How much revenue did Catmaze make?

$51k–$136k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Catmaze sell?

Q: How many copies did Catmaze sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 606 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $51k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$209k before Steam's cut; from 606 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 Catmaze and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Catmaze's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 575k–666k

best case 25.6M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Catmaze

A typical game among these

≈ 575k–666k copies

≈ $3.1M–$3.8M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.5M–31.6M copies, ≈ $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (8 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + 2.5D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2020, 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 79 for the oldest, 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
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.5M–31.6M 47x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut $145.9M–$332.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	566k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Touhou Luna Nights 2019	Est. copies ≈ 432k–701k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult
SteamWorld Dig 2013	Est. copies ≈ 698k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerMining
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	42k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaRPG
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania2D Platformer
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
Rabi-Ribi 2016	Est. copies ≈ 511k–830k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$17.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeMetroidvania
UnEpic 2014	Est. copies ≈ 458k–745k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RPGIndie