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Cat in the Box cover art

Cat in the Box

Gustav · 2020-05-01

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 01, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.

5
playing now
94%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.49
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

"There is a cat inside a completely sealed box that one cannot see through. After one hour, there is a 50% chance that the cat will die. There is no way to tell whether the cat is dead or alive until you open the box. After one hour, in what state would you find the cat in the box?" The story revoles around a mansion, at which a cult claiming the world was ending, vanished one night, rumours about the place claimed that it was a criminals hideout or that there had been ghost sightings in the building. Girl sets off to the mansion with a camera, to film some paranormal activities when her exit(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,565 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2024-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 14 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$2.792020-05-012026-08-242020-05-01 — best price $6.292020-07-20 — best price $6.292020-10-29 — best price $5.242020-12-22 — best price $5.242021-03-26 — best price $4.892021-06-24 — best price $4.892021-09-20 — best price $4.682021-11-24 — best price $4.682022-03-07 — best price $4.892022-05-23 — best price $6.992022-07-18 — best price $6.992022-11-01 — best price $6.992022-12-12 — best price $6.992023-01-23 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-05-29 — best price $6.992023-07-24 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $6.992023-12-11 — best price $6.992024-02-19 — best price $6.992024-04-01 — best price $6.992024-06-24 — best price $6.992024-08-05 — best price $6.992024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-12-16 — best price $6.992025-02-10 — best price $6.992025-03-31 — best price $6.992025-06-23 — best price $6.992025-08-04 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-12-15 — best price $6.992026-01-26 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-01 — best price $6.992026-07-20 — best price $6.992026-08-24 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
78.9%
earned "Recording"
32.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)52037%8

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

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryRPGMakerThrillerAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.