Momo chases her rival ghost up through the layers of the sky
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TubeGames verdict
Momo's third run climbs the sky and plays it safe; good if you want more of the same, and only that.
Reviewed by Max, TubeGames · Sep 18, 2026 · How we rate
Magic Cat Academy 3 takes Momo the cat above the clouds, chasing Marshmallow the ghost up through the layers of the atmosphere. The casting is unchanged: a ghost shows a symbol, you draw it, the ghost pops. My first feeling was 'oh, this again', and I mean that both ways.
What keeps you climbing is the scenery. Each layer of sky swaps the backdrop and the mix of ghosts, and the sense of altitude is nicely done; the run goes somewhere rather than looping. The rhythm is the same as the earlier games, so if the symbols are already in your hand you'll clear the early layers without a miss, then hit a wall of overlapping ghosts near the top that took me three attempts.
The complaints are why this scores below the second game. It's the third go at one idea, and there's nothing new in the mechanic itself, only in the wallpaper. The run is short, and once Marshmallow is dealt with there's no reason to come back. On a phone, ghosts near the top of the screen sit right where my hand goes to draw.
Play it if you finished the first two and want the last chapter. Skip it if you haven't played the others; start with the second, which is the better game.
Good
- Same clean draw-to-cast feel
- Climbing through sky layers gives the run a shape
- Short enough for a coffee break
Not so good
- Third time with the same trick, nothing new mechanically
- Over quickly with no replay hook
- Top-of-screen ghosts sit right under your drawing hand
About Magic Cat Academy 3
Momo the cat is embarking on an out of this world adventure, battling her arch nemesis, Marshmallow the ghost, across the layers of the atmosphere!
Magic Cat Academy 3 was published on YouTube Playables on 2024-12-03 by Google Doodles. In 676 days it has reached about 989K plays.
Magic Cat Academy 3 sends Momo above the clouds, climbing through the layers of the atmosphere after Marshmallow, the ghost she keeps running into. Casting works as before: draw the symbol a ghost shows and it takes the hit.
Each layer changes the setting as you climb, so the run keeps moving rather than settling into one backdrop. It is short enough to finish in one sitting and plays free inside YouTube with nothing to install.
How to play: Swipe to draw each ghost's symbol before it reaches Momo.
Good for: quick sessions, Doodle game fans
How to play Magic Cat Academy 3
- Phone / tablet
- Swipe to draw the symbol each ghost carries before it reaches Momo.
- Desktop
- Hold the left mouse button and draw the symbol; release to cast.
- Levels
- One climb through the layers of the atmosphere, ending with Marshmallow the ghost.
Ghosts move at set speeds, so the order you clear them in matters more than how fast you draw.
Tips for catching Marshmallow
- Clear the closest ghost, always. The symbol's difficulty doesn't matter; distance to Momo does.
- Draw low on the screen. Ghosts come from above, so keep your strokes in the bottom half where your hand isn't hiding anything.
- Keep strokes small and complete. The game reads the shape, not the size. A tidy small symbol beats a big fast scribble.
- Learn the shapes on the easy layers. The early sky is a warm-up. Use it to get the symbols into your hand before the crowds arrive.
- Play the second game first. It's on YouTube Playables too, it's the better run, and the third assumes you already know the drill.
Magic Cat Academy 3 release date, and where it went
This was the Halloween 2024 Doodle, and it landed on YouTube Playables on December 3, 2024, which is where you're playing it now. That timing is the whole reason people search for it: Doodle games vanish from the search homepage after a day, and a month later nobody remembers where they went. Here it's the full game, in a player that works on a phone, with nothing to install.
How it compares to Magic Cat Academy 2
Same mechanic, different direction. The second game goes down through the water; this one goes up through the sky. The second one felt to me like it had more going on in each stretch, new helpers and more varied ghoul waves, while the third leans on the backdrop changing and keeps the ghost patterns simpler until the very end.
If you're picking one, pick the second. If you've done the second and want to see how Momo's story with Marshmallow ends, this is the closing chapter, and it's short enough that the mild sameness doesn't get a chance to grate.
How plays are counted
Public play counts for Magic Cat Academy 3 are re-counted every day from the YouTube Playables catalog and shown the way YouTube shows them. The total and rankings above are as of 2026-10-10.
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How we rate
The TubeGames rating is our estimate, not a vote. It combines how it holds up on YouTube Playables: how many people play it and whether they keep playing weeks after launch. Once 10 players rate Magic Cat Academy 3 here, their average becomes the headline score.
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