How much revenue did Cat Goes Fishing make?

$1.5M–$4.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cat Goes Fishing sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Goes Fishing sell?

803k to 1.3M copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 803k–1.3M; $1.5M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before the cut; from 16k 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 Goes Fishing out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Goes Fishing's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 409k–3.1M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like Cat Goes Fishing

The middle of these games

≈ 409k–3.1M copies

≈ $1.4M–$15.5M after Steam's cut

from ~63k 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: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut.

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 663 to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fishing (5 of 8) and Cats (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 3 of your 8 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 43 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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Cat Quest 2017	Est. copies ≈ 368k–598k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
WEBFISHING 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before the cut	$4.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FishingMultiplayer
Fishing Planet 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	FishingFree to Play
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.0M before the cut	$26.99	56k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.1M before the cut	$29.99	177k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure
Copycat 2024	Est. copies ≈ 144k–234k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	CatsEmotional
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	90k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
Snacko 2025	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $179k–$480k after Steam's cut $325k–$739k before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteBuilding