About Hot Barrel Cats

Hot Barrel Cats is a tower defense game where you manage a team of gun-toting cats defending a wall against waves of fungal enemies called the Mildews. Each cat fires automatically but generates heat with every shot, and when it overheats it stops shooting until you drag it off the wall to cool down. You must constantly swap overheated cats with fresh reinforcements from your spawn zone below. Drag two identical cats together to merge them into a single upgraded unit that starts completely cool, letting you turn a crisis into an advantage. Work through sixteen levels at PokiGame Arcade, each offering up to three stars based on your performance. Boss encounters replace the usual health bar with heat attacks that force you to manage your cooling cycles even more carefully, while coins earned in battle unlock permanent perks in the café between missions.

How to play Hot Barrel Cats

Mouse – drag cats to the wall or back down to cool
Click a cat, then click a destination – move
Drop one cat onto an identical cat – merge into stronger tier
Esc – pause
M – mute
Touch – drag or tap-then-tap to move cats