The Cat Machine overview

Overview

The Cat Machine comes from Cranktrain and is published by Cranktrain. It arrived on Steam on Aug 12, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Cat Machine's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:34:39 UTC, with a tracked peak near 4. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 94% positive across 148 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Cat Machine is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Cat Machine has sold up to 6,645 units and has 122 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $45,432. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Cat Machine overview details

The Cat Machine combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

"There’s humour here in spades... It’s fun, fast, colourful" - Rock Paper Shotgun The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and also cats. Cats riding around on Trains. As we are all aware, the stability of planet earth's orbit around the sun is maintained by an enormous and very secret underground machine. A machine where cats of various colours ride around on trains, as cats have done since time immemorial. Without this secret mechanism, the earth would undoubtedly fold in on itself, probably with a rather satisfying popping noise, but also with the unpleasant side-effect of then ceasing to exist. The Cat Machine places you in charge of designing that contraption. A fun logical puzzler, the game is all about working on a solution, the correct design that will 'process' multiple configurations of cat trains. Cats can only travel on tracks that are the same colour as the cat itself (of course) and the cat at the front of the track decides where the whole train will go. Once a cat has traveled along a coloured track, it flies away, as cats are well known to do. The goal is, for every train, make all the cats, including the white one at the end, fly into the ether. This is the only way to save the earth. More than fifty levels! So many cats, you wouldn't believe it. It has, I think, all the cats. Beautiful, beautiful music! Utilises high-fidelity, 60fps Advanced Cat/Train Simulation Technology for maximum cuteness. Support for Windows, Mac, and even our Linux friends.

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Cat Machine is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:34:39 UTC, a tracked peak of 4, and 94% positive reviews.

Overview tags

CatsIndieStrategyPuzzleLogic

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