[ Announcement ] The new brawl “Cat and mouse” is already available! 2026

The new brawl “Cat and mouse” is already available!

Hello, survivors!

It’s April 1st in the Wasteland, which means it’s time to play something funny! The new “Cat and mouse” brawl has all players hunting for a cake as little impulsive mice to become (albeit briefly) a predatory, invincible cat. Load your crossbows and let’s go!

Attention! The mode will be available from April 1 to April 8 inclusive!

“Cat and mouse” is a free for all brawl. The main goal is to destroy as many opponents as possible within the allotted time.
Players start the battle in identical small vehicles equipped with weapons.
Periodically, a cake appears at different points on the map. The player who manages to “eat” the cake temporarily turns into a giant armoured car that is almost invulnerable and can destroy an opponent with a single rocket.
The reward for battles of the mode is plastic.

Rewards for the special challenges:

New decor “Prize”;
“Concrete jungle” paint;
Stickers: “Serious Reggie” and “Jokester Ronnie”;
Containers: “Humanitarian aid” and “Military reserve”;
160 Engineer badges.

the prizes are kinda garbage ngl.
nothing interesting to me.

i thought that the pigeon brawl was the worst

nope, this one takes the cake

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One set is bad enough, but TWO sets of friggen stickers makes this a non-starter for me.

so i tried the brawl and it was… bad…
if you get hit by an enemy be absolutely sure they will wedge themselves under you and push you around till they kill you. its happened to me. the crossbow knocks you back ALOT and the little pea shooter is… kinda inaccurate. cars move to fast for it to be effective.
the whole cake and cat thing is so dumb. its basically a mario mushroom making you bigger and immortal for a bit. it also gives you what looks like a reaper on top… dont know, didnt stick around long enough.
but yeah… an event done badly. half my team mates didnt even score. no seriously, only 3 people, myself, and 2 other people, scored any kills. and i scored maybe like 200 points… after looking, yep, got 207 points. you get like 50 points per kill but good luck with that.

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well, i like it. It’s real fun :smile:
reminds me of Evolution, but this time real fun instead of frustration .

nah, this brawl is dumb

you run around aimlessly for a minute, your weapons are pretty weak for fighting
the cake spawns randomly (good luck if you were away from it)
when you start getting the cake you’ll be focused and killed instantly (because even though weapons are weak, people still can focus you and kill you quickly)
the “cat” phase works for a bit too much and for some reason “mice” don’t get instakilled when ramming into it, meaning as a “cat” you can just get stuck on a “mice”
THE FACT THAT THIS USUALLY GOES FOR 5 MINUTES.

even pigeon brawl is better, because while it was a slog to play too, it wasn’t going for 5 minutes

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also i have a feeling that the last brawls are designed by an actual child
like, someone who works at targem just invited their brainlet 10 year old kid that knows nothing about game design but spews ideas (which aren’t altered in any way to be actually fun and balanced)

ah i was wondering about that. so they dont get killed when the “cat” rams into them huh?
then… how the hell do they get killed? was there a reaper / miller on the top of the cat car?
it seems odd to give someone a mario mega mushroom with a super star for a bit only to have it not function the way you think it does… :thinking:

cat has a yokai

oh ok. i thought it was a reaper at first lol.
thanks for the info!

Hmmm, not really feeling this one. Maybe I had hoped that the builds themselves looked more cat and mouse like? But yeah the brawl kinda feels not fully thought out, most matches I tried the cat is at a big disadvantage, the mices can just bully it with spikes and driving underneath the cat build. The stealth does not really reload as fast as I’d hope, and the little machinegun eh…

It works, it’s not plain broken, but it’s not really fun or engaging. At least for me. I had hoped the gameplay was a bit more cat and mouse like? Like imagine for instance that the mouse builds just have the spikes, but also boosters. Stealth lasts a shorter while, but reloads quicker. Cat build is invulnerable to mouse builds so when the cat pops up, the mouses would need to run away or hide and screw each other over so the cat kills them.

Eh, don’t see myself playing this mode that much. At least they used a Yokai so props to that, haven’t seen that one used in a brawl in a while

At least it’s not as bad as the Evolution one was. That was a total chore and a drag. This one’s easier, but it woulda been nice if the mice looked like mice. They coulda modeled it after mine.

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bro looks like that robot hare character from soviet cartoon “nu pogodi”

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