How much revenue did CATRUN make?

$81–$218 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CATRUN sell?

Q: How many copies did CATRUN sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $81–$218 after Steam's cut $148–$335 before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Mixed)

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 CATRUN and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CATRUN's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–4k

best case 72k (Super Meat Boy Forever)

Games like CATRUN

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–4k copies

≈ $2k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~79 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Super Meat Boy Forever at ≈ 55k–89k copies, ≈ $75k–$201k 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 26 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 435.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and 2D Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Runner, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Puzzle-Platformer + Puzzle; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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The Deletion 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$1.99	228 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Nary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$1.99	93 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerAction Roguelike
Super Meat Boy Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 28x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$309k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAction
Gravity 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	81 reviews Very Positive	CasualRacing
AFTERGRINDER 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$2.99	100 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerScore Attack
Hunter Girls 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$4.99	77 reviews Mixed	CasualPrecision Platformer
Jumping Cat 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$2.99	61 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Magical Girl Dash 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $405–$1k after Steam's cut $737–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner