How much revenue did Cat Goes Fishing make?

$1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cat Goes Fishing sell?

Q: How many copies did Cat Goes Fishing sell?

808k to 1.3M copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 808k–1.3M; $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut; from 17k reviews (Very 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 Goes Fishing and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cat Goes Fishing's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 412k–3.1M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like Cat Goes Fishing

A typical game among these

≈ 412k–3.1M copies

≈ $1.5M–$22.7M after Steam's cut

from ~64k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the range was 662 to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fishing (5 of 8) and Cats (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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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Cat Quest 2017	Est. copies ≈ 369k–600k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
WEBFISHING 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FishingMultiplayer
Fishing Planet 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Very Positive	FishingFree to Play
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.6M–$41.9M after Steam's cut $28.4M–$64.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut $66.5M–$151.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	179k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure
Copycat 2024	Est. copies ≈ 148k–241k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	CatsEmotional
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
Snacko 2025	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $179k–$481k after Steam's cut $325k–$740k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteBuilding