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A hermit crab is finding a house

GAGA · 2021-02-03

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as an adorable hermit crab, solve the shell puzzle on the beach and find the perfect house. The key to solve the puzzles is to stack shells cleverly and plan the order and direction of entry or exit.

A hermit crab is finding a house is a $0.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2021, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners, with a Positive review sentiment (97% of 34 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-30

97%
positive of 34 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 29,079 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620212026Week of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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