In the Roblox horror experience 7 Days Cat-Sitting (also referred to as 7 Days Cat Sitting) by HELP ME PLEASE studios, surviving the full week requires balancing daily pet care with supernatural threats. Among the game's 24 official badges is Screen Time, a unique failure ending tied directly to the living room television.
To unlock the Screen Time badge, you must leave the television switched on when you go to bed. While the television serves as a necessary defense tool against certain external monsters, failing to switch it off before sleeping ends your run and awards this badge.
How to Trigger the Screen Time Ending
Unlocking the badge requires completing your normal daily survival tasks up until bedtime, then intentionally leaving the television running. Testing this badge cleanly ensures you do not accidentally fail a different chore.
- Complete all mandatory daily chores:
- Retrieve cat food from the kitchen cupboard and fill Whiskers' bowl.
- Enter the laundry room and complete the litterbox scoop minigame.
- Pick up the laser pointer in the living room and play with Whiskers until the blue progress bar fills up completely without spinning in circles.
- Retrieve the daily mail from the outdoor mailbox and lock the front door behind you.
- Grab the frozen dinner from the refrigerator, close the fridge door, microwave the meal, and eat it.
- Resolve any active house anomalies: Check windows, toilet bowls, and the hallway to confirm no hostile entities are currently active inside.
- Turn on the television: Walk up to the living room TV and interact with it so the static screen is visibly running.
- Interact with the bed: Head into the bedroom and select sleep while the TV remains powered on.
- Collect the badge: Once the day ends, the game displays a failure screen indicating you went to bed with the television on, granting the official Screen Time badge in your Roblox profile.
According to community walkthroughs, there is no requirement to tune into a specific channel, hold a remote, or wait for a set duration before sleeping. The trigger depends solely on whether the screen is powered on at the moment you interact with the bed.
The Catzilla Street Anomaly Connection
Many players discover the Screen Time ending by accident during street-level creature events. On specific nights, a giant monster (often referred to by players and community guides as Catzilla, Godzilla, or a T-Rex) stomps down the neighborhood road.
If this creature reaches the end of the block, it triggers the separate Catzilla ending and destroys the house. The owner's text messages instruct you to turn on the television so the static puts the monster to sleep outside.
Because turning on the TV neutralizes the monster, players frequently assume the appliance can simply stay on for the rest of the night. However, if the TV remains running when you crawl into bed, the game prioritizes the TV state over your monster defense, failing your survival run and granting Screen Time instead of progression.
TV Usage: Survival Run vs. Badge Hunting
Depending on whether you want the Screen Time badge or the Cannon Good Ending, your final room sweep requires different handling of the living room set:
| Objective | TV Action During Threat | TV Action at Bedtime | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Time Badge | Turn TV on to stop street creature (if present) | Leave TV turned ON | Awards the Screen Time badge upon sleeping |
| Catzilla Badge | Leave TV turned OFF | Any | Creature walks the full street; house is destroyed |
| Cannon Good Ending | Turn TV on to stop street creature | Turn TV completely OFF | Survives the night toward the full 7-day clear |
Tips to Prevent Screen Time on Survival Runs
If you are aiming for the Cannon Good Ending, leaving appliances on is one of the quickest ways to lose days of progress. Use these checks before clicking sleep:
- Conduct a visual appliance check: Before entering the bedroom, scan both the living room TV screen and the kitchen stove burners. Both must be completely shut off.
- Check the cat's state: In several community playthroughs, players observed Whiskers staring directly at the television when it remained active. If you notice the cat watching static, switch the set off.
- Isolate ending tests: Because missing mail awards Evicted, leaving the fridge open awards Cold as Ice, and skipping dinner awards Starved, only leave the TV running when intentionally hunting the Screen Time badge. Keeping all other chores finished prevents overlapping failure conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which day does the Screen Time ending occur on?
The Screen Time ending is not restricted to a single preset day. You can trigger it on any night where the television interaction is functional, provided you finish your other chores and leave the screen on at bedtime.
Does watching TV with Whiskers count toward playtime?
No. Whiskers' entertainment requirement is tied strictly to the living room laser pointer until the blue play bar completes. Leaving the television on does not satisfy the play requirement and will trigger Screen Time if you go to sleep.
Can you turn the TV back off after putting the street monster to sleep?
Yes. On a normal survival run aimed at the Cannon Good Ending, you must switch the television on to soothe the beast in the street, confirm it has stopped, and then toggle the television back off before going to bed.
