1 in a Meowlion

A cat life simulator built on real cat data

You are born as one cat — a street kitten, a pet in a well-off home, a temple or mosque cat — and live that life season by season until it ends. Where you are born and how you start follow real numbers: how many cats live in each country, how many are strays, how long they live.

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How one life goes

  1. Your birth is rolled from real data: the country, the home, the coat. Most of the world's cats are not pampered pets, so most lives do not start that way.
  2. Each season brings a few moments. You choose what your cat does, and the choices change its health, its friendships and how long it lives.
  3. Every life ends with one of 81 endings. When a life touched something hard, the game shows how to help real cats where you live.

The game in numbers

Be born in a country of your choice

Cat breeds

Cat facts

Questions people ask

Is 1 in a Meowlion free?
Yes. It runs in the browser on phones and computers, with no download and no account. An optional one-time Keepsake Collection unlocks extras like the life book; it never changes the game.
Are the cat numbers real?
Numbers marked 📎 come from a named source — surveys, governments, research papers. Numbers marked 🎲 are our own estimates where no good count exists. Every country page shows which is which.
Can I choose where my cat is born?
Yes: every country page has a button to be born there. Otherwise your birth is rolled the way a real one would be, so most lives start on the street.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. It was made for phones first and also plays on a computer. Your lives are saved in your browser.
Who made it?
Zilo Game, an indie studio. Text and pictures were made with AI help and checked against the sources shown on each page.

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