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Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows

Last Quarter Studios · 2016-07-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.99, with Very Positive (93% of 717 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 717 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 717 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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 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).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "Turning into liquid is a thing"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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