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Cat in the Box cover art

Cat in the Box

Gustav · 2020-05-01

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Cat in the Box is a $3.49 Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1570 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,570 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520202026Week of 2020-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
102May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 41Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 23Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 58May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-14 (Steam store data)

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.