The Game Census
CAT Interstellar cover art

CAT Interstellar

Ionized Games · 2017-10-06

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 19, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2015 (Linux)

A short story inspired by Robert Heinlein's:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

1
playing now
72%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,082 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-08-12) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-08-282026-08-162015-08-28 — best price $1.792015-11-25 — best price $1.492016-01-15 — best price $1.492016-02-29 — best price $3.392016-05-23 — best price $3.992016-09-09 — best price $0.512016-10-02 — best price $1.992016-12-10 — best price $1.992017-03-28 — best price $0.512017-05-20 — best price $2.992017-07-29 — best price $0.992017-10-07 — best price $2.992018-01-18 — best price $4.992018-05-21 — best price $3.992018-10-30 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-06-25 — best price $2.992020-05-11 — best price $4.992021-03-02 — best price $4.992021-06-30 — best price $0.992021-08-26 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-05-16 — best price $0.492022-09-15 — best price $0.992022-11-11 — best price $4.992023-02-04 — best price $4.992023-04-28 — best price $4.992023-08-16 — best price $4.992023-12-06 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-06-28 — best price $0.792025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $0.792026-08-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
15.3%
earned "Beginnings"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsVR SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,75632%18
PS4 (PlayStation)43891%11

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

Player tags

CatsCuteIndieActionHorrorPuzzleRobotsSci-fiAdventureCyberpunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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