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The Crackpet Show

Vixa Games · Ravenage Games · 2022-12-15

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!

86%
positive of 851 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.39
steam price (US)

Are you ready to get famous? If so, grab your gun and join the most violent TV show in the history of violent TV shows! Participants will have to shoot, smash and rip through hundreds of enemies on their way to victory! Don’t be discouraged by THE GIANT F*ING BOSSES that are more than capable of turning your innards outwards – just grab the best perks and weapons along the way. Make your gun spew molten lava all over the floor, turn yourself into a berserker, and let your bullets bounce between enemies! All these things stack, so you have every opportunity to turn your furry warrior into a ra(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (139 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 20,335 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 851 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.54 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 48 of 90 observed days · $14.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720212026Week of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$2.542021-12-162026-09-272021-12-16 — best price $14.442022-03-07 — best price $16.992022-08-30 — best price $16.992023-02-10 — best price $11.092023-04-15 — best price $16.992023-06-01 — best price $13.492023-07-18 — best price $13.492023-08-30 — best price $12.482023-11-17 — best price $9.512024-01-05 — best price $16.992024-03-14 — best price $8.492024-04-08 — best price $16.992024-06-04 — best price $8.492024-07-12 — best price $16.992024-09-10 — best price $16.992024-10-25 — best price $4.252024-11-27 — best price $4.242025-01-03 — best price $16.992025-02-17 — best price $16.992025-03-21 — best price $16.992025-05-16 — best price $16.992025-06-20 — best price $2.542025-08-08 — best price $16.992025-09-19 — best price $2.542025-10-13 — best price $2.712025-11-19 — best price $16.992026-01-18 — best price $16.992026-02-12 — best price $3.392026-03-15 — best price $16.992026-04-20 — best price $16.992026-05-25 — best price $3.392026-06-25 — best price $3.392026-08-05 — best price $3.392026-09-03 — best price $16.992026-09-23 — best price $16.992026-09-27 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.2%
earned "Good Student"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-09-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0642%82
PS5 (PlayStation)49329%25
PS4 (PlayStation)8841%25
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyShooterDifficultControllerDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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