Fit check
Is Zebulon: A Lost Cat worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want a compact 2D platforming adventure
- Players who enjoy timed, limited-life, and no-death challenges
- Pico 8 enthusiasts interested in a cartridge and source files
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a large, story-focused adventure rather than a tiny platformer
- Players who prefer relaxed progression instead of timed runs and strict death limits
- Players looking for climbing-focused gameplay or a tower ascent
Our take on Zebulon: A Lost Cat
The Pico 8 format trades visual scale and audio complexity for a fixed 128x128 pixel-art presentation, a 16-color palette, and four-channel chiptune audio.
What is Zebulon: A Lost Cat?
Play as Zebulon, a lost cat exploring a strange world filled with traps, falls, collectibles, and hidden powers.
This tiny 2D platformer uses metroidvania mechanics, with observation and newly gained abilities opening routes to higher and deeper areas. Seven modes shape the game: Normal focuses on exploration and collectibles; Bonus requires finding every bonus; Explorer removes the map; Minit imposes a one-minute death timer; Half-Minit imposes a 30-second timer; 9 lives limits deaths; and Deathless allows none. The game uses Pico 8’s 16-color palette, 128x128 pixel art, and four-channel chiptune audio. Zepto 8 adds an optional wide mode and visual filters. A separate free DLC includes the Pico 8 cartridge and source files.
How Zebulon: A Lost Cat plays
- 01Seven challenge modes
- Modes cover exploration, complete bonus collection, mapless wandering, one-minute and 30-second death timers, nine lives, and no deaths.
- 02Ability-based exploration
- Finding powers lets Zebulon reach higher and deeper places.
- 03Optional display modes
- Zepto 8 adds a wider presentation and filters such as scanlines, CRT, and toon effects.
- 04Source code DLC
- A separate free add-on contains the Pico 8 cartridge and the files used to create the game.
Zebulon: A Lost Cat compared to similar games
Jusant is an action-puzzle climbing game about reaching the top of a tall tower, exploring paths, and managing a stamina meter. Zebulon instead centers on 2D platforming, metroidvania mechanics, powers, collectibles, and seven challenge modes.
Zebulon: A Lost Cat: platforms & release
Is Zebulon: A Lost Cat worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want a compact 2D platforming adventure. Skip it if: players seeking a large, story-focused adventure rather than a tiny platformer.
Where can I download Zebulon: A Lost Cat?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Zebulon: A Lost Cat's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Zebulon: A Lost Cat on?
Windows only.
