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The best cats indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 cats indie games on Steam, holding 362,833 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 157,286 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stray · 157,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  2. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  4. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,391 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  5. Cat Goes Fishing · 15,412 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  6. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 12,847 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  7. NEKOPARA Vol. 3 · 11,152 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  8. Little Kitty, Big City · 10,408 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  9. while True: learn() · 7,313 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  10. Minami Lane · 6,065 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  11. Atomicrops · 5,120 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  12. Copycat · 4,582 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  13. Animal Shelter · 3,643 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  14. Calico · 3,237 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  15. CATO: Buttered Cat · 2,783 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  16. Timelie · 1,782 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  17. Urban Jungle · 658 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  18. I Am Cat · 522 reviews · 70% positive · 2024
  19. Kristala · 480 reviews · 75% positive · 2026
  20. Mineko's Night Market · 312 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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