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WonderPaws Revealed: A Cozy, Animal-Built Paw City Life Sim

A cozy multiplayer life sim where you live in an animal-built city, take odd jobs, and can even become a Paw Pal yourself.

A cozy multiplayer life sim where you live in an animal-built city, take odd jobs, and can even become a Paw Pal yourself.

WonderPaws is a cozy multiplayer life sim set in Paw City, a bright metropolis where anthropomorphic animals, called Paw Pals, run shops, chase stardom, and build careers. You arrive as a human newcomer and shape your own routine: decorate a downtown apartment, take on jobs around town, join social events, and, if you like, drink a potion to become a pampered animal yourself.

Quick answer: WonderPaws has no release date yet, but you can wishlist it on Steam and complete pre-registration on the official site to be notified when it launches.


Paw City: an animal-built metropolis

Paw City serves as the game’s open urban setting, with neon signs, soaring skyscrapers, and billboards that change their ads. Animal residents keep the streets lively as they handle daily routines, including a scooter rider along the coastal road and shoppers moving past places such as the Bops iced lemonade stand and the Paw & Glee cafe. On the main stage, idol group Paw-Paw Chorus performs while the crowd’s cheers rise to your balcony.

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A bright indoor venue inside Paw City, centered on a sun-faced statue. Shown at 00:12 in ScaryPlay’s video. Image: Cat Paw Latte

The city grows and changes as you build your life in it. Festivals, concerts, and celebrations happen throughout, and the reveal closes on the full cast dancing together as fireworks burst over the skyline.

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The cast dances beneath the WonderPaws logo while fireworks burst over the skyline. Shown at 02:04 in IGN’s video. Image: Cat Paw Latte

What you can do in WonderPaws

Everyday life in Paw City runs on small jobs and hobbies. Each one plays as a short activity with its own interface, from mixing drinks to reeling in a catch on the pier.

ActivityWhat you do
Drink craftingAssemble boba and smoothie cups with ice, syrups, and toppings for customers
DeliveryRide a scooter, following a street distance marker, to hand off packaged orders
GardeningPlant seeds and harvest crops from rooftop planter beds
CookingPick ingredients from a recipe menu and prepare dishes on the stove
FishingFish from the wooden seaside pier
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The cooking menu shows recipes and ingredients as you prepare a dish on the stove. Shown at 01:16 in GameTrailers’s video. Image: Cat Paw Latte

Your apartment is fully customizable through a grid-based interior design mode. You can place ceiling fixtures, wall decor, furniture, and plumbing, then invite friends over. Photo mode lets characters strike poses at the boardwalk or on lit night streets.


Multiplayer and social events

WonderPaws is a multiplayer game, and much of it centers on doing things together. The reveal highlights a range of group activities:

  • Synchronized dance emotes at home and on stage
  • Rooftop conga lines and group dances
  • A timed competitive burger-eating minigame with score counters
  • Band and idol stage performances under “Let’s Dance” signage
  • Birthday parties with cake and party poppers
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The burger-eating minigame pits four contestants against a timer with live score counters. Shown at 01:31 in IGN’s video. Image: Cat Paw Latte

Competitive and cooperative moments run side by side, from face-offs in colorful indoor arenas to teaming up to tug a stubborn plant out of a rooftop planter.

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Two characters square off inside a bright indoor arena. Shown at 00:23 in ScaryPlay’s video. Image: Cat Paw Latte

Animal roommates and choosing your path

You share your home with animal roommates who are not pets. They hold jobs, have their own personalities and plans, and want you involved in their lives. You might plan out the apartment together, coordinate outfits before an event, or find them turning the bathroom into a party.

Paw City also lets you pursue longer goals. You can grab friends and audition for a pop group at the main stage, head to Town Hall to act on what local residents want changed, or take up design work and build lofts tall enough for giraffe neighbors. There is no single required career path.


Turning into a Paw Pal

You can play as either a human anime avatar or an anthropomorphic animal. A magic potion gives you ears and a tail, after which you can stay with a human friend and receive treats such as snacks, head scratches, and the couch’s sunniest spot. In animal form, you can also operate the town’s street-side brush machines and roll through a giant sandbox.

Your protagonist is customizable, with clothing, hairstyles, accessories, and both human and animal forms changing across play. The world is shared with a wide mix of NPC and player-controlled characters.


Platforms, languages, and developer

DetailInfo
DeveloperCat Paw Latte
PublisherFarlight Games
Release dateTo be announced
PlatformWindows 10 (64-bit)
ModesMultiplayer, Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (interface, full audio, subtitles)

The game is tagged as a Simulation, Life Sim, Casual, and RPG title, with a cozy, cartoony, open-world feel. Its reveal footage carries a work-in-progress disclaimer, so visuals may change before launch.


How to wishlist and pre-register WonderPaws

Open the WonderPaws Steam page. This is where you can follow the game and get a launch notification.
Select Add to your wishlist. Steam will notify you when the game becomes available, since there is no confirmed release date yet.
Complete pre-registration, which is open, on the official site at wonderpawsgame.com.

You will know it worked when the title appears in your Steam wishlist and, for pre-registration, when the site confirms your sign-up. Until an official launch date is announced, that notification is the fastest way to hear when you can start playing.