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Update V42: Easy Difficulty
Added new Easy difficulty. It reduces the number of enemies, the difficulty of their patterns (particularly reducing bullet hell areas/bosses), reduces some enemy health, decreases the intensity of cursed materials, and…
Announcement6 changesFixBalance - Crab Attack
Update V40
You can now initiate escaping while carrying cursed materials. The escape timer will be extended for the duration of the red bubble, making how curses work much clearer. Curse warp blocking timer is now capped to 4 mate…
Announcement5 changesFixBalance - Crab Attack
Update V38/39
V38: Lowered Chakram's priority for vertical weapons in final boss. Bouncer no longer despawns when going off-screen. Adjusted Hard mode's results screen variation to not be covered up by text. Removed stray pixel from…
Announcement5 changesFixGameplay - Crab Attack
Update V37
Increased fire weapon ice carve size. Moved final boss spawns downwards to avoid awkward top screen edge. Increased bullet gap on final boss final phase (hard). Removed unintended final boss phase 2 spike (hard). Fixed…
Announcement6 changesFixGameplay - Crab Attack
Update V36
Fixed final boss final phase object's vertical position. Changed final boss final phase object's color for better contrast visibility. Improved end game results images. Armored Centipede in Lost Town sprite changed to m…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - Crab Attack
Update V35
Added another playtester to credits. Fixed missing fire effects on Sealed Depths' submarine cannons. Changed default gamepad deadzone to 25% from 50%. Fixed boulder in Boulder Hill being able to despawn off-screen or ge…
Announcement7 changesFixGameplay - Crab Attack
Release Date Announcement
We're happy to announce that Crab Attack will release on July 11th, 2025. If you played the old demo, we posted recently about many of the changes coming to the full game here. One last change is the new terrain touch s…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Crab Attack
Upcoming Changes
Hey everyone. First of all, we'd like to thank all the players who tried the demo during Next Fest. Your feedback has been invaluable in improving the game, and now that we're finally starting to wrap up I'd like to tal…
Patch notes4 changesBalanceGameplay - Crab Attack
Developers Play Test
Demo test stream.
Announcement - Crab Attack
Developers Play
Watch developers play the demo. We will be in the chat during the event to respond to any questions.
Event1 change - Crab Attack
Developers Play
Watch developers play the demo. We will be in the chat during the event to respond to any questions.
Event1 change - Crab Attack
Demo V12
In response to feedback, we tried to make the first time experience a little smoother. Changes: Tree top area now requires the Angler to enter. Help screen added, more explicitly explaining the flow of the game. It also…
Store3 changesGameplay - Crab Attack
Demo Now Available
The Crab Attack June Next Fest demo is available now. Four challenging bosses, over ten pieces of equipment, two difficulty settings, and your new best crab friend await. A few extra notes: Testers have reported that th…
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