The Game Census
Crab Game cover art

Crab Game

Dani · 2021-10-29

Steam

ActionCasualFree To PlayIndieRacing

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

Releases: Oct 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2021 (Linux), Oct 29, 2021 (Mac)

Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.

Crab Game is an Action, Casual, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 151028 reviews).

564
playing now
91%
positive of 151k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
52/100
IGDB user rating (59 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Crab Game is a free-to-play video game developed and published by Norwegian indie developer Daniel Sooman, also known as Dani. The game was initially released for Linux and macOS on Itch.io and for Windows on Steam on 29 October 2021; the Linux and macOS editions were later released on Steam on 16 November. Based on the Netflix series Squid Game, players compete with each other in minigames in order to be the last one alive.

Trailer

Crab Game trailer thumbnail

Crab Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 564 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,900 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~238/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (97,386 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
92k92k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 7,811 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 622 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 91,771 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,615 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15,534 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,717 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7,362 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 972 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,381 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 485 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 372 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,503 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,572 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,664 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,049 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k4742026-09-14 19:00 — 1,682 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 812 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 968 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,430 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,083 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 644 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 1,195 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 931 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 735 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,492 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,140 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 607 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,054 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 867 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 768 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,355 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 946 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 688 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 860 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,369 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,070 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 765 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,230 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 564 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
57k724Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 26,059 · peak 56,042Jan 2022 — avg 5,549 · peak 10,433Mar 2022 — avg 1,977 · peak 4,784May 2022 — avg 1,494 · peak 3,201Jul 2022 — avg 1,200 · peak 1,967Sep 2022 — avg 988 · peak 2,009Nov 2022 — avg 982 · peak 2,383Jan 2023 — avg 2,677 · peak 9,373Mar 2023 — avg 39,770 · peak 55,713May 2023 — avg 14,424 · peak 41,007Jul 2023 — avg 3,638 · peak 10,571Sep 2023 — avg 4,861 · peak 8,479Nov 2023 — avg 5,837 · peak 8,524Jan 2024 — avg 10,209 · peak 18,638Mar 2024 — avg 55,618 · peak 69,507May 2024 — avg 54,969 · peak 69,448Jul 2024 — avg 57,134 · peak 73,889Sep 2024 — avg 39,982 · peak 50,392Nov 2024 — avg 43,096 · peak 54,229Jan 2025 — avg 38,585 · peak 54,566Mar 2025 — avg 40,690 · peak 52,876May 2025 — avg 15,189 · peak 38,336Jul 2025 — avg 1,157 · peak 1,586Sep 2025 — avg 1,050 · peak 1,496Nov 2025 — avg 968 · peak 2,644Jan 2026 — avg 740 · peak 1,199Mar 2026 — avg 739 · peak 1,427May 2026 — avg 2,180 · peak 8,841Jul 2026 — avg 731 · peak 1,253Aug 2026 — avg 807 · peak 1,426
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

46132026-06-01 — 32 pageviews2026-06-05 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 37 pageviews2026-06-13 — 42 pageviews2026-06-17 — 32 pageviews2026-06-21 — 33 pageviews2026-06-25 — 46 pageviews2026-06-29 — 40 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 37 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 34 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 30 pageviews2026-07-31 — 37 pageviews2026-08-04 — 36 pageviews2026-08-08 — 38 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-16 — 32 pageviews2026-08-20 — 32 pageviews2026-08-24 — 28 pageviews2026-08-28 — 45 pageviews2026-09-01 — 25 pageviews2026-09-05 — 30 pageviews2026-09-09 — 39 pageviews2026-09-13 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 20 pageviews2026-09-21 — 32 pageviews2026-09-25 — 35 pageviews2026-09-29 — 23 pageviews2026-10-03 — 37 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews2026-10-11 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

72002026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 237 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 144 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSPvPActionArcadeCasualCombatParkourPhysicsPlatformer

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistReverse CrawlMedieval Kingdom WarsTotally Accurate Battle SimulatorOctogeddonRICO

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗