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Cat Cafe Manager

Roost Games · indie.io · 2022-04-14

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

Cat Cafe Manager is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 3209 reviews).

9
playing now
88%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Cat Cafe Manager is a 2022 simulation video game developed by Roost Games. Gameplay centers around managing a cat cafe, taking in stray cats, and catering to customers. The game received mixed reception.

Trailer

Cat Cafe Manager trailer thumbnail

Cat Cafe Manager - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (412 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–145k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,212 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$5.16-74%
GOG$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.00 at Fortuna Digital (2026-06-29) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 172 of 218 observed days · $1.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30830820222026Week of 2022-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20510Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 205 · peak 570Jun 2022 — avg 58 · peak 212Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 60Oct 2022 — avg 38 · peak 184Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 90Feb 2023 — avg 26 · peak 70Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 62Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 42Aug 2023 — avg 73 · peak 215Oct 2023 — avg 25 · peak 82Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 65Feb 2024 — avg 23 · peak 71Apr 2024 — avg 29 · peak 82Jun 2024 — avg 27 · peak 77Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 71Oct 2024 — avg 37 · peak 106Dec 2024 — avg 35 · peak 97Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 81Apr 2025 — avg 29 · peak 107Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 70Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 69Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 55Dec 2025 — avg 22 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 58Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 62Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.202022-04-142026-10-152022-04-14 — best price $15.992022-07-14 — best price $14.992022-10-20 — best price $15.892022-12-12 — best price $13.992023-02-04 — best price $15.892023-04-01 — best price $19.992023-05-18 — best price $11.992023-07-17 — best price $11.482023-09-13 — best price $12.992023-11-04 — best price $19.992023-12-05 — best price $10.102024-01-18 — best price $12.992024-03-04 — best price $12.992024-04-02 — best price $9.992024-05-07 — best price $9.992024-06-14 — best price $10.002024-07-18 — best price $7.492024-08-22 — best price $19.992024-10-10 — best price $9.992024-12-05 — best price $6.092025-01-01 — best price $8.002025-02-10 — best price $6.402025-03-11 — best price $6.992025-04-15 — best price $17.992025-06-08 — best price $19.992025-07-13 — best price $13.942025-08-27 — best price $5.892025-10-16 — best price $5.422025-11-20 — best price $5.672026-01-11 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $5.092026-05-07 — best price $13.942026-06-05 — best price $4.652026-07-13 — best price $6.002026-08-19 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $5.992026-09-28 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.16
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-27 — 6 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 6 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews2026-10-13 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "A Fresh Start"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,37918%62
Switch (Nintendo)430%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCatsCozyCuteCartoonTradingBuildingCartoonyLife SimStrategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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