Stray Steam Altergift

A cat's eye view of a forgotten city

Stray drops you into the paws of a stray cat, separated from its family and thrown into a decaying cybercity full of neon alleys and murkier corners below. The game is played entirely from the cat's perspective, so climbing, prowling and knocking things off shelves are as much a part of getting around as solving the mystery of how to escape.

Along the way the cat teams up with B12, a small flying drone, and together they pick through a world of curious droids and stranger threats. BlueTwelve Studio, the small French team behind it, built the whole adventure around that unusual, low-to-the-ground view of a city that clearly was not built with cats in mind.

What this listing actually is

This is the Standard edition of Stray for Steam, supplied as a Steam Altergift rather than a straightforward key. In practice it works as a gifted copy of the game: once it lands in your Steam library through the gift flow, it plays exactly like any other Steam copy, on Windows.

There is no separate account to log into and nothing beyond the standard Steam client is needed to play, so it suits anyone who already has a Steam account they want the game added to.

Region and language coverage

This listing activates worldwide, as it is Global region stock, so it is not tied to any particular country's Steam store. If you specifically need a copy tied to the Europe region instead, the Europe region copy of the same edition is also available.

Stray supports a wide spread of languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Chinese, Turkish and Dutch, so most players will find it playable in their own language rather than relying on English alone.

Where it sits on the shelf

Stray is filed under Adventure and Indie, and fans of either genre browsing other adventure games or indie games will find it keeps good company. It was published by Annapurna Interactive and originally released on 19 July 2022, so it has had plenty of time to settle in as a well-known entry in the small-scale, story-led adventure space.