How much revenue did IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3 make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3 sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 85 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 85 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 IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–895k

best case 25.3M (Hollow Knight)

Games like IN THE BUILDING: CATS 3

The middle of these games

≈ 22k–895k copies

≈ $74k–$9.6M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.2M–31.3M copies, ≈ $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Side Scroller (6 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.2M–31.3M 46x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut	$14.99	559k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 495k–805k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania2D Platformer
SEARCH ALL - CACTUSES 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$2.99	57 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerExploration
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Anoxemia 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before the cut	$8.99	438 reviews Mixed	PhysicsPuzzle-Platformer
Touhou Luna Nights 2019	Est. copies ≈ 430k–699k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before the cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult
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Rabi-Ribi 2016	Est. copies ≈ 510k–829k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before the cut	$17.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeMetroidvania