Sliding

One of the key strategies used in the PC and mobile ports of this game is sliding. This is a movement technique where you move very quickly across walls to get to the exit of a level quickly. This takes advantage of the fact that you have about a second-long period of being against a wall before you die. Sliding will not protect you against bullets, just walls and floor hazards.

On the console ports, this strategy is not as useful (but still possible to an extent) due to joystick controls.

Ultra-sliding

In some levels, especially early on, it is possible to to ultra-slide from the start to the end of the level to complete them very quickly.

Flying

Some floor hazards do not count as walls, so you can move across them for about a second before you die, similar to sliding.

Avoid Clocks!

Clocks will slow down cycles in most levels and are generally a time loss. Avoid them!

Ghost Cat

In levels that normally take forever to get through , you can die on purpose to try to get Ghost Cat to spawn and skip the level. If Ghost Cat ever does spawn, you have enough lives to spare, and it would be faster to get through his dialog than to clear the rest of the level, always talk to Ghost Cat and accept his offer.

Joystick Boosting (console only)

Both joysticks can be used to control PUSS! in the console ports. You can move both joysticks at the same time to make PUSS! go faster.

Switch Touchscreen (Switch only)

When playing the Switch undocked, you can use the touchscreen to move PUSS. Beware that the Switch's touchscreen movement is not nearly as smooth as on the mobile ports. It has a very jagged feel to it, but it makes a lot of the slide strats from the mobile ports possible.