diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index 75a0ce702..7f51fe0e8 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
 
         // The cat
         m_settings->registerSetting("TheCat", false);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("CatOpacity", 100);
 
         m_settings->registerSetting("StatusBarVisible", true);
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceView.cpp b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceView.cpp
index e665097f4..6f3812a62 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceView.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceView.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ void InstanceView::paintEvent([[maybe_unused]] QPaintEvent* event)
     QPainter painter(this->viewport());
 
     if (m_catVisible) {
+        painter.setOpacity(APPLICATION->settings()->get("CatOpacity").toFloat() / 100);
         int widWidth = this->viewport()->width();
         int widHeight = this->viewport()->height();
         if (m_catPixmap.width() < widWidth)
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ void InstanceView::paintEvent([[maybe_unused]] QPaintEvent* event)
         QRect rectOfPixmap = pixmap.rect();
         rectOfPixmap.moveBottomRight(this->viewport()->rect().bottomRight());
         painter.drawPixmap(rectOfPixmap.topLeft(), pixmap);
+        painter.setOpacity(1.0);
     }
 
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index d15883db5..78c44380a 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
             break;
     }
 
+    // Cat
+    s->set("CatOpacity", ui->catOpacitySpinBox->value());
+
     // Mods
     s->set("ModMetadataDisabled", ui->metadataDisableBtn->isChecked());
     s->set("ModDependenciesDisabled", ui->dependenciesDisableBtn->isChecked());
@@ -276,6 +279,9 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
         ui->sortByNameBtn->setChecked(true);
     }
 
+    // Cat
+    ui->catOpacitySpinBox->setValue(s->get("CatOpacity").toInt());
+
     // Mods
     ui->metadataDisableBtn->setChecked(s->get("ModMetadataDisabled").toBool());
     ui->metadataWarningLabel->setHidden(!ui->metadataDisableBtn->isChecked());
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index 83897f7a7..18b52e1b8 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-           <item>
+          <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="dependenciesDisableBtn">
             <property name="toolTip">
              <string>Disable the automatic detection, installation, and updating of mod dependencies.</string>
@@ -300,6 +300,54 @@
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="catBox">
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Cat</string>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_5">
+          <item row="0" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="catOpacityLabel">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Set the cat's opacity. 0% is fully transparent and 100% is fully opaque.</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Opacity</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="0" column="2">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="catOpacitySpinBox">
+            <property name="specialValueText">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="suffix">
+             <string>%</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximum">
+             <number>100</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="value">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="0" column="1">
+           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>40</width>
+              <height>20</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="toolsBox">
          <property name="sizePolicy">