How much revenue did Cats Love Boxes make?

$12k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cats Love Boxes sell?

Q: How many copies did Cats Love Boxes sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 442 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut; from 442 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 Cats Love Boxes out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Cats Love Boxes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 427k–4.0M

best case 3.7M (Planet Zoo)

The Hack and Slash genre

All 4 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 427k–4.0M copies

≈ $2.2M–$37.5M after Steam's cut

from ~42k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies

Planet Zoo · ≈ $34.5M–$92.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hack and Slash (2 of 4) and Action RPG (1 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $45.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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