How much revenue did Cat Guardian make?

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

How many copies did Cat Guardian sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Guardian sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 20 reviews (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 Guardian out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Guardian's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 578–34k

best case 87k (Prime World: Defenders 2)

Games like Cat Guardian

The middle of these games

≈ 578–34k copies

≈ $2k–$38k after Steam's cut

from ~93 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Prime World: Defenders 2 at ≈ 67k–108k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 27 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 274.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Card Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Card Game.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 79 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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Prime World: Defenders 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k 24x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayTower Defense
希望之城 The City Of Hope 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut	$6.99	130 reviews Mixed	Casual2D
Prime World: Defenders 2013	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $183k–$492k after Steam's cut $333k–$758k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
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