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Local game series makes more than $5.2m

Cute, action role-playing game Cat Quest logs more than 1.3 million paid downloads

The Gentlebros co-founders (clockwise from far left) Desmond Wong, Leon Ho and Nursyazana Zainal released a free update called The Mew World for Cat Quest II (above) to celebrate the feline franchise's third birthday.
The Gentlebros co-founders Desmond Wong, Leon Ho and Nursyazana Zainal released a free update called The Mew World for Cat Quest II (above) to celebrate the feline franchise's third birthday. PHOTOS: THE GENTLEBROS
The Gentlebros co-founders (clockwise from far left) Desmond Wong, Leon Ho and Nursyazana Zainal released a free update called The Mew World for Cat Quest II (above) to celebrate the feline franchise's third birthday.
The Gentlebros co-founders (clockwise from far left) Desmond Wong, Leon Ho and Nursyazana Zainal released a free update called The Mew World for Cat Quest II to celebrate the feline franchise's third birthday. PHOTOS: THE GENTLEBROS
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As Singapore celebrated its 55th birthday the past weekend, local indie game developer The Gentlebros celebrated the third anniversary of its cutesy, action role-playing game series, Cat Quest, by releasing a glowing report card for it.

The five-year-old home-grown company - founded by three Singaporeans who are former staff of Japanese video game company Koei Tecmo - announced last Saturday that it has made more than $5.2 million in profits from over 1.3 million paid downloads of Cat Quest games.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 12, 2020, with the headline Local game series makes more than $5.2m. Subscribe