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The best cats indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 cats indie games on Steam, holding 365,523 reviews at an average of 91% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Stray with 158,661 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stray · 158,661 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  2. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  4. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  5. Cat Goes Fishing · 16,639 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  6. NEKOPARA Vol. 3 · 11,177 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  7. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 11,088 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  8. Little Kitty, Big City · 10,522 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  9. while True: learn() · 7,397 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  10. Minami Lane · 6,197 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  11. Atomicrops · 5,157 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  12. Copycat · 4,731 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  13. Animal Shelter · 3,664 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  14. Calico · 3,243 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  15. CATO: Buttered Cat · 2,824 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  16. Timelie · 1,789 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  17. Urban Jungle · 684 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  18. I Am Cat · 543 reviews · 68% positive · 2024
  19. Kristala · 493 reviews · 74% positive · 2026
  20. Mineko's Night Market · 316 reviews · 76% positive · 2023

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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