How much revenue did Paws and Whiskers make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Paws and Whiskers sell?

Q: How many copies did Paws and Whiskers sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 38 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 Paws and Whiskers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Paws and Whiskers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 79k–524k

best case 16.0M (Palworld)

Games like Paws and Whiskers

A typical game among these

≈ 79k–524k copies

≈ $760k–$7.3M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Palworld at ≈ 12.2M–19.8M copies, ≈ $100.5M–$270.1M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 469k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Creature Collector (7 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Survival, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Open World + Survival + Open World Survival Craft; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2020 to 2026, and 2 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 of about 31, 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
Master of Miracles 2021	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9 reviews 9 user reviews	StrategyCasual
9th Dawn Remake 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$240k before Steam's cut	$15.99	533 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationHack and Slash
Monster Sanctuary 2020	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorPixel Graphics
Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.2M–19.8M 55x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut $182.7M–$415.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	491k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Temtem 2022	Est. copies ≈ 975k–1.6M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$44.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Moonstone Island 2023	Est. copies ≈ 126k–205k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $694k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorDeckbuilding
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin 2021	Est. copies ≈ 427k–694k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
Ooblets 2023	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $318k–$856k after Steam's cut $579k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CasualRPG