Stray is the cybercity cat adventure from BlueTwelve and Annapurna Interactive — you play as a lost stray cat navigating a walled city inhabited by strange droids, solving an ancient mystery to find a way home. It won awards, sold millions, and shipped on PC and every console — but it has never had an official mobile release. The Android build hosted on this page is a mobile port, fully offline.
Reviewed and updated November 2026. Download buttons are at the bottom of the page.
What Stray actually is
You’re a cat. Not a cat-shaped human — a cat. You jump on furniture, knock things off shelves, squeeze through gaps no human character could fit through, meow on command (there’s a dedicated meow button), and scratch rugs. The game is a third-person adventure through a layered city: neon slums at the bottom, industrial mid-levels, and a mysterious sealed zone above. Inhabitants are Companions — robots who outlived their human masters and built their own society — and the story unfolds through helping them.
The famous parts: the wall-slide opening through the storm drains, the first descent into the slums, the Zurks (tiny flesh-eating swarm creatures) sections, and the rooftops of Midtown. It’s calm exploration punctuated by stealth-and-run sequences, roughly 5 hours long.
The mobile port — honest expectations
Stray is a full 3D Unreal Engine game designed for consoles, so the port is one of the more demanding builds on this site:
- Recommended: a recent phone — Snapdragon 8-series or equivalent, 6 GB+ RAM for the default settings
- Older phones: use the Low preset in graphics settings; the neon city still reads beautifully even with reduced effects
- Controls: virtual joystick to move, swipe to look, tap for jump/interact — with context-sensitive jump prompts on climbable surfaces, same as the PC version
- Cat button: yes, the meow button made it to mobile
- Fully offline after installation
Tips for the port
- Let the first level load fully — the opening storm-drain section streams assets hard; don’t background the app during it.
- Adjust sensitivity early — the look-swipe default is conservative; most players raise it in settings.
- During Zurk chases, hold the run button — the game expects held-run, not tap-run.
- Headphones strongly recommended — the sound design carries half the atmosphere, and Bluetooth latency hurts the stealth sections.
How to install on Android
- Tap the Android button below — the 3D build is large, so give it time on slower connections.
- Allow unknown-app installs for your browser in Settings.
- Open the APK, tap Install.
- First launch unpacks shaders — keep the screen on until the title menu appears.
How to install on iOS
- Download from the iOS button, tap Allow.
- Trust the profile: Settings → General → VPN & Device Management.
- Install and launch.
Frequently asked questions
Is Stray officially on mobile?
No — BlueTwelve and Annapurna have not released a mobile version. This page hosts a mobile port built from the PC game.
Is this the full game?
Yes — the complete city, story, all districts, and the ending are included.
Will it run on my phone?
Smoothly on recent flagship or upper-mid-range phones; on older hardware use the Low graphics preset.
Does it need internet?
No — fully offline after installation.
