# Goat Simulator

> A goat game born from viral alpha footage passed 4 million sales, according to its owner.

- Owner: Coffee Stain Studios
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2014-03-28
- Peak proxy date: By end of Apr 2014
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 51 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Underdog, Transgression, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

Coffee Stain's alpha footage drew press and requests for a playable game. Website buyers played before the Steam launch. Creator videos spread the game, and its maker later reported over four million PC, console and mobile sales.

## Timeline

- 2014-02-03 — Coffee Stain Studios (YouTube) — Coffee Stain posted alpha footage of its January game jam prototype.
- 2014-02-06 — Modern Farmer (Press) — Modern Farmer covered the alpha's million-view spread beyond gaming media.
- 2014-03-26 — Coffee Stain Studios (YouTube) — Coffee Stain released a launch trailer that parodied Dead Island's reveal trailer.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/goat-simulator

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Goat Simulator.” Case HIS-01582. Spread Score v1.3: 51/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01582