Crustacean Nations

Strategy· Casual· Action RTS· Base Building

Released Aug 2022

🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!

92% positive · 530 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Crustacean Nations launched on August 19, 2022 as a free-to-play RTS. The only developer communication after launch was a single bug fix hotfix posted on August 20, 2022 — the day after release — to patch a map issue. Since then, Team Beans has posted no updates, announcements, roadmaps, or additional content of any kind. The store description does not reference any planned DLC, seasonal content, or future updates. There are no DLC listings. The game launched as a complete, self-contained package and has received no post-launch content development. It appears to have shipped as a finished product.

Evidence

Day-one hotfix patching a hole in level three. The only developer communication post-launch, with no mention of future content or updates.

news post · Aug 20, 2022 source ambiguous

low

Store description describes the game's current feature set — unit types, maps, and game modes — with no mention of future content, DLC, or planned updates.

description source ambiguous

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Media

Details

Developer

Team Beans

Publisher

Team Beans

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Strategy Casual Action RTS Base Building Stylized Funny RTS Resource Management 3D Top-Down Colorful Destruction War Building Relaxing

About this game

🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a simple RTS about crabs waging perpetual war. Collect resources, build sand castles, amass troops, and summon titans in a charming beach environment. Easy to pick up yet hard to master, players of any age group can have fun building the ultimate Crustacean Nation.

Build!

Build sand castles, set up protective walls, and place crab-spawning barracks to secure victory. Send out crabs to collect resources and guard the base. Building your castle can be quite relaxing... if it doesn't get flattened by enemy crustaceans.

Amass!

Recruit any of the current unit types, each with their own strengths and weaknesses!

🦀Common Crab: The bread and butter base unit to fill your army.
🦀Ghost Crab: Fast and weak, great for collecting resources.
🦀Stone Crab: Slow and strong, stone crabs make great castle guards.
🦀Hermit Crab: Tanky hermit crabs draw the attention of all nearby enemies.
🦀Coconut Crab: Huge, slow coconut crabs hurl coconuts at enemies from a range.

Summon!

Players compete to summon the legendary 🦀Spider Crab🦀. Sacrifice units in the central boss pit to win the Spider Crab's favor and send it stomping towards the enemy base.

Fight!

Strategically command your troops to win fights against the enemy. Orchestrate raids and secure territory to make sure the enemy does not get ahead. Fight against the artificial intelligence on three different maps, with games ranging from 1v1 battles to four-way free-for-all combat.