Games, music, crafts, cooking & more in the new Gabby’s Dollhouse game for kids
Gabbys Dollhouse: Cat Games, eight rooms, daily mail
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Eight cat-themed rooms to explore and play in
- Meow Meow Mailbox with daily deliveries
- Kitty Cam for taking photos inside the dollhouse
- Gabby, Pandy Paws and the Gabby Cats to play with
- Unlimited Plan subscription unlocks Sago Mini, Toca Boca and Originator apps
What the Gabbys Dollhouse game is for
Gabbys Dollhouse: Cat Games is a pretend-play simulation game for young children, based on the DreamWorks show. The developer, Play Piknik, presents it as a dollhouse where the player moves around with Gabby and her cat friends. The listing describes it as covering games, music, crafts and cooking, all inside the one dollhouse.
The game is rated for ages 3 and up. Its main draw is that the house has eight separate rooms, each with things to do, so a child can keep switching between activities rather than playing one thing at a time.
Daily mail and the rooms of the dollhouse
The Meow Meow Mailbox delivers something new each day, so the game gives a reason to return. The listing does not say what the deliveries contain, only that they arrive daily.
The eight rooms are the main space for play. Each room is a separate area of the house, and the listing presents the rooms as the place where most of the games and surprises are found.
Taking photos with the Kitty Cam
The Kitty Cam lets the player take pictures of the scenes inside the dollhouse. It is the game's built-in camera, and the listing mentions it alongside the mailbox and the rooms as one of the things to do in the house.
The listing does not describe how the photos are stored or shared, so the game's capabilities beyond taking the pictures are not covered here.
Characters to play with in the dollhouse
The player plays with Gabby, Pandy Paws and the Gabby Cats, who are the characters from the DreamWorks show. These characters are the core of the game and the reason the dollhouse is set up the way it is.
The listing presents the characters as the people the player spends time with, so the game is built around playing alongside them rather than around a separate story or set of levels.
Piknik bundle and the Unlimited Plan subscription
Gabbys Dollhouse is part of Piknik, a bundle of apps from several children's publishers that the listing sells as one subscription. The developer says the Unlimited Plan unlocks fan-favorite titles from Sago Mini, Toca Boca and Originator.
Those other titles are not included in the free Gabbys Dollhouse game itself. Access to them depends on the Unlimited Plan subscription, which is a separate purchase from the game.
What's new
About this APK
The build we hold is Gabbys Dollhouse: Cat Games 4.1.1 (APKS split bundle) for Android 9.0 and up.
- Version
- 4.1.1
- 7190
- Requires Android
- 9.0+
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.spinmaster.gabbysdollhouse
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 15 declared · 3 sensitive
- Camera
- Modify files on your device
- Read files on your device
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 3058c98bd5bfea98ed886e081be57c8f058529186fe17e9451e0890e020cea23
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