

- Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Fantasy
The Cat and the Coup is a documentary game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. As a player, you coax Mossadegh back through significant events of his life by knocking objects off of shelves, scattering his papers, jumping on his lap and scratching him.
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Contemplative, prestige, intimate and formally daring.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad
- Publisher
- Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad
- Released
- May 3, 2011
- Modes
- Single player
- Time to beat
- 20 min main story
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 3 ratings.
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