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Gato Roboto cover art

Gato Roboto

doinksoft · Devolver Digital · 2019-05-30

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 30, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 21, 2020 (Xbox One), May 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Gato Roboto is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (94% of 5256 reviews).

16
playing now
94%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Gato Roboto is a 2D Metroidvania video game developed by American studio Doinksoft and published by Devolver Digital on May 30, 2019. The game follows a cat named Kiki attempting to save her owner after they crash land on an alien planet, forcing Kiki to don a mech suit and explore the planet's depths.

Trailer

Gato Roboto trailer thumbnail

Gato Roboto - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 303 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 131k–315k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-85%
Steam$1.19-85%
Fanatical$1.59-80%
Gamesplanet$1.60-80%
GOG$7.99
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.02 at GamesPlanet FR (2025-01-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 132 of 170 observed days · $0.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43043020192026Week of 2019-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
382Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 38 · peak 246Sep 2019 — avg 17 · peak 79Dec 2019 — avg 9 · peak 30Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 32Jun 2020 — avg 15 · peak 85Sep 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Dec 2020 — avg 11 · peak 30Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 29Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 98Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 19Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.872019-05-302026-10-142019-05-30 — best price $6.792019-10-29 — best price $5.122020-01-02 — best price $7.992020-02-13 — best price $7.172020-06-15 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-04-21 — best price $7.992021-09-01 — best price $3.992022-01-08 — best price $7.992022-04-01 — best price $3.992022-06-22 — best price $3.992022-09-07 — best price $1.992022-12-12 — best price $1.992023-03-22 — best price $7.992023-06-16 — best price $2.172023-08-07 — best price $2.392023-11-15 — best price $7.992024-01-18 — best price $1.992024-04-01 — best price $1.992024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-09-02 — best price $7.992024-11-22 — best price $2.002025-01-27 — best price $1.192025-03-19 — best price $1.192025-05-20 — best price $1.192025-08-11 — best price $7.992025-10-08 — best price $7.992026-01-03 — best price $7.992026-03-27 — best price $1.192026-05-07 — best price $1.192026-07-17 — best price $7.992026-08-23 — best price $7.992026-09-16 — best price $1.192026-10-10 — best price $1.602026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3872026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 17 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-09-01 — 20 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 18 pageviews2026-09-17 — 24 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-25 — 18 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
69.4%
earned "Rats!"
31.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4668%12
Xbox One (Xbox)6,0345%12
Switch (Nintendo)3050%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCatsCuteIndieRetroActionSci-fiAdventureControllerPlatformer

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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