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Cat on a Diet

Nawia Games · Forever Entertainment S. A. · 2016-02-29

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Swipe and prod to claw away at wooden blocks, unscrew bolts, control powerful magnets and explode highly volatile uranium – anything to reach those cookies!

Cat on a Diet is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.84, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive (82% of 891 reviews) sentiment.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 891 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.84
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 891 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.34 at IndieGala Store (2016-09-22) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 19 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
210Mar 2016May 2024Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2016 — avg 3 · peak 30Sep 2016 — avg 13 · peak 100Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 58Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 37Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 15Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 35Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 46Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 16Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 120Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 53Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 258May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 87

▼ −3 avg players (−32.4%) vs prior month — May 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.342016-02-292026-08-242016-02-29 — best price $4.242016-07-21 — best price $0.492016-11-21 — best price $4.992017-05-29 — best price $0.492017-10-24 — best price $4.992018-02-12 — best price $4.992018-04-17 — best price $4.992018-09-07 — best price $4.992018-12-05 — best price $4.992019-03-25 — best price $0.492019-09-06 — best price $0.492019-12-16 — best price $4.992020-03-20 — best price $0.372020-05-29 — best price $4.992020-10-19 — best price $0.372021-01-28 — best price $0.372021-07-12 — best price $4.992021-12-06 — best price $0.492022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-08-29 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-04-17 — best price $4.992023-07-21 — best price $0.502023-11-06 — best price $2.282024-02-08 — best price $2.282024-04-29 — best price $0.842024-06-24 — best price $4.992024-09-30 — best price $0.852024-12-16 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $0.642025-09-03 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.842026-07-13 — best price $0.842026-08-24 — best price $0.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
25.4%
earned "PIECE OF MUFFIN!"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,46712%30

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

Player tags

CatsCuteFunnyIndieActionCasualPuzzlePhysics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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