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Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite

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!

$9.99 May 8, 2026

By Odd Dreams Digital

Windows Controller: full
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Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite - Odd Dreams Digital. Popular. Released May 8, 2026
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Section Header with text "The Animal Evolution Roguelite"

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

Section Header with text "Beat Carcinisation"

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!

Section Header with text "Evolve, Adapt, Overcome"

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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