Stray Chapters & Summary

The Golden Joysticks 2022 Game of the Year is a third-person experiment in simplicity, suitable for gamers of all ages. While this title is geared toward a younger audience, those over the age of 12 can simply consider it cat ASMR.

Stray is a tale of an orange cat on a journey to find his friends.

Gameplay

What lands Stray its sweeping accolades and popularity is the game's appeal to gamers' curiosity.

The gameplay is reminiscent of Garfield: Tale of Two Kitties for Nintendo DS, now with updated artwork and more sophisticated feline interactions such as meowing, scratching, and drinking water. The lush haven quickly fades into dark urban corridors and abandoned apartments. Puzzles aren't nearly as challenging as what you might find in Tomb Raider.

Chapters

The average gamer can complete Stray in 3-5 hours.

There are 12 chapters in the story:

Inside The Wall:

Explore inside the wall and learn the mechanics of scratching, meowing, drinking, and interacting.

Dead City:

You are separated from your posse after falling into a chasm leading to a sparsely populated underground city. While the signs might seem foreign, they will help you along your journey. Climb the pipes to the fan and drop the metal bucket into the fan to disable it. Knock over the paint cans on the ledge and jump to the opposite roof. Knock a paint can into the glass and climb into the room. Escape the Zurks that chase you, and follow the signs on the TV monitors. Remove the battery to power down the fan.

The Flat:

Take shelter in an empty flat. Find a lab and download an AI into a small drone. B-12 promises to help you return to the surface and accompanies you further into the city.

The Slums:

While the city is completely devoid of human life, their robotic Companions remain. The Companions are self-aware and have built their own society in the city ruins, but are likewise trapped underground in perpetual fear of Zurks.

Rooftops:

Scramble across the city to reach the top of the tower and install the Transceiver.

The Slums (Part 2):

Find Momo and meet Seamus. To pass this chapter, you'll need to acquire a poncho that can be bought from the Grandmother. Follow Seamus out of the Slums.

Dead End:

Slide down the ravine. Follow the yellow cable into the building and locate Doc, who is trapped and trying to test a tool to eliminate Zurks. Find a replacement fuse for the generator, and use the Defluxor to eliminate the incoming Zurks. Reunite Doc with Seamus, then pass the musician to exit the slums and reach the next level.

The Sewers:

Ride with Momo on a raft through the sewers, avoiding and eliminating Zurks.

Antvillage:

Explore Antvillage to meet other robots and uncover new memories, then climb up to reach Midtown.

Midtown:

Locate Clementine. Disable three security cameras to earn a cassette tape, which can be used to distract the clothing store owner in order to steal a vest. Steal a construction had from the hat store and sneak away with Blazer.

Take the Atomic Battery.

Jail:

Break from your cage and locate the keys to release Clementine. Find B-12 and escape the jail.

Control Room:

Scratch the wires out of the three terminals and place B-12 on the workbench. Return to the Outside.

Characters

Your only companions are robots, most notably B-12, a lab assistant with corrupted memory. Unlock lore by interacting with robot citizens of all ages and lifestyles.

How to Play Stray:

Stray is available for Microsoft Windows PC and PlayStation, where it can be downloaded free with a Premium PSN subscription.