How much revenue did Cat Guardian make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cat Guardian sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Guardian sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 20 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 Cat Guardian and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Guardian's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 578–35k

best case 87k (Prime World: Defenders 2)

Games like Cat Guardian

A typical game among these

≈ 578–35k copies

≈ $2k–$40k after Steam's cut

from ~93 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 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Prime World: Defenders 2 at ≈ 67k–108k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 27 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 275.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Card Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Card Game.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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Prime World: Defenders 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k 24x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayTower Defense
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Prime World: Defenders 2013	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $183k–$492k after Steam's cut $333k–$758k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
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FLOAT 2023	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before Steam's cut	$1.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	CasualStrategy
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