How much revenue did MagiCat make?

$33k–$90k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MagiCat sell?

Q: How many copies did MagiCat sell?

24k to 40k copies, based on its 708 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–40k; $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut; from 708 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 MagiCat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MagiCat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 96k–1.1M

best case 5.4M (BattleBlock Theater®)

Games like MagiCat

A typical game among these

≈ 96k–1.1M copies

≈ $238k–$9.6M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: BattleBlock Theater® at ≈ 4.1M–6.6M copies, ≈ $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Cats (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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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Nine Sols 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 13x 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
Gato Roboto 2019	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $333k–$896k after Steam's cut $606k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndieMetroidvania
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
The Purring Quest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 85k–139k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $234k–$630k after Steam's cut $426k–$969k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CatsIndie
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Night in the Woods 2017	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAdventure
Nyan Cat: Lost In Space 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $137k–$369k after Steam's cut $249k–$567k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesCats
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