Mewgenics Hits 1 Million Copies Sold

Mewgenics is off to a roaring start. The cat-breeding strategy game launched on February 10 after spending over a decade in on-and-off development to positive reviews. Mere hours after its release, Mewgenics recouped its development cost. One week later, and it’s now officially a million seller.

The game’s co-creator, Tyler Glaiel, shared a simple post on social media announcing Mewgenics has hit 1 million copies sold; an impressive milestone given it’s only been on sale for seven days and is available only on Steam.

Mewgenics comes from The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen and his development partner, Tyler Glaiel (The End is Nigh), and is a roguelike turn-based strategy game that sees players breed parties of cats to bring into ever-changing battles. Players and critics have embraced the beefy adventure (which can take up to 200 hours to complete), boasting a “Very Positive” user review on Steam and an 89 Metacritic score. 

We’ve been pouring dozens of hours into Mewgenics for our incoming review, but you can read our thoughts on the game so far in our Review In Progress. Game Informer subscribers can also learn more about Mewgenics’ creation and long road to release in this deep dive feature from last November.