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Nyan Cat: Lost In Space cover art

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

isTom Games Kft. · 2015-12-04

Steam

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 01, 2012 (Android), May 17, 2011 (Web browser), May 12, 2011 (iOS), Dec 04, 2015 (Linux), Nov 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play with the most celebrated flying cat in human history. Drink milk, eat ice-cream, collect coins, buy gorgeous boosts, fly like a superhero (sorry... supercat), jump onto platforms made of cake, avoid angry dogs, and discover the infinite space.

7
playing now
93%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 110 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,786 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,048 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.01 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
221Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 22 · peak 81Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 42Aug 2016 — avg 10 · peak 79Dec 2016 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 65Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 10Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.012015-12-042026-08-292015-12-04 — best price $2.692016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-03-26 — best price $1.492016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $1.492017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $1.012017-10-09 — best price $2.992018-03-01 — best price $1.492018-05-21 — best price $2.992018-09-11 — best price $4.992019-03-15 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-01-17 — best price $2.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-08-02 — best price $2.492021-10-21 — best price $4.992022-02-17 — best price $2.492022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-07-22 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-04-21 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-16 — best price $3.042024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-05-17 — best price $2.492024-08-02 — best price $4.992024-11-01 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-12 — best price $2.492025-06-14 — best price $4.992025-09-06 — best price $2.492025-11-08 — best price $4.992026-01-31 — best price $2.492026-04-03 — best price $4.992026-06-27 — best price $2.492026-08-29 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
59.2%
earned "UFO Escaper"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2528%20

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

2DCatsCuteFunnyIndieMemesSpaceActionCasualAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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