Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: 'We both got a bit blindsided by this'

That sure didn't take long: Just one week after release, the bizarre cat-breeding simulator Mewgenics has surpassed one million copies sold.

Word of the major milestone came from Mewgenics co-creator Tyler Glaiel on X, who posted a simple, to-the-point message that was apparently created by fan artist Whom:

(Image credit: Tyler Glaiel (Twitter))

The message was later retweeted by Mewgenics' other co-creator, Edmund McMillen.

"Some fun stats," Glaiel wrote in a follow-up post. "Mew had ~400k wishlists before reviews came out.