How much revenue did Cat Needs make?

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

How many copies did Cat Needs sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Needs sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 56 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 56 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 Cat Needs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Needs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–85k

best case 146k (A Building Full of Cats)

Games like Cat Needs

The middle of these games

≈ 34k–85k copies

≈ $13k–$58k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: A Building Full of Cats at ≈ 111k–181k copies, ≈ $91k–$246k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 223 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 36 to 391.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Cats (8 of 8) and Hidden Object (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Hidden Object, priced around $3.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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A Building Full of Cats 2022	Est. copies ≈ 111k–181k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $91k–$246k after Steam's cut $166k–$378k before the cut	$2.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsHidden Object
Milo and the Magpies 2021	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $70k–$188k after Steam's cut $127k–$289k before the cut	$2.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Travellin Cats in China 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut	$0.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsHidden Object
Travellin Cats in Georgia 2024	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before the cut	$0.99	958 reviews Very Positive	CatsHidden Object
100 hidden cats 2021	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CatsHidden Object
Zodiacats 2022	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before the cut	$1.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsPuzzle
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