How much revenue did Kittens and Yarn make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kittens and Yarn sell?

Q: How many copies did Kittens and Yarn sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 219 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 219 reviews (Very 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 Kittens and Yarn and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kittens and Yarn's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 147k–417k

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like Kittens and Yarn

A typical game among these

≈ 147k–417k copies

≈ $176k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 485 reviews in their first month; the range was 117 to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cats (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Atmospheric + Cyberpunk + Robots; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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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Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 37x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut $66.5M–$151.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	179k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 237k–386k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Cats Organized Neatly 2020	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $99k–$265k after Steam's cut $180k–$408k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsPuzzle
A Castle Full of Cats 2022	Est. copies ≈ 112k–183k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $123k–$332k after Steam's cut $224k–$511k before Steam's cut	$3.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsHidden Object
A Building Full of Cats 2022	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $167k–$381k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsHidden Object
Milo and the Magpies 2021	Est. copies ≈ 85k–139k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $70k–$189k after Steam's cut $128k–$290k before Steam's cut	$2.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
The Cat Lady 2013	Est. copies ≈ 398k–648k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $985k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$8.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Horror Story Rich