Let's Go Mightycat - Apple Arcade Review

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Genre: Puzzle

Modes: Single-player

Developer: PONOS

Publisher: PONOS Corporation

Release Date: August 7, 2025

Available On: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS

Reviewed On: iOS

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What happens when you take the gameplay loop of Angry Birds, put it into a 3D space, and combine it with the wacky aesthetic of Katamari Damacy? You get Let's Go Mightycat on Apple Arcade. Let's Go Mightycat is a spin-off of PONOS' popular Battle Cats series. I have never played any of the previous games, so I have little to no exposure to the series. Let's Go, Mightycat is a fun enough distraction to play on the go, but it is straightforward, and after pouring a few hours into it, I did get tired of it. The gameplay loop is fun, essentially 3D Angry Birds, with a lot of content to enjoy. I can see a casual gamer having a fun time with Let's Go Mightycat, even if the game didn't leave a big impression on me.

As an everyday white cat, you transform into a Mightycat, a superhero. Across different worlds and a myriad of levels, you take down large block structures and eliminate threats. Let's Go Mightycat is certainly an eccentric game, but it rolls with it. Not only is Mightycat an adorable hero, but the entire visual style of the game is striking. The colours are vibrant, and the 3D character models look great for an iOS game. The Super Cat God (yes, that is his name) gave me strong Katamari vibes with his resemblance to the King of All Cosmos. I liked the visuals of the game overall, and I love how it rolls with its ridiculous premise.

Let's Go Mightycat runs smoothly on my iPhone 12. It performed at a consistent 60 fps throughout my entire playthrough. Even when I could feel my phone getting hot after running the game for a while, it never dropped in frames. The performance is impressive. Understandably, Let's Go Mightycat on Apple Arcade is not the most graphically intense game I have on my iPhone; it's no Sonic Dream Team or Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve, but the performance is excellent. 

As I mentioned earlier, the gameplay is very simplistic. The game is essentially a tower defence game, like Battle Cats. Each level sees you trying to bring down a structure of blocks, all the while eliminating animal threats. You aim and position your shots using the iPhone touch screen, then fire Mightycat into the structure to take it down. Initially, the structures are very weak and can collapse within one or two hits. But the further you progress, structures start to use different materials, making the structures more likely to withstand Mightycat's attacks. In these cases, you can use one of Mightycat's special attacks. These special attacks range from Mightycat exploding into a structure to flying straight through one, bringing down any materials in its path. There's a good amount of variety in the special attacks, and they do a decent enough job at keeping the game feeling fresh for a period of time.

Unfortunately, Let's Go Mightycat on Apple Arcade falters in its bosses and repetition. The bosses themselves are not only uninteresting but also surprisingly easy to defeat. They are regular stages across different phases. You take down the first phase, move on to the next one, and continue until the fight is over. The bosses seem like regular stages, but they drag on for far too long and lack challenge. Across my playtime, I beat every boss in my first attempt, and it felt like there was no unique strategy or difference in how to take each of them down. 

In addition to the bosses, the game is highly repetitive. As a whole, the game is very easy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but once you discover a strategy that works for you, you can use that strategy in every single level, and you will rarely fail. In the latter stage of my playthrough, I felt like I was on autopilot, playing the game without needing to think. I knew exactly how to battle every stage, and the game rarely gave me a challenge to test everything that I had learnt. The lack of difficulty makes the game feel very repetitive. For an iOS game, you could argue that this makes the game more accessible for the casual gaming crowd. Still, I would say that other Apple Arcade games like Balatro and Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve are highly accessible and gradually build up the difficulty to bring more satisfaction to the player when they win.

LET'S GO MIGHTYCAT APPLE ARCADE REVIEW: VERDICT

Let's Go Mightycat on Apple Arcade gets a lot of things right. It gives players a 3D interpretation of the gameplay loop of Angry Birds. The visuals are nice, it has a great sense of humour, and it runs beautifully on my iPhone 12. However, the game has very lacklustre bosses and becomes repetitive due to the lack of difficulty. Although I wasn't too sold on Let's Go MightyCat for Apple Arcade, I can see the appeal of the game, but I will not be returning to it anytime soon.