Crustacean Nations

Top-down real-time strategy about crabs waging war on the beach

Team Beans · Released Aug 19, 2022

Action Casual Free To Play Indie Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 574
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 3; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 4 years ago; Aug 20, 2022
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 470; 2 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Crustacean Nations?

A free-to-play, single-player, top-down strategy game about rival crab armies on a beach. You gather resources, build sandcastles and barracks, and command troops against AI opponents across three maps, in one-on-one or four-way battles. Sacrificing units in a central pit lets you summon a giant spider crab to attack an enemy base.

For you if...

+you enjoy balancing base construction with commanding an army
+you like colorful, stylized settings with a playful theme

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer battles against other human players

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Crustacean Nations system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 470, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64-bit or higher
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.4 GHz or faster
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Does Crustacean Nations have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Crustacean Nations run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English.

Does Crustacean Nations use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam