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Crabmeat

Nicholas McDonnell · Searching Interactive · 2026-03-10

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 10, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short first-person point & click survival horror game where you're a prisoner tasked with crabbing for priceless Southern King Crabs to pay off your debt to the Feudostate. Navigate the harsh waters of the Antarctic and defend your ship from the threats that dwell under the icy waters.

Crabmeat is a 2026 Adventure title priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 198 reviews).

87%
positive of 214 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 30,030 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 214 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.39 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320262026Week of 2026-03-10: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$6.792026-03-102026-08-102026-03-10 — best price $7.192026-03-24 — best price $7.992026-05-08 — best price $6.792026-05-18 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $6.792026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-08-03 — best price $6.792026-08-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "The Debt"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

7 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)974%10

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

Census log

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

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