How much revenue did Super Catboy make?

$27k–$71k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super Catboy sell?

Q: How many copies did Super Catboy sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 390 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $27k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$110k before Steam's cut; from 390 reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Super Catboy and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Super Catboy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–65k

best case 166k (Hidden Deep)

Games like Super Catboy

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–65k copies

≈ $27k–$358k after Steam's cut

from ~636 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 6 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hidden Deep at ≈ 127k–206k copies, ≈ $869k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 117 reviews in their first month; the range was 87 to 819.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (6 of 6) and Shooter (5 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Physics, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, and none of them 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hidden Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $869k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessShooter
The Shadow of Yidhra 2021	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $105k–$283k after Steam's cut $191k–$436k before Steam's cut	$10.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Super Time Force Ultra 2014	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $224k–$602k after Steam's cut $407k–$926k before Steam's cut	$14.99	970 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerTime Manipulation
Rot Gut 2016	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$2.99	302 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Original Journey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$97k before Steam's cut	$11.99	206 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Aim Climb 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before Steam's cut	$6.80	246 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorDifficult