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Minimum Studio, a South Korean indie developer, is redefining single-player console titles with its roguelike survivor-action game, Cat Girl Survivor. Though not a live-service title, the game delivers updates at a live-service pace—setting a new benchmark for single-player evolution.
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A Single-Player Game That Evolves Like a Multiplayer Title
While most console single-player games receive occasional patches, Cat Girl Survivor delivers meaningful content updates within just one week of player feedback.
The secret is self-publishing. By releasing directly on PlayStation, Minimum Studio bypasses the traditional publisher approval process that could cause delays.
Minimum Studio explains that the PlayStation build is currently one to three weeks ahead of the Steam build.
Player-Driven Development That Actually Works
Guided by its philosophy of “Discovering fun through user feedback,” Minimum Studio rapidly turns player suggestions into meaningful game updates. For example:
Blending “Vampire Survivor” Mechanics with Subculture Charm
Cat Girl Survivor mixed the survivor genre pioneered by Vampire Survivors—with anime-style characters and a rich world where demons rule. The result is an unusually deep experience for a pixel-art title.
Extreme Build Crafting
Players can combine hundreds of weapon parts, S-tier equipment, and relics to create unique builds. With over 40 legendary skills (and more being added), hundreds of combinations are possible. Inspired by the Fire Emblem series, the game features a random level-up system, ensuring every player’s stats evolve differently.
The Infinite Dungeon: Endless Competition
The game’s Infinite Dungeon mode has become a playground for theory-crafters worldwide. Players compete for survival records, with the current top record standing at a staggering 25 hours.
This endless loop has even spawned player-made strategy blogs documenting optimal builds and techniques.
Cat Girl Survivor mixes the survivor genre with anime-style characters and a rich lore, while offering hundreds of weapon parts combinations and over 40 legendary skills, with more to come (Image: Minimum Studio)
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of the Hajj.
Despite the sweltering heat, the pilgrims gathered on the rocky hill and surrounding plain for intense prayers and worship that often mark a spiritual peak for them. They fervently murmured prayers and poured their hearts out in supplications. Many raised their hands in worship. It is common for pilgrims on that day, some with tears streaming down their faces, to ask God for forgiveness, mercy, blessings and good health.
The Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is required once in a lifetime for every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to perform it.
For pilgrims, the Hajj, performed over several days, can be a deeply moving spiritual experience and a chance to seek God’s forgiveness and the erasure of past sins. As they brave the intense heat to perform religious rituals, many pilgrims have been using umbrellas for shade.
A Saudi official said on Friday that more than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in the country from abroad.
This year, Muslims have been pouring into Saudi Arabia for the Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related uncertainty in the region.
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats used to lay mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely." Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war.
For many, performing the Hajj can be a realization of a lifelong dream as they spend years hoping and praying to one day be able to undertake the pilgrimage or saving up money and waiting for a permit to embark on the trip.
“This happens once in a lifetime,” Mohammad Asal, an Egyptian pilgrim, said. “People here have prepared their prayers, hoping that God will respond to them, because we know that ... the most important ritual of the Hajj is being in Arafat.”
The Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, creating a sense of unity for many. It’s a mass, communal experience, with Muslims performing rituals together. But it is also deeply personal, as every pilgrim brings their own yearnings and experiences.
“It was incredible,” Ahmed Sufyan, a pilgrim from the United States, said on Tuesday. “The unity and peace that we feel is something I’ve never experienced before,” he added via WhatsApp.
“Our wishes are many,” Mohammad Obaid, a Sudanese pilgrim, said, adding he was praying for Sudan and Muslims everywhere.
Fam reported from Winter Park, Florida.
Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
A Muslim pilgrim pray atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims walk towards the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims are silhouetted as they pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims read a copy of Islam's holy book Quran atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
