About Hot Barrel Cats

Hot Barrel Cats puts you in charge of a wall defense where overheating is just as dangerous as the enemy. Fungal invaders called Mildews shuffle toward your gate, and your only defense is a line of gun-toting cats perched on the ramparts. Each cat fires automatically, but every shot raises its temperature—let one overheat and it jams until you haul it down to cool off. The trick is juggling your roster: drag scorching cats back to safety, deploy fresh reinforcements, and merge two identical cats to create a stronger fighter that starts fully cooled. Sixteen levels crescendo into boss encounters that attack your heat meter instead of your health, forcing you to rethink the entire tempo of battle. Between missions you'll spend coins on café upgrades, chase daily rewards, and unlock higher cat tiers to face tougher Mildew variants. If you enjoy tower defense with a resource-juggling twist—and cats with hilariously oversized firearms—Poki Games has exactly what you need.

How to play Hot Barrel Cats

Mouse – drag cats to reposition or merge
Click a cat, then click a wall slot – deploy
Drag overheated cats down – cool off
Esc – pause
M – mute
Touch – drag with your finger or tap-then-tap to move