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How many copies did A Building Full of Cats sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 106k–173k
$58k–$157k net $106k–$241k gross
from 4k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 A Building Full of Cats out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Building Full of Cats's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 77k–161k
best case 582k (A Little to the Left)
The Cats lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 99k copies.

A typical game
≈ 99k copies
≈ $197k after Steam's cut
from ~3k reviews
Best case
≈ 582k copies
A Little to the Left · ≈ $3.4M after Steam's cut
from 18k 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 Puzzle + Relaxing, priced around $15.
  • None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2024. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
  • A typical game here lands in Gold ($250k–$1M before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

Similar games

2024
Est. copies
≈ 58k–95k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$96k–$259k net $175k–$398k gross
$5.99
2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
CatsHidden Object +6
2022
Est. copies
≈ 107k–173k
1.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$117k–$315k net $213k–$485k gross
$3.99
4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
CatsHidden Object +6
2021
Est. copies
≈ 58k–94k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$16k–$42k net $29k–$65k gross
$0.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
CatsHidden Object +6
2023
Est. copies
≈ 46k–75k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$13k–$34k net $23k–$52k gross
$0.99
2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
CatsHidden Object +6
2022
Est. copies
≈ 443k–720k
6.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.8M–$4.9M net $3.3M–$7.6M gross
$14.99
18k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleRelaxing +6
2021
Est. copies
≈ 170k–276k
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.4M net $3.0M–$6.8M gross
$34.99
7k reviews
Very Positive
HorrorPsychological Horror +6
2020
Est. copies
≈ 67k–108k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$366k–$983k net $665k–$1.5M gross
$19.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
Visual NovelDetective +6
2021
Est. copies
≈ 84k–137k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$69k–$186k net $126k–$286k gross
$2.99
3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AdventurePoint & Click +6

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