Stray pounces onto PS5, PS4, and PC in July

Stray, the game where you play as a cat, now has a July release date.

Ever since Stray was announced back in 2020, we here at GamesRadar have been entranced by the platformer like a cat with literally any fragile object near a ledge. Now, we know we'll get to step into the little orange tabby's paws on July 19, 2022 on PS4, PS5, and PC.

During today's PlayStation State of Play event, we saw a brand new trailer for Stray that might be its most impressive yet. The game's grimy, post-apocalyptic world looks incredibly detailed, with a city that looks as alive and explorable as perilous for our feline protagonist. Some of the environments in the trailer we've seen before, like the dimly lit alleyways of the city now overrun by AI - some hostile and others seemingly friendly - but there are also some new areas, including one with creepy, organic, alien-looking growths on the walls. 

Stray

Shots like this one add a decidedly sci-fi horror element to the game we haven't seen before (Image credit: Annapurna Interactive)

Stray's dense urban sprawl looks like a mighty dangerous place, but luckily we'll have the capable paws of a scrappy cat to leap up to air vents, across rooftops, and onto and over pipelines to get away from any danger.

"Obviously this place is supposed to be at least unwelcoming," producer Swann Martin-Raget told Edge a few months back. "This is why we also developed an alphabet for the whole language for the game – to have players really feel that they don't understand this place and they don't get all the codes of this environment."

For everything going on this Summer, check out our extensive guide to the new E3 2022 schedule.

Jordan Gerblick

After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer, I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

Read more
Stray
10 Games like Stray to adventure through when you're done with the cybercity
Marvel's Wolverine
PlayStation State of Play predictions: leaks, rumors, and what we hope to see…
Finding Frankie appearing at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2025
Run, jump, swing, and slide for your life as you try to survive twisted parkour game show Finding Frankie
Date Everything
Upcoming indie games for 2025 and beyond
Tales of the Shire: a screenshot of the upcoming Lord of the Rings game's artwork.
Tales of the Shire: Everything we know about the upcoming Lord of the Rings game
Mio and Zoe holding a dragon during the trailer for Split Fiction.
Split Fiction: Everything we know so far
Latest in RPG
Fighting a dragon with a sword and shield in Skyrim
Former Skyrim dev says "a lot of the great stuff" in the RPG came from the devs having "quite a bit of freedom" to create what they wanted, even if it wasn't "on schedule"
Yasuke standing in front of a Kofun tomb in Assassin's Creed Shadows
It took me over 20 hours to unlock Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows, and a Kofun turned out to be the perfect training ground
Pillars of Eternity
10 years later, in a post-Baldur's Gate 3 and Avowed world, Obsidian is giving its own throwback CRPG Pillars of Eternity a turn-based combat mode
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Reclaiming their crown, pacifist Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 player beats the whole RPG as "Merciful Henry": 1,741 strikes blocked, 472 knockouts, and zero kills
Top-down screenshot of Monsterpatch, showing a grid-based town with Pokemon-like creatures, GBC graphics and vegetations sprinkled about.
This cozy RPG promises a Pokemon and Stardew Valley mashup with "limitless customization," 208 monsters, and more, so no wonder its Kickstarter was funded in just 16 minutes
Dragon Age: The Veilguard art showing the RPG's companions grouped together
Dragon Age: The Veilguard director is leading an unannounced game for Wizards of the Coast, which recently hinted at more Baldur's Gate
Latest in News
Nintendo Switch 2 controller slot
Best Buy just confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order date, and there's only days left to wait
AriZona 99 the game with contents
You know AriZona drinks? Yeah, there's a board game for that now... in a can
WandaVision episode 8
Robert Downey Jr's WandaVision Easter egg in the Avengers: Doomsday announcement has me thinking Scarlet Witch will be in the movie after all
Mario & Luigi: Brothership trailer still
"They are really feelin' the pressure": Former Nintendo staff think today's Direct, just 6 days before the Switch 2 Direct is a "bad idea strategically"
channing tatum gambit in deadpool and wolverine
Marvel fans are hoping Channing Tatum's Gambit return in Avengers: Doomsday will be different from Deadpool and Wolverine
Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive uses magic in closeup screenshot
Despite fans begging for Tifa, Final Fantasy 16's Clive is "significantly more popular" than any other Tekken guest fighter