Garfield – Escape From Monday gameplay trailer reveals the Curse of the Spinach Lasagna

OSome Studio and Microids dropped a new gameplay trailer for Garfield – Escape From Monday on June 19 — Garfield's birthday — and confirmed the game is still hitting its previously announced September 24 release date on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

The trailer lays out the setup: Jon fed Garfield spinach lasagna based on Chef Monday's recipe, and now the big orange cat is stuck in a vegetable-filled nightmare. Jon, Odie, Arlene, and Pookie are on hand to help, but Nermal, Squeak, and a roster of other enemies are out to cause trouble. Garfield has three special costumes to work with — the Turkey outfit lets him go airborne, the Surfer outfit lets him glide on water, and the Cowboy outfit comes with a lasso for swinging around. The game spans three worlds and over 40 levels, and the developers say it pays homage to Garfield creator Jim Davis, whose artwork appears in picture frames visible in the trailer itself.

September 24 is shaping up to be one of the most crowded single days of the fall release season. Control: Resonant and Silent Hill: Downfall both land on the same date, with Onimusha: Way of the Sword following the next day. Publishers are piling into September to avoid Grand Theft Auto 6's November window, and the congestion is only getting worse. Some games, like Valor Mortis, have already retreated to October — but Microids isn't budging.

Polygon points out that a crowded date matters less when the games serve completely different audiences, and a 3D Garfield platformer and a Silent Hill horror game aren't exactly fighting over the same players. Releasing the trailer on Garfield's actual birthday was a nice touch, and the message is clear: this cat is not moving.