--- title: Video Compilation Shows Cats Playing Candy Crush description: A video compilation shows cats from all over the world trying to play Candy Crush, the most addictive of video games. They don't do so well. canonical: https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-13T17:27:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:38.976Z og:title: Watch Cats Attempt to Play Candy Crush og:description: The video game is catnip to humans, too og:url: https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Cats Attempt to Play Candy Crush twitter:description: The video game is catnip to humans, too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Cats Attempt to Play Candy Crush by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka May 13, 2014 5:27 PM UTC by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka May 13, 2014 5:27 PM UTC Cat videos and Candy Crush are two of the most addicting things in the world, so what happens when they come together? [This video](http://kotaku.com/cats-playing-candy-crush-saga-ladies-and-gentlemen-1574545125) compiles cats from all around the world trying their luck at the matching video game, and the results are hilarious. The cats swipe madly at the candies—which might be as good a strategy as any for the game’s higher levels. The video is destined to join the same pantheon of animals-playing-video-games videos that includes [skateboarding dog plays video game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdgO3cEYYTw) and this frog [trying to catch virtual ants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSJP8avHWI). At least you don’t need to spend extra money to keep playing with cats. Unless you’re in a [cat cafe](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/27/me-wow-london-is-getting-its-very-own-cat-cafe/), that is. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/"},"headline":"Watch Cats Attempt to Play Candy Crush","datePublished":"2014-05-13T17:27:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:38.976Z","description":"The video game is catnip to humans, too","url":"https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Video Games","viral","cats","iPhone","king"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kyle Chayka","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97676/watch-cats-attempt-to-play-candy-crush/","name":"Watch Cats Attempt to Play Candy Crush"}}]}] ```