Mewgenics Recoups Development Budget in Just Three Hours to Become an Instant Sales Hit

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This peculiar “cat-battler” seems to have found a winning formula across all metrics. At the time of this report, the title is surging through the Steam rankings and has already amassed nearly 800 user reviews, with a remarkable 96% of them being positive.

The critical consensus is equally glowing. In our own review, Ali Jones awarded Mewgenics 4.5 out of 5 stars, describing it as a “layered, intricate, and vastly diverse strategy experience” with a deeply rewarding gameplay loop, noting only that the punishing nature of its RNG can be a hurdle.

and we have made back our development budget after 3 hours. Thank you all 🙂

— @tylerglaiel.com (@tylerglaiel.com.bsky.social) 2026-02-10T18:57:47.670Z

It is worth remembering that Mewgenics has survived a tumultuous development history. First announced in 2012, the project was shelved in 2016 before being completely rebooted in 2018. This means the game has been in active development for roughly eight years, making its three-hour financial turnaround even more impressive. While there is no telling how high it will climb, the future looks bright for this mutant feline odyssey.

After logging 20 hours breeding necromancer cats and commanding rock-based armies, it’s clear that Mewgenics is one of the most compelling roguelikes ever conceived.