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Cat Cafe Manager

Roost Games · indie.io · 2022-04-14

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

12
playing now
88%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$5.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 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 12% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–144k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,203 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.39-73%
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 143 of 189 observed days · $1.99 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

1942026-08-11 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.202022-04-142026-08-302022-04-14 — 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 $19.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-27 — 6 pageviews2026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 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

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.

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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