How much revenue did Super Catboy make?

$26k–$71k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super Catboy sell?

Q: How many copies did Super Catboy sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 387 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $26k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$109k before the cut; from 387 reviews (Mostly 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 Super Catboy out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Super Catboy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–65k

best case 165k (Hidden Deep)

Games like Super Catboy

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–65k copies

≈ $27k–$357k after Steam's cut

from ~635 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

2 of your 6 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hidden Deep at ≈ 126k–204k copies, ≈ $865k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 117 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 88 to 821.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (6 of 6) and Shooter (5 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Physics, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hidden Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 126k–204k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $865k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessShooter
The Shadow of Yidhra 2021	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $105k–$282k after Steam's cut $191k–$434k before the cut	$10.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Super Time Force Ultra 2014	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $223k–$601k after Steam's cut $406k–$924k before the cut	$14.99	968 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerTime Manipulation
Rot Gut 2016	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$1.99	301 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Original Journey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$97k before the cut	$11.99	206 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Aim Climb 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before the cut	$6.80	247 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorDifficult