The invention discloses a carbon dioxide and water processing methane catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of chemical engineering. The catalyst is mainly prepared from metal simple substances and a supported nickel-based catalyst. The metal simple substances include Zn, Fe, Al, Mn, Ni, Co and Mg; the nickel-based catalyst is Ni/C, wherein Cis a carrier including Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, CeO2 and La2O3. The total weight of the catalyst is adopted as the reference, the mass percent of the metal simple substances is 20-90%, and the mass percent of the nickel-based catalyst is 10-80%. According to the preparation process of the catalyst, dipping is adopted, sol-gel is adopted, a sediment or sedimentation method is adopted, and then drying, roasting and reducing are performed to obtain the catalyst. The reaction raw materials are carbon dioxide and water, sources are wide, the price is low, the catalyst preparation method is simple,easy to implement and low in cost, and the catalyst has the certain application prospect. The catalyst is mainly applied to thermo-catalysis instead of photo-catalysis or electro-catalysis.