- Demo released for my new game Evenfall! - 13 March 2026
Hello! I have gone through a lot of life changes in the last four years, but I am finally hard at work on a new visual novel. Just like Purrgatory, there will be lots of exploration, loveable characters, and stupid puns. But this time with robots.Play the demo here on Steam...Or keep up with development at niv.gay/evenfallPeace,Niv
- Purrgatory in Norwegian (Bokmål) and Russian! - 28 February 2026
hello everyone, i'm happy to announce that purrgatory is now available in norwegian and russian, courtesy of translators kettu and marcel respectively! thank you so much to the two of you, and all of my fan translators, for volunteering their time to this project.kettu would like to say: norsk er ikke min morsmål, så jeg beklager feil med oversettelsen hvis det finnes noen :3- - -this marks purrgatory's tenth language, and most likely its last. this game has been published for almost five years now, and it's crazy to look back at all the support and fan translation work over the years. however, i am closing the fan translation discord server in order to focus on my new project, Evenfall. that means i won't be accepting any new translators, but if an existing team finishes their translation, i'll be glad to add it to the game.thank you all for your support! i'll see you in the next adven…
- New project from Niv! - 20 July 2025
I'm excited to announce a project I've been working on ever since I released Purrgatory! It's far from done, but I'm ready to take you all on this journey with me. My next game will be-- ... ⚠️ FAILURE DETECTED... https://niv.gay/announcement/
- Purrgatory est disponible en français ! - 30 April 2025
hi all, i'm very happy to announce that purrgatory is now available in french! this update was multiple years in the making and is the work of translator virtuoso léo l'hoost, with help from fellow translators krisfies and sunnykarrot (karolina urdenko). a million thanks to léo who has been very generous with his time and brought a keen eye to the game's dialog. see below for a message from him: - - - Salut tout le monde ! Purrgatory est enfin disponible en français. C'est l'occasion de découvrir (ou de redécouvrir) ses super persos, ses jolis poèmes, et ses jeux de mots à n'en plus finir ! Niv a été d'une grande aide tout au long de la traduction, non seulement pour répondre aux questions, mais aussi pour faire en sorte de réellement adapter le jeu aux particularités de la langue. Ça a été un plaisir de travailler avec lui. À bien des égards, cette traduction a été un véritable défi, m…
- Purrgatory in Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish! - 13 January 2025
hello everyone! this long-overdue update contains FOUR new translations for purrgatory: italian, polish, brazilian portuguese, and latin american spanish! these showcase the talent, hard work, and attention to detail of the four amazing volunteer teams listed below. their dedication in bringing purrgatory to a larger audience, for a completely FREE game, is truly remarkable. my love and appreciation fur-ever ) jednak wiemy, że nie jest idealnie. mamy nadzieję, że mimo tego gra po polsku będzie dla was super doświadczaniem!! miłej zabawy ദ്ദി（• ˕ •マ.ᐟ brumik i kttlvr - - - a message from xd1498, portuguese translator: a letra g em gman significa garry's mod the letter g in gman means garry's mod - - - a message from iván, spanish translator: ¡Hola a todo el mundo! mi nombre es iván, o también conocido como NivaldoLBS por ahí. Hace un tiempo atrás descubrí este juego en steam y me encantó…
- Help translate purrgatory! (NOW CLOSED) - 19 July 2023
New translators are no longer being accepted!After nearly five years of purrgatory, I am now closing the fan translation Discord server to focus on new projects. Thank you so much to everyone who worked on a translation or even just joined the server and hung out. Much love to all of you!- Niv........Here is the original post:A lot of people have expressed interest in making fan translations of purrgatory. I appreciate y'all for helping us reach a larger audience! I'm glad to work with any volunteers, regardless of language or amount of experience. However, translating purrgatory is a big effort, with over 70k words and lots of puns and poems to translate. If you want to contribute, I've put together this guide on how to get started :) How to get started First, tell me (Niv) that you're interested so I can send you the translation template. The best way to reach me is to join the purrga…
- 喵的炼狱 / purrgatory in chinese! - 20 May 2023
purrgatory is now available in simplified chinese! wooo!!!! there's been multiple requests for a chinese translation over the years, and it's finally a reality thanks to the hard work of syakudo. i'm so grateful that this game will be able to reach even more people than before. this update involved tons of dedication, humor, care, and even a little ancient poetry--i can't express what an impressive feat it is. so, i'll let syakudo tell you directly :) - Niv - - - 怎样最近？这里是喵的炼狱/Purrgatory的汉化者赤铜/Syakudo！这是咱第一个独立承担的完整游戏汉化工作，虽说经历了诸多困难与无穷无尽的猫猫双关（你有没有听见翻译者的悲鸣？），虽然有一些双关与对话不得不进行改写，但咱尽力地让那些地方面猫一新，在生花喵语下变得喵趣横生，也希望您在游玩时能够从一鳞半爪之处体验到令人拍掌称快的时刻！当然，有所欠缺打磨的地方，也欢迎您在讨论区提出相关的意见，以便后续修改！ 另外也要感谢制作者Niv在翻译期间对咱的大力支持，对游戏内各种梗与双关的详细解释，以及忍受咱的不间断叨扰（笑死），期待后续能继续与他一同工作！ - - - Whats up! Here I am Syakudo, the Chinese localizer of Purrgatory! This is the first full game that I have localized independently, and man there ar…
- ¡Purrgatory en español! - 4 July 2022
That's right! All seventy thousand words of Purrgatory are now available in European Spanish. You can switch the language on the main menu and in the options menu. This translation is the masterwork of Samo, also known as Samuel de la Torre Galán, who is an absolutely lovely, talented, and professional translator. It's hard to overstate how big of an undertaking this was--do you know how hard it is to translate cat puns?? If you enjoy Purrgatory in Spanish, please show your appreciation to @samutoga on Twitter! Also, Purrgatory now has autosave! I really should have implemented this a year ago. Now some words from Samo! What’s up, cats? I’m Samuel, aka Samo or Samutoga. Months ago, I started translating Purrgatory for my degree’s final dissertation on game localization (as you can guess, it was a translation and interpreting degree lol) and it was certainly a challenge. I found this gam…
- 2021-10-12 small bug fix - 13 October 2021
I THINK I figured out why people were getting softlocked on the tic-tac-toe minigame, and I THINK I fixed it. If that doesn't work, I ALSO added a "skip game" button as a workaround. If somehow the game is HORRIBLY BROKEN now please tell me. Unfortunately if you had a save file which was broken due to this softlock, it will still be broken ):
- 2021-9-10 bug fixes + quality of life changes - 12 September 2021
Hey everyone, I prepared an update to address most of the bugs and suggestions reported by players. Hopefully I didn't break anything in the process... Bug fixes Added another opportunity to ask Elijah about Numa's poem in the museum Prevented the screwdriver from being clickable, even though it was invisible, after the scene in the vent Prevented Elijah from chiming in during dialog when he's not supposed to be present Fixed missing text after "poor elijah's getting old..." Fixed Oliver still showing up in his study after he wakes up from his nap Lots of typos, as usual Known bugs Text was displaying improperly on the history page for some players. I MIGHT have fixed it, but some text might still be cut off. Saving and loading into the tic-tac-toe minigame can apparently softlock the game by not letting you draw anything. I was unable to reproduce or fix this bug, so... be warned! The…
