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NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans - cover art

NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans -

Calappa Games · PLAYISM · 2015-06-08

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 08, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

YOU GET TO CONTROL UNIQUE CREATURES LIKE LOBSTERS, CRABS AND BARNACLES, IN A WILD WATER WORLD THAT EXCEEDS ALL HUMAN SENSE.

NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans - is an Action and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (79% of 351 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
79%
positive of 351 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 351 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2019-10-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$1.792015-06-092026-08-062015-06-09 — best price $8.092015-10-19 — best price $6.292016-01-21 — best price $4.492016-05-11 — best price $3.592016-11-07 — best price $2.692017-01-16 — best price $3.592017-06-22 — best price $3.592017-10-26 — best price $2.962018-01-22 — best price $2.962018-05-14 — best price $2.962018-09-19 — best price $2.962018-12-21 — best price $2.692019-03-25 — best price $2.692019-06-26 — best price $2.692019-10-14 — best price $1.792019-11-26 — best price $1.792020-03-16 — best price $1.792020-06-25 — best price $1.792020-11-07 — best price $1.792021-02-11 — best price $1.792021-05-15 — best price $1.792021-08-09 — best price $1.792021-11-06 — best price $1.792022-01-27 — best price $1.792022-09-12 — best price $1.792022-12-23 — best price $1.792023-05-20 — best price $1.792023-09-10 — best price $3.232024-02-01 — best price $1.792024-06-27 — best price $1.792024-11-27 — best price $1.792025-01-22 — best price $1.792025-05-21 — best price $1.792025-09-15 — best price $1.792026-03-05 — best price $1.792026-07-23 — best price $1.792026-08-06 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
5.2%
earned "Champion Lobster"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1794%21

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieMemesActionArcadeComedySci-fiShooterFightingUnderwater

Census log

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

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