{"id":1170056,"date":"2026-02-12T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Jnsdjotpmduu3a6qt94SEo"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:57:07","slug":"one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the biggest games on Steam right now is Bongo Cat, a cat with a hat who smacks your Windows taskbar like a bongo drum when you type"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>PC Gamer editor Lauren Morton wrote in February that &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/desktop-pets-are-so-back-baby\/\">desktop pets are so back<\/a>,&#8221; and holy cow she was not wrong. One of the biggest games on Steam right now is a little doodad that puts a cute white kitty on your screen who baps an imaginary bongo drum every time you click or type.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3419430\/Bongo_Cat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bongo Cat<\/a>, as it&#8217;s called, is really just that simple. Add it to your Steam account\u2014it&#8217;s free\u2014install it, run it, and there he is, taking up a couple square inches of screen space. The Windows taskbar is Bongo Cat&#8217;s natural home, but you can move him wherever you like. After that, he&#8217;ll happily bap away as quickly as you type or click, while a counter underneath tracks your tally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:34.58%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kiAfJXKhsxX4TSortMdDuL\" name=\"bongo\" alt=\"Bongo Cat is playin the bongos\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"664\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Marcel Zurawka)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And, yeah, that&#8217;s it. Yet somehow, Bongo Cat hit a peak concurrent player count of more than 101,000 today, and is currently holding the number 12 spot on Steam&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/mostplayed\/\" target=\"_blank\">most played chart<\/a>, between Monster Hunter Wilds and Apex Legends.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1666px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:34.27%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"E6PcVsYH9C3Hg7Ug9LinuL\" name=\"bongo2\" alt=\"Bongo Cat is playin the bongos\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1666\" height=\"571\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Marcel Zurawka)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being free is no doubt part of that, as is the fact that once Bongo Cat is running, there&#8217;s really no reason to stop him. Bongo Cat also earns hats as he frantically smacks at the inside of my screen, and I have to admit my discovery of that fact led to an exciting shared moment with my coworkers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1024px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:49.12%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8y2VjY8GScC7zP6j8mXDtL\" name=\"bongo3\" alt=\"BONGO CAT HAS A RED GNOME HAT\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, <em>I<\/em> was excited. Them, maybe not so much.<\/p>\n<p>But I think Lauren really nailed the resurgent appeal of desktop pets in February, when she wrote that they&#8217;re &#8220;quintessentially PC&#8221; creations, especially now that ultrawide and multi-monitor setups are so common and we don&#8217;t have to worry about their potential impact on performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No matter what I&#8217;m doing at my desk\u2014shopping, gaming, working, socializing\u2014there&#8217;s always room in the corner for my frog friend to mow his lawn,&#8221; she wrote about Rokua&#8217;s Idle Island, the desktop pet that had half of PC Gamer in thrall earlier this year. &#8220;Last week, I watched a little critter take a dump on the article I was writing in Google Docs. This is a joy and a burden reserved for users of personal computers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same with Bongo Cat. I&#8217;ve now got him shuffled off into the corner so I don&#8217;t even see him most of the time, but every now and then I glance over and there he sits, paws up and a big <em>uwu <\/em>smile, ready to start bap-bap-bapping the moment I put fingers to keys.<\/p>\n<p>A little part of me wonders if maybe there&#8217;s a competitive element to it\u2014<em>I could be the first person at PC Gamer to hit that one million Bongo Beat achievement!<\/em>\u2014but mostly, it&#8217;s just cute, right? Cute, easy, and harmless\u2014really, is it any wonder people are after a little bit more of that in their lives?<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"82dfcbc5-dcca-4246-bfa5-e51732178de1\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best laptop games\" data-dimension48=\"Best laptop games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:146px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"o2twU6ehEfeJDWWUZMiEsB\" name=\"stardew square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-laptop-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"82dfcbc5-dcca-4246-bfa5-e51732178de1\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best laptop games\" data-dimension48=\"Best laptop games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best laptop games<\/strong><\/a>: Low-spec life<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steam-deck-best-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Steam Deck games<\/strong><\/a>: Handheld must-haves<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-browser-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best browser games<\/strong><\/a>: No install needed<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-indie-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best indie games<\/strong><\/a>: Independent excellence<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/one-of-the-biggest-games-on-steam-right-now-is-bongo-cat-a-cat-with-a-hat-who-smacks-your-windows-taskbar-like-a-bongo-drum-when-you-type\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC Gamer editor Lauren Morton wrote in February that &#8220;desktop pets are so back,&#8221; and holy cow she was not wrong. One of the biggest games on Steam right now is a little doodad that puts a cute white kitty on your screen who baps an imaginary bongo drum every time you click or type. Bongo Cat, as it&#8217;s called, is really just that simple. Add it to your Steam account\u2014it&#8217;s free\u2014install it, run it, and there he is, taking up a couple square inches of screen space. The Windows taskbar is Bongo Cat&#8217;s natural home, but you can move him wherever you like. After that, he&#8217;ll happily bap away as quickly as you type or click, while a counter underneath tracks your tally. 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