How much revenue did The Cat Machine make?

$30k–$80k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Cat Machine sell?

Q: How many copies did The Cat Machine sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 148 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before the cut; from 148 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 The Cat Machine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Cat Machine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–122k

best case 618k (A Little to the Left)

Games like The Cat Machine

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–122k copies

≈ $6k–$422k after Steam's cut

from ~305 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: A Little to the Left at ≈ 471k–765k copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 46 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 24 to 580.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Cats (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Wholesome, priced around $15.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. 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 that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 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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while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Unlock The Cat 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$2.99	148 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k 62x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
CATch the Stars 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$1.99	391 reviews Very Positive	CatsCute
CATch the Stars: Japan 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$1.99	144 reviews Very Positive	CatsRelaxing
Cat Slide Tiles 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$2.99	155 reviews Very Positive	RelaxingPuzzle
Kittens and Yarn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$1.99	218 reviews Very Positive	CatsCute
Sudocats 2022	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut	$1.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualCats