How much revenue did The Purring Quest make?

$234k–$630k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Purring Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did The Purring Quest sell?

85k to 139k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 85k–139k; $234k–$630k after Steam's cut $426k–$969k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 The Purring Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Purring Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–3k

best case 1.5M (Nine Sols)

Games like The Purring Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–3k copies

≈ $3k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~45 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: Nine Sols at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.4M–$25.2M 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 16 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 6k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (6 of 8) and Cats (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Souls-like + Metroidvania + Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Sticky Paws 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$3.99	45 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerCats
WonderCat Adventures 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$3.99	55 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
NekoNecro 2022	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$7.99	31 reviews Positive	CatsHand-drawn
Shutter Nyan! Enhanced Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$14.99	28 reviews Positive	DifficultCute
2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory) 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	99 reviews Very Positive	Adventure2D Platformer
Zebulon: A Lost Cat 2024	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $633–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	31 reviews Positive	Adventure2D Platformer
Nine Sols 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1018x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's cut $17.0M–$38.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	46k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Stars In The Trash 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $58k–$131k before Steam's cut	$11.99	388 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric