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CRABS MUST DIE!

Roman Kharlamov · 2025-11-06

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.

82%
positive of 71 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 68% of 12,953 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.75 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820252026Week of 2025-11-06: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$5.752025-11-062026-07-092025-11-06 — best price $9.592025-11-20 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $5.872026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $5.752026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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