Google has released its 2024 Halloween Google Doodle game, featuring the return of a cute magical black cat who fights ghosts.

The game itself pops you into the shoes, or paws, of a little witch cat in a space helmet, who needs to ward off a number of creepy evils by drawing spell runes with their wand. This is done with your mouse, and let me tell you, it is all quite engrossing and more than a tad tense.

Google first released its classic Magic Cat Academy Doodle for Halloween 2016, and revisited the concept with part two for Halloween 2020. The mini-game is back now for a third installment, right in time for Halloween 2024, marking a four-year release pattern.

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Magic Cat Academy is back in Google's Halloween Doodle. The illustration shows a black cat, Momo, wearing an astronaut helmet, and staring angrily into eyes of the several ghosts. When users click the play button, a short animation shows Momo launching into space on a broom stick.

With Halloween just around the corner, Google is embracing the festival spirit and has launched an exciting, revamped Doodle game that brings interactive fun to its homepage. Google is known for its creative Doodles celebrating various holidays,