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King of Crabs cover art

King of Crabs

Robot Squid · 2023-09-25

Steam

ActionCasualMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale

Releases: Jul 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 07, 2019 (Android), TBD (iOS)

Battle Royale with crabs! Intense multiplayer action, with up to 100 players! Scrap, scavenge and slaughter your way to becoming the King of Crabs!

King of Crabs is a 2023 Action, Casual, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 9111 reviews).

1
playing now
79%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

King of Crabs is a 2020 battle royale video game from Robot Squid and Spilt Milk Studios for Microsoft Windows, Android and iOS. The game has been praised as "Fortnite with crabs."

Trailer

King of Crabs trailer thumbnail

King of Crabs 🦀 Legendary Robot Crab Gameplay

≈975,362 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 178 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,442 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,317 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-14 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
69018Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 690 · peak 1,860Sep 2020 — avg 269 · peak 547Nov 2020 — avg 397 · peak 1,606Jan 2021 — avg 201 · peak 354Mar 2021 — avg 228 · peak 450May 2021 — avg 194 · peak 315Jul 2021 — avg 163 · peak 289Sep 2021 — avg 138 · peak 238Nov 2021 — avg 127 · peak 220Jan 2022 — avg 134 · peak 277Mar 2022 — avg 133 · peak 378May 2022 — avg 145 · peak 394Jul 2022 — avg 69 · peak 156Sep 2022 — avg 74 · peak 147Nov 2022 — avg 53 · peak 94Jan 2023 — avg 52 · peak 99Mar 2023 — avg 55 · peak 139May 2023 — avg 64 · peak 117Jul 2023 — avg 62 · peak 118Sep 2023 — avg 62 · peak 155Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 119Jan 2024 — avg 58 · peak 103Mar 2024 — avg 63 · peak 111May 2024 — avg 48 · peak 99Jul 2024 — avg 47 · peak 82Sep 2024 — avg 42 · peak 82Nov 2024 — avg 36 · peak 75Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 92Mar 2025 — avg 30 · peak 65May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 67Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 125Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 67Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 39Jan 2026 — avg 19 · peak 44Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 49May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 47Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51.7%
earned "Brown Crab!"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller support

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2200%74

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

3DPvEPvPFunnyArcadeCasualShooterRealisticControllerDark Humor

Census log

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

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