How much revenue did Catlike Magic make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Catlike Magic sell?

Q: How many copies did Catlike Magic sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 44 reviews (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 Catlike Magic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Catlike Magic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 72k–127k

best case 499k (Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense)

Games like Catlike Magic

A typical game among these

≈ 72k–127k copies

≈ $553k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Auto Battler (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense at ≈ 380k–617k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 703 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Auto Battler (4 of 8) and Cats (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Auto Battler, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 3 of the 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 52 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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Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 380k–617k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMultiplayer
Calico 2020	Est. copies ≈ 125k–203k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $748k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	CuteCasual
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAuto Battler
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Hustle Cat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $300k–$807k after Steam's cut $546k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelIndie
Your Chronicle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGIdler
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Little Witches vs Monsters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$0.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	AdventureAction