Is Stray still popular in 2026?

Stray is a single-playthrough adventure where the whole hook is that you are a cat, and chat will never let you forget it. The cyberpunk world is dense with atmosphere and the B-12 companion storyline gives the run genuine emotional weight, but the pacing is relaxed enough that viewers can follow along without missing anything critical. There are no build choices, no grinding, no multiplayer chaos. Just a cat solving a mystery in a neon city, and that simplicity is actually the thing that makes it work on stream.

Lean into the cat behavior. Every time the game lets you knock something off a ledge or be deliberately annoying, do it and let chat vote on what to mess with next. Those moments are low-stakes and highly reactive, which offsets the quieter atmospheric stretches. The lore around B-12 and the droids is genuinely interesting but easy to miss if you move fast, so pause and read it aloud. Chat tends to get invested in companion characters, and that investment pays off when the story lands its bigger beats later.