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CAT Interstellar

Ionized Games · 2017-10-06

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

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

CAT Interstellar is an Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 1,082 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.62★
PlayStation Store rating (79 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,605 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,085 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 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920172026Week of 2017-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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