How much revenue did Cats vs Cthulhu make?

$95–$255 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cats vs Cthulhu sell?

Q: How many copies did Cats vs Cthulhu sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $95–$255 after Steam's cut $173–$393 before the cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Thin evidence: 7 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Cats vs Cthulhu out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cats vs Cthulhu's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 543k–1.1M

best case 8.6M (Vampire Survivors)

Games like Cats vs Cthulhu

The middle of these games

≈ 543k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.3M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~20k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Vampire Survivors at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5k to 129k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Vampire + Singleplayer + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
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 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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Vampire Survivors 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.2M after Steam's cut $16.4M–$37.3M before the cut	$4.99	265k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Soulstone Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 663k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before the cut	$14.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Death Must Die 2023	Est. copies ≈ 539k–876k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$6.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
The Spell Brigade 2026	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut	$12.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeOnline Co-Op
Magicraft 2024	Est. copies ≈ 416k–676k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before the cut	$15.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before the cut	$12.99	48k reviews Very Positive	DwarfAction Roguelike
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 965k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before the cut	$11.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
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