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Cassette Beasts

Bytten Studio · Raw Fury

Steam artwork — Cassette Beasts
Quick read

Cassette Beasts is a creature-collector RPG where monsters are recorded, not imprisoned in balls.

What kind of game is it?

Open-ish monster RPG with fusion and a pop soundtrack. Combat is turn-based; exploration is 2D overworld.

Who is it for?

For players who want to record creatures, fuse them, and wander an overworld.

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How it plays
Loop
Exploring a map
Sessions
Long sessions
Progression
Campaign
Players
Solo or co-op
Structure
Linear
Tone
Comedic · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

  • Progression80

    Estimate

  • Social55

    Estimate

  • Session commitment82

    Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release
released

2023-04-26

Review score
94%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count
11,108

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price
$19.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages
10
Demo
Yes
Early Access
No
Next Fest
Yes
Players
Single-player and co-op

How many people play Cassette Beasts?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies
280k – 610k

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue
$2.8M – $9.8M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players
2,764

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026
134

Peak that month: 258.

Median playtime
33.5 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 19.1–57.3 h. 5% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023: 196 average, 316 peakOct 2023: 389 average, 892 peakNov 2023: 232 average, 467 peakDec 2023: 216 average, 477 peakJan 2024: 264 average, 618 peakFeb 2024: 199 average, 471 peakMar 2024: 210 average, 616 peakApr 2024: 207 average, 555 peakMay 2024: 245 average, 717 peakJun 2024: 240 average, 596 peakJul 2024: 219 average, 429 peakAug 2024: 162 average, 338 peakSept 2024: 130 average, 275 peakOct 2024: 183 average, 510 peakNov 2024: 446 average, 1,055 peakDec 2024: 317 average, 771 peakJan 2025: 248 average, 483 peakFeb 2025: 190 average, 367 peakMar 2025: 173 average, 349 peakApr 2025: 405 average, 835 peakMay 2025: 222 average, 373 peakJun 2025: 168 average, 358 peakJul 2025: 189 average, 327 peakAug 2025: 152 average, 318 peakSept 2025: 123 average, 252 peakOct 2025: 135 average, 255 peakNov 2025: 173 average, 355 peakDec 2025: 155 average, 377 peakJan 2026: 191 average, 391 peakFeb 2026: 132 average, 302 peakMar 2026: 133 average, 328 peakApr 2026: 128 average, 259 peakMay 2026: 105 average, 185 peakJun 2026: 240 average, 514 peakJul 2026: 166 average, 354 peakAug 2026: 134 average, 258 peak
Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

  • English66%
  • Simplified Chinese6%
  • Portuguese (Brazil)5%
  • Italian5%
  • French5%
  • Spanish (Spain)4%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

Recording and fusion remix the collector fantasy: you tape a monster, then you fuse it.

Core mechanics

Related games

Nearby games. Not always a direct substitute.

Genre / subgenre

Subgenres: Creature collector.

Steam genre: creature collector / RPG.

Related rankings

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Cassette Beasts — launch intelligence

Creature-collector RPG. Next Fest yes, demo yes, 11,023 reviews at 94.0%, 19.99 EUR on 17 August 2026. A clean example of a Next Fest that converted.

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