How much revenue did A Shelter Full of Cats make?

An estimated 40k to 107k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Shelter Full of Cats sell?

Q: How many copies did A Shelter Full of Cats sell?

An estimated 29k to 47k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–47k; $40k–$107k net $72k–$164k gross; from 1k 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 Shelter Full of Cats out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Shelter Full of Cats's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–93k

best case 223k (In Sound Mind)

The Adventure lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 50k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game

≈ 50k copies

≈ $110k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 223k copies

In Sound Mind · ≈ $3.0M after Steam's cut

from 7k 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 Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $35.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Silver ($10k–$250k before Steam's cut, est.); the best case reaches Diamond ($1M+). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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