{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3084cbf96b4798a6465aff9f","clusterId":"c_3f03c69ceb9a15a0ceb6e176","slug":"lilith-games-announces-free-to-play-city-life-sim-wonderpaws","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Lilith Games Announces Free-to-Play City Life Sim WonderPaws","summary":"Lilith Games announced WonderPaws on September 25, an urban life simulation developed by its subsidiary studio Cat Paw Latte. The free-to-play online multiplayer title is planned for PC via Steam, iOS, and Android, with release timing undecided. Pre-registration is open on the official website, and play tests are planned. Set in a metropolis built by animals, the game casts players as a human resident who shares a room with animal companions. Roommate candidates shown include a Golden Retriever that reports good news by wagging its tail, a black cat, and a frog that relaxes on the sofa after work. In the city, players can form an idol group, serve as honorary mayor, or work as an interior designer. A mysterious drink lets the player transform into a small animal with ears and a tail, changing how the city can be experienced.","whyItMatters":"Cat Paw Latte is credited as the developer behind the title, giving parent studio Lilith Games, known for Rise of Kingdoms and the AFK series, a life-sim project outside its strategy and idle portfolio.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCat Paw Latte is listed as the developer, with Lilith Games publishing under a name familiar from \u003cem\u003eRise of Kingdoms\u003c/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eAFK\u003c/em\u003e series.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city runs on animal-scale design: giraffes drive large cars to shopping malls, hamsters commute through dedicated transparent tubes, billboards advertise rabbit hair-growth tonic, and a fox idol group plays at night. Interior work includes high-ceilinged living rooms tall enough for a giraffe to stand without bending its neck, and the honorary mayor listens to residents including polar bears and hamsters. One roommate candidate is a black cat that says \u0026#34;It\u0026#39;s not like I was waiting for you\u0026#34; while leaving the light on.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Automaton, animal form opens activities like fluffing up fur at a large brushing machine on the street corner, jumping into a sandbox to roll around, and watching the night parade from a different vantage point. Players can also wait for food at a human friend\u0026#39;s house or be petted.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"WonderPaws ships as a sim where you live among animals and, via a mysterious drink, become one. Lilith Games is building two audiences around one world: pet owners and players who want the animal's point of view.","twitterPost":"WonderPaws gives players two views of one city: human roommate and, via a mysterious drink, small animal. Lilith Games is selling the same world to two playstyles.","threadsPost":"WonderPaws casts you as a human sharing a room with animal companions, then hands you a mysterious drink that turns you into a small animal. Lilith Games is building the same city for two kinds of players: the ones who want to keep pets and the ones who want to be one.","newsletterBlurb":"Lilith Games has announced WonderPaws, a free-to-play city life sim from its subsidiary Cat Paw Latte. Players live as a human among animal residents, take on jobs like idol or honorary mayor, and can drink a potion to become an animal. Platforms are PC via Steam, iOS, and Android, with release timing undecided.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260925-469782/\",\"title\":\"Free-to-Play Animal Metropolis Life Sim \\\"WonderPaws\\\" Officially Announced - Live Together With Animals and Even Become One Yourself in This Fluffy Urban Life\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/25/172749.html\",\"title\":\"WonderPaws Announced: A Big-City Life Sim Where Humans and Animals Both Thrive - Become an Idol or Mayor, or Transform into a Tiny Animal and Be Cared For\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10013,"outputTokens":1125,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791064769,"createdAt":"2026-10-03T21:57:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T21:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T21:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3f03c69ceb9a15a0ceb6e176","canonicalTitle":"基本プレイ無料どうぶつ大都市ライフシム『WonderPaws』正式発表。動物たちと一緒に暮らし、自分も動物になれちゃうモフモフ都市生活","representativeArticleId":"a_6cbba4b8e4b7ffa81982496b","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"WonderPaws\"],\"studios\":[\"Lilith Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-25T02:26:19.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-25T04:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T21:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260925-469782/","title":"基本プレイ無料どうぶつ大都市ライフシム『WonderPaws』正式発表。動物たちと一緒に暮らし、自分も動物になれちゃうモフモフ都市生活"},{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/25/172749.html","title":"人間も動物たちもハッピーな世界が魅力の大都市ライフシム『WonderPaws』発表！アイドルになってもいいし市長でもいい、小さな動物に変身してお世話してもらうことも"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["WonderPaws"],"studios":["Lilith Games"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Lilith Games announced the urban life simulation game WonderPaws on September 25.","WonderPaws is developed by Lilith Games subsidiary Cat Paw Latte.","WonderPaws is planned for release on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android as a free-to-play title.","Release timing for WonderPaws is undecided, and pre-registration is open on the official website.","In WonderPaws, players can drink a mysterious potion to transform into a small animal with ears and a tail."]}