmatic Graves. ## Characters ### Avery Grey Avery is known for having a very messy apartment, but is dependable, just not with cleaning. [spoiler]Avery's magic is trash magic. At one point they say it feels like trash is just drawn to them, and it actually is. They can manipulate discarded objects, being able to pull them together and pull them apart. Due to the vague nature of their magic, things left on the street like a discarded bicycle would also count as trash.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Unknown - **Measurements:** Height: 163cm - **Birthday:** 20 June - **Hair:** Shoulder-length, Short, Grey, Shaggy - **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Olive, Dark - **Clothes:** Trousers, Pajamas, T-shirt, Shorts, Hoodie - **Role:** Magician, Employee, Waitstaff, Coworker, Customizable Appearance, Gender Choice - **Engages in:** Cooking, Fighting - **Eyes:** Violet - **Personality:** Lazy, Stubborn, Mischievous, Non-Binary, Cat Person - **Subject of:** Curse ### Finley Finley, the joyful social media intern, has a lot of energy to share with everyone. Can you keep up with her and her love of Internet cats? [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Finley has voice activated magic. Whenever she says an action like "block," it will cause that action to happen to the opponent. "Block" causes the opponent to be unable to move. However, her words have to be words known by the opponent as someone who does not know what "blocking" someone on the internet means would not be impacted by the word.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Female - **Alias:** Jelly Donut - **Measurements:** Height: 168cm - **Birthday:** 30 March - **Hair:** Black, Brown, Waist Length+, Gradient Colored Hair - **Eyes:** Brown - **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Makeup - **Role:** Magician, Employee, Coworker, Cat, Gamer, Famous - **Clothes:** Pantyhose, Pendant Earrings, String Ribbon Tie, Sleeveless Mini-dress - **Items:** Mobile Phone - **Engages in:** Shapeshifting, Flirting - **Subject of:** Curse, Stalking - **Personality:** Cheerful, Gossipy ### Graves Serling Your odd-eyed boss Graves seems like he’d be more suited to running a vampire RPG than a cat cafe. He’s got a strange tendency to quote Edgar Allen Poe, a dark past, and a mysterious motivation to protect A Cat’s Paw, and you. [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Graves has two known forms of magic, metal and cat magic. He is also skilled at ward magic. With his metal magic, Graves could create sculptures out of metal. Now that Nacht has taken his metal magic, he can no longer do so, and Nacht also limited some of Graves' speech, making it so he has a coughing fit when he tries to tell Avery about the situation with Nacht. His cat magic allows him to turn himself and others into cats. He turned his workers into cats to pose as familiars because witches often like to kill new witches for fun.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 188cm - **Birthday:** 1 November - **Hair:** Black, Short - **Body:** Slim, Pale, Adult, Tall - **Clothes:** Sweater, Shirt, Gothic, Ring - **Role:** Magician, Employer, Cat, Management - **Eyes:** Amber, Blue, Heterochromia - **Items:** Walking Stick - **Subject of:** Curse - **Personality:** Mysterious, Eccentric - **Engages in:** Cursing ### Hayes Nervous barista Hayes feels more comfortable around coffee and cats than he does around people, but can you reach his heart and help him blossom? [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Hayes' magic is voice based. Whatever actions he describes when he reads poetry happen in real life. The quality of the poem doesn't matter so long as Hayes has conviction behind his words.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 168cm - **Birthday:** 21 February - **Hair:** Blond, Short - **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult - **Clothes:** Sweater, Glasses, Hoodie - **Role:** Magician, Employee, Writer, Coworker, Cat, Barista - **Eyes:** Blue - **Personality:** Shy, Timid - **Engages in:** Shapeshifting - **Subject of:** Curse, Social Anxiety Disorder ### Landry Landry, your friendly co-waiter and the de-facto cafe carpenter, is great with his hands. His smile brightens everyone's day, but is he using it to hide something? [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Landry knew he was a witch before coming to A Cat's Paw. Landry is an "adept," someone who is born with magic related to a trait rather than their magic being formed based on their life circumstances and personality. He has lightning magic. However, he tries to hide his magic due to not liking magic in general.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 191cm - **Birthday:** 30 April - **Hair:** Black, Mullet - **Eyes:** Brown - **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark, Tall - **Role:** Magician, Employee, Waitstaff, Coworker, Cat - **Engages in:** Fighting, Shapeshifting - **Clothes:** Jeans - **Personality:** Friendly, Kind, Protective, Dog Person - **Subject of:** Curse ### Mason Taciturn chef Mason is full of contradictions- she seems like she could take you in a fight, but also like she’d spoil you with pastries. Can you become sweethearts with this sweets maker? [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Mason is an "adept," someone who is born with magic related to a trait rather than their magic being formed based on their life circumstances and personality. She has fire magic.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Female - **Measurements:** Height: 178cm - **Birthday:** 20 January - **Hair:** Red, Short - **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark, Tall - **Role:** Magician, Employee, Cook, Coworker, Cat, Baker, Pyrokinetic - **Engages in:** Cooking, Fighting, Shapeshifting - **Eyes:** Hazel - **Clothes:** Apron, Jacket, T-shirt, Jeans, Bandanna - **Personality:** Secretive, Kuudere, Taciturn - **Subject of:** Curse ### Reese The bossy Assistant Manager, Reese, always has something to prove. Can you break through to his gentle side and help him achieve something that’s always been out of his grasp? [From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datenighto/hustle-cat-a-visual-novel-about-a-magical-cat-cafe]Kickstarter[/url]] [spoiler]Reese has been practicing magic his entire life and has always known he is a witch. He practices drawing magic even though he isn't good at it. He actually has transportation magic where he cuts a seam into the air, opening up a portal, and he can bewitch clothing. Both of his abilities are related to sewing[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 157cm - **Birthday:** 31 May - **Hair:** Blond, Short - **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark, Short - **Role:** Magician, Son, Employee, Coworker, Cat, Management, Apprentice - **Engages in:** Fighting, Shapeshifting, Fashion Design, Drawing, Sewing - **Eyes:** Green - **Clothes:** Jacket, Baseball Cap, Pendant Earrings - **Personality:** Modern Tsundere - **Subject of:** Inferiority Complex, Curse ### Gina A local cop who helps out when things get rough. Friends with Finley. - **Gender:** Female - **Hair:** Blond, Ponytail - **Role:** Police - **Personality:** Kind - **Clothes:** Police Officer Uniform ### Kaz [spoiler]A sound witch that cursed Landry because Landry caught him in a bar while underage, getting him kicked out. - **Gender:** Male - **Birthday:** 16 October - **Hair:** Brown - **Body:** Teen - **Role:** Magician - **Eyes:** Blue - **Clothes:** Hoodie, Headphones - **Items:** Bag - **Engages in:** Cursing ### Mochi Avery's cat. [spoiler]Mochi was going to be a romanceable character if the game's Kickstarter reached the stretch goal. He would have been revealed to be a human who got cursed to be a cat. Since Avery sometimes says they hear Mochi speak, that could be why.[/spoiler] - **Gender:** Male - **Eyes:** Amber - **Role:** Cat, Pet - **Body:** Fur ### Nacht [spoiler]The main villain of the story who has a close relationship with Graves. He claims to have a lot of patience, but is shown to be good at fighting both with fists and magic. Nacht's original magic is paper magic, but he stole part of Grave's metal magic, causing the metal magic to become rust. - **Gender:** Male - **Measurements:** Height: 185cm - **Birthday:** 23 October - **Hair:** White, Short - **Role:** Magician - **Engages in:** Fighting, Revenge, Theft - **Personality:** Hotblooded - **Eyes:** Grey - **Items:** Baseball Bat - **Subject of:** Curse ## Shops - [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20220428051722/https://datenighto.com/game/hustle-cat) - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/453340/) - [Itch](https://datenighto.itch.io/hustle-cat) ## Releases ### English - **2016-02-29**: Hustle Cat - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20220428051722/https://datenighto.com/game/hustle-cat), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/453340/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/453340/info/), [Itch.io](https://datenighto.itch.io/hustle-cat) ### Russian - **2019-07-04**: Koshachij prijut - [Official website](https://anivisual.net/stuff/2-1-0-2006) ## Tags Magic, ADV, Romance, Kuudere Heroine, Adult Protagonist, Modern Day, Multiple Endings, No Sexual Content, Cats, Unlockable Routes, Witch Heroine, Cafe, Curse, Dark Skinned Heroine, Cook Heroine, Bad Ending(s), Proactive Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Heroine with Tights, Dark Skinned Protagonist, Hero with Glasses, Heroine with Gradient Colored Hair, Mage Hero, Tsundere Hero, Shapeshifting, Dark Skinned Hero, Unlockable Choices, Oyaji Hero, Protagonist's Boss as Hero, Baker Heroine, Hero with Heterochromia, Hero with Gothic Look, White Haired Protagonist, Writer Hero, Timid Hero, Impulsive Protagonist, Varied Title Screens, Gamer Heroine, Urban Fantasy, Protagonist with a Sprite, LGBTQ Issues, Both Male and Female Love Interests, May-December Romance, Tall Hero, Short Hero, Skin Color Selection, Shy Hero, Unlockable Event, Tall Heroine, Protagonist Gender Choice, Only Adult Heroines, Only Adult Heroes, No Quick Save/Load, No Auto Function, Witch Protagonist, Non-binary Protagonist Option, Protagonist's Pronoun Choice, Contemporary Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Witch Hero, Otome Game, Boy x Boy Romance, Female Protagonist, Girl x Girl Romance, Male Protagonist, Ethnically Diverse Cast ## More Games from Date Nighto - [Starfighter: Eclipse](https://pinovel.net/v17712) - [Beach Island](https://pinovel.net/v17910) - [WE KNOW THE DEVIL](https://pinovel.net/v18419) - [Hustle Cat](https://pinovel.net/v18728) --- *View the full details at [pinovel.net/v18728](https://pinovel.net/v18728).* ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoGame","@id":"https://pinovel.net/v18728#game","name":"Hustle Cat","description":"You finally got a job in the big city. 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