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Crabmeat

Nicholas McDonnell · Searching Interactive · 2026-03-10

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

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.

87%
positive of 198 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$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 54% of 11,993 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2026-05-08)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).

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

Census log

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

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