How much revenue did Cats and the Other Lives make?

An estimated 201k to 541k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cats and the Other Lives sell?

Q: How many copies did Cats and the Other Lives sell?

An estimated 37k to 59k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–59k; $201k–$541k net $366k–$832k gross; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Cats and the Other Lives out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cats and the Other Lives's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 640k–1.5M

best case 3.0M (OMORI)

The Story Rich lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 993k copies.

A typical game

≈ 993k copies

≈ $4.8M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.0M copies

OMORI · ≈ $23.4M after Steam's cut

from 87k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Story Rich, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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