How much revenue did I wanna be The Cat make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did I wanna be The Cat sell?

Q: How many copies did I wanna be The Cat sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 171 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before Steam's cut; from 171 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 I wanna be The Cat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I wanna be The Cat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–466k

best case 1.2M (BlazBlue Entropy Effect)

Games like I wanna be The Cat

A typical game among these

≈ 67k–466k copies

≈ $445k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: BlazBlue Entropy Effect at ≈ 908k–1.5M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 511 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Action-Adventure, priced around $20.
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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BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure
Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 421k–685k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$931k after Steam's cut $630k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 158k–256k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $649k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Spiritfall 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Fighter
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeExploration
PUSS! 2018	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $130k–$350k after Steam's cut $237k–$539k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PsychedelicDifficult
Unification 2023	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $919–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$14.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessAction Roguelike
502's Arcade 2024	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$9.99	21 reviews Positive	IndieAction