Garfield – Escape from Monday: Worlds, Costumes, and How It Plays

OSome Studio created Garfield – Escape from Monday, with Microids serving as its publisher. This single-player 3D platformer sends the world’s laziest cat into a food-themed dream after he eats a lasagna secretly stuffed with vegetables. Across three worlds, players face hostile foods, search for hidden lasagna, and use abilities tied to costumes.

Quick answer: It launched on September 24, 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, with over 40 levels spread across three worlds and four boss fights.

Platforms, price, and release

The game is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, as well as Windows and Xbox Series X/S. PC sales are handled through Steam and Epic Games. It is single-player, with 30 Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud saves, and Family Sharing.

The Steam list price is $24.99. An introductory discount of 10% brings it to $22.49, and that offer runs through October 1. Two bundles are also available, one pairing it with Garfield Kart – Furious Racing and another with Kalanoro.

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English, French, German, and Spanish include full audio; the game supports 11 languages in total, with subtitles for the rest. Voice work features David Coburn as both Garfield and Jon Arbuckle, and David Gasman as Chef Monday, while Odie’s voice uses recorded dog sounds.

The nightmare setup

The story begins on an ordinary Monday night. Jon is watching a cooking program hosted by Chef Monday, and when Garfield hears about lasagna, he heads straight to the kitchen and devours a slice. Only afterward does he realize it was packed with vegetables, following Chef Monday’s recipe.

Garfield collapses into a food coma and wakes inside a dreamland where his food fantasies have twisted into obstacle courses and vegetable henchmen. To wake up and get his taste buds working again, he has to fight his way through the Dreamland, chase down real lasagna, and confront Chef Monday.

Chef Monday introduces Garfield's nightmare as junk food turns into giant falling vegetables — Chef Monday sets up the dream where Garfield’s snacks become menacing vegetables. Image: Microids

Core moves and combat

A board-game-style overworld is where players choose levels. Most stages use full 3D, while some shift to side-scrolling 2D; optional challenge stages sit alongside the main route.

Garfield’s standard platforming abilities include jumping, wall climbing, curling into a ball, swimming, and ground pounding. Many foes are food-themed threats—including corn cobs and chili peppers—and a lone hit defeats most of them.

Garfield striking a purple enemy next to a wooden crate in a desert arena — Most enemies, like this desert foe, fall in a single hit. Image: Microids

Checkpoints appear frequently, so a mistimed jump or a hit from an enemy costs very little progress.

Garfield’s three costumes

Each world hands Garfield a costume that grants a temporary ability, and those abilities shape how you cross gaps, water, and rails in that area.

Costume	Ability
Turkey	Brief flight to stay airborne
Surfer	Ride over water and grind on rails
Cowboy	Swing across gaps with a lasso

Costumed Garfield jumping across a carnival obstacle course with striped bumpers and rotating barriers — A costume run through an obstacle course filled with bumpers and rotating barriers. Image: Microids

Worlds and bosses

The dream is split into three themed worlds, each ending in a boss fight against a familiar face from the strip. Chef Monday waits as the final boss.

World	Boss
Vegetable Nightmare	Squeak
Sweet Kingdom	Nermal
Barbecue Desert	Odie
Monday’s Den (finale)	Chef Monday

Odie, Nermal, and Squeak start as bosses in their worlds and later turn into allies in Monday’s Den. Jon Arbuckle, Liz Wilson, and Arlene support Garfield throughout the quest.

Garfield attacking an orange-haired opponent on a sandy level next to wooden platforms and barrels — A sandy Barbecue Desert clash beside wooden platforms and barrels. Image: Microids

The climb toward the ending ramps up the spectacle, including a giant burger-lasagna creature and high-speed chase sections through towering food.

A giant burger-lasagna creature emerging as Garfield is knocked out on a bridge — A giant burger-lasagna creature marks one of the late-game boss moments. Image: Microids

Lasagna collectibles and Jon’s apartment

Every level hides slices of lasagna. Collecting them unlocks furniture for Jon Arbuckle’s apartment, so the more you gather, the more items you can use to refurnish his home. Additional collectibles feed into that same reward loop of decorating the house with surprising pieces.

Garfield aiming at a flower-like object on a raised platform while crossing floating ledges — Reaching a raised platform across floating ledges to grab a hidden pickup. Image: Microids

PC system requirements

Component	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10 or later	Windows 10 or later
Processor	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i7-8700K
Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM
Graphics	Nvidia GTX 1060	Nvidia GTX 1070
DirectX	Version 11	Version 11

Critical reception

Reviews landed in mixed or average territory on Metacritic, and OpenCritic recorded 45% of critics recommending it. Opinions split sharply on the platforming. IGN’s Sarah Thwaites was critical, comparing the movement to “wading through honey,” while TheGamer’s George Foster praised the mechanics and called it one of the year’s biggest surprises.

Polygon’s Giovanni Colantonio framed his verdict as a talk with his younger self, describing the game as a derivative and easy platformer that he still would have loved as a child. Taken together, it reads as an approachable, family-friendly platformer aimed squarely at Garfield fans and younger players rather than genre veterans.