Another Crab's Treasure

Checkpoint GamingCharlie Kelly

8.5/10

As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, a new game will enter the Soulslike genre, be a little weird and stir some attention. Last year that was Lies of P, merging the world of Pinnochio with gritty and cruel action RPG combat to surprising effect. This year’s answer is Another Crab’s Treasure, the second release from indie studio Aggro Crab.

TechRaptorJoseph Allen

8.5/10

Another Crab's Treasure might be cartoony and fun, but its still got everything you'd want from a Soulslike: great bosses, huge and sprawling levels, and plenty of giant enemy crabs.

Press StartKieron Verbrugge

8/10

Another Crab's Treasure is a scrappy, succinct and soggy soulslike that doesn't just pay homage to FromSoft's pioneering efforts but stands out in its own right. There's no getting around the fact that it has serious issues of performance and polish that can really bring down the experience, but it's a game so packed with charm, so inspired, so unexpectedly cooked and with so many flashes of brilliance that I can genuinely say it's worth suffering through the pain points. I don't think I've been quite so enamoured with a game like this in a long time.

The OuterHavenKeith Mitchell

When I first found out about Another Crab’s Treasure, I’ll be honest—I was put off by the game. It was too cutesy and a departure from the dystopian, desolate Soulslike games I was used to. There was no end of the world, no hollowing, nothing of the sort. Instead, you…

TwinfiniteJake Su

After diving into Another Crab's Treasure, it's hard to understand why hasn't more been done to expand beyond the foundational souls-like element. There's clearly room for thinking outside the box, and Aggro Crab mostly nails it with this unique take. With colorful characters and an even more vibrant world, jump in for the feel-good vibes and partake in mostly satisfying underwater combat. Despite the occasional hiccups, this is still one shell of an adventure that works great for genre veterans and newcomers alike.

Game SkinnyGordan Perisic

8/10

A refreshing, light-hearted underwater Soulslike adventure with unique combat mechanics centered around different hermit crab shell abilities.

DestructoidJoseph Luster

7.5/10

Part of me wishes Another Crab’s Treasure predated the Souls games, just so we would have to refer to genre offshoots as Crablikes. The sauce is certainly thick on this one, and I’ll be thinking about it for quite some time. Another Crab’s Treasure pulls off exactly what it set out to do, and it’s going to be a favorite for many. Thanks to some of the less palatable late-game moments, it didn’t quite get to that level for me, but I very much appreciate all the shell-bound friends and pelagic puns I met along the way.

RPGamerAlex Fuller

A crab's shell is his castle, but poor Kril's has been rudely snatched away from him. Now he must dodge, parry, and fight his way through an ocean of trouble in this unique Soulslike.

WayTooManyGamesAaron Price

6/10

Who would have expected that Soulslike would just become its own genre? At this point we have the likes of Lords of the Fallen, Lies of P, and now Another Crab’s Treasure, which is easily the cutest of all of them. The basic premise is that Kril, the titular crab, has his home (shell) taken away for not paying the taxes of the sea. Kril doesn’t like people, but is forced to rejoin civilization in order to get his home back from an ocean that is getting more and more polluted as the story ...

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

6/10

I went into Another Crab’s Treasure expecting it to be a solid adventure, unfortunately, I just wasn’t into what the game offered after a few hours, leaving me with a world I didn’t want to explore, and one that felt like a chore to even navigate

VGChartzEvan Norris

4.5/10

Garbage collector.On paper, Another Crab's Treasure is such a great idea. An approachable Souls-like adventure set underwater, starring a [...]

KotakuMoises Taveras

Unscored

Upgrades and other pieces of equipment build upon and feed into the promise of the shell system and make it explode. A grappling hook, for example, allows you to pull shells toward you in the middle of combat, rewarding quick thinking when the going gets rough. An upgrade I unlocked allowed me to recover my shell’s health, which gets knocked down when you block, by attacking immediately afterwards ala Bloodborne’s health mechanic. A hammer upgrade lets you stick any shell on the end of your weapon and make it more powerful, while simultaneously granting you a second shield and set of abilities...