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Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows

Last Quarter Studios · 2016-07-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 06, 2015 (Android), Jul 25, 2016 (Mac), Jul 25, 2016 (Linux), Jul 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 713 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 713 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.54 at Steam (2017-02-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.542016-07-252026-07-092016-07-25 — best price $0.892016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-02-14 — best price $0.542017-07-05 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $0.642018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.642018-07-23 — best price $0.992018-12-21 — best price $0.642019-02-12 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.642020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.642020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.642021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.642022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-24 — best price $0.642022-07-25 — best price $0.992022-12-05 — best price $0.642023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.642023-07-31 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.642024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.642024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.642025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.642025-11-17 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.642026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7682%16

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

Player tags

2DCatsCuteIndieCasualAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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