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Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite

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by Odd Dreams Digital · published by Secret Mode · 8 May, 2026
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The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 125+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!

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Set in a living ecosystem, ‘Everything is Crab’ is a cute, challenging, highly replayable action roguelite. Make animal inspired evolutionary choices to concoct your own unique creature every run, both mechanically and visually.

It’s Spore meets Modern Roguelites

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As everybody knows, eventually, every organism ends up evolving into a crab. Right?

Well, except for you. Choose your own evolutionary path and strategy to thrive and defeat convergent evolution. Take that, science!

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Over 125 abilities combine to create a plethora of different builds and playstyles: Become a wily trickster, a ferocious predator, a gregarious leader, a nimble nomad, or take on any number of other survival strategies.

Legs! Claws! Pincers! Wings! More Legs! Fur! Tail! Scales! Tentacles! I SAID MORE LEGS!!!
Build your formidable, visually awkward chimera or get Darwin’d in the process.                                           

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  • 125+ evolution based abilities

    • Endless possibilities and visual combinations

    • Strategy-defining evolutions

    • Many viable survival strategies and playstyles

Pixel art portrait of a cow.          Pixel art portrait of a sloth.          Pixel art portrait of a camel.

  • A living, thriving ecosystem

    • Many different critters with their own goals and strategies, each of them with several stages of evolution

    • Four distinct biomes with different rules, climate events, points of interest, flora and fauna

    • Night and day cycle          

  • A variety of bosses that may (or may not) appear with each run

  • Huge meta-progression layer

    • Difficulties system (if you dare!)

    • Genetics (starting Characters), which can be combined to create endless starting character combinations

    • Challenge Scenarios to push your adaptation skills to the limit

    • More evolutions

  • Endless runs

    • Prove your survival skills to unlock Endless runs, ditch the timer, and outlast the apocalypse! 

  • Track your findings, meta-progression and achievements in the Codex 

A bouncing hare.

Have a Crabby day!

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