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Crab Champions cover art

Crab Champions

Noisestorm · 2023-04-01

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

Crab Champions is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 30960 reviews).

173
playing now
98%
positive of 31k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
23
Nexus mods (37k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

173 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Crab Champions is an upcoming looter shooter video game developed and published by Noisestorm for Windows. The game is based on Noisestorm's hit song titled "Crab Rave", which featured a 3D animated music video of dancing crabs. The song quickly grew viral upon its release, garnering millions of views on YouTube, and millions more plays across all music streaming platforms. The game was first announced on 1 April 2019, one year after the song was released, and became available on Steam as Early Access on 1 April 2023, five years after the song made its debut.

Trailer

Crab Champions trailer thumbnail

Crab Champions Reveal Trailer

≈483,996 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 173 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,880 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~235/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,564 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 626k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 31,283 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2025-03-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.4k7.4k20232026Week of 2023-04-01: 7,445 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,068 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8941682026-09-15 12:00 — 200 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 437 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 536 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 238 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 716 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 590 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 168 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 359 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 702 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 326 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 310 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 529 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 216 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 277 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 688 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 321 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 249 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 473 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 439 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 334 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 720 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 487 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 173 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 26 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$6.992023-04-012026-07-092023-04-01 — best price $8.492023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-08-31 — best price $7.992023-11-16 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-12-22 — best price $7.492024-03-04 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-05-13 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-01 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-24 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-08-25 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $6.992025-11-02 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-03-13 — best price $6.992026-05-08 — best price $7.492026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128112026-05-13 — 34 pageviews2026-05-17 — 23 pageviews2026-05-21 — 24 pageviews2026-05-25 — 53 pageviews2026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 27 pageviews2026-06-10 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 128 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-08 — 30 pageviews2026-07-12 — 35 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 59 pageviews2026-09-06 — 13 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 22 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 28 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 20 pageviews2026-10-12 — 15 pageviews2026-10-13 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8602026-10-01 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.8%
earned "Flex I"
23.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,7412%109

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCo-opActionArcadeCasualShooterPlatformerRogue-likeSoundtrackBullet Hell

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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