Aggro Crab
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2019 |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of employees | 13 |
| Website | aggrocrab |
Aggro Crab Games LLC is an American independent video game developer and publisher based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The studio was founded on January 1, 2019, and is commonly known for Going Under (2020), Another Crab's Treasure (2024) and Peak (2025).[1]
History
Aggro Crab was founded by Nick Kaman and Caelan Pollock in 2019.[2] On September 24, 2020, the first game of Aggro Crab, a beat-em-up roguelike named Going Under was released.[3] The project received generally good reviews from critics.[4]
Announced in 2022, Aggro Crab's second game, Another Crab's Treasure was released on April 25, 2024. Developers stated that they wanted to make the game look as little as possible like other games of the Soulslike genre through a more colorful, more humorous approach.[5] The game was received positively by players and critics alike.[6]
For their next game, Aggro Crab decided to revisit the world of Going Under, announcing Going Under 2 in 2025. In June 2025, differences in creative vision caused the new project to lose its funding, resulting in its cancellation.[6] The studio then worked in cooperation with indie-studio Landfall Games to develop a cooperative multiplayer climbing game named Peak. The game was initially developed by two studios in a month-long game jam in Seoul, similar to the development of Landfall's Content Warning the year prior.[7] Peak saw huge success, selling over 100,000 copies in first 24 hours.[8]
On October 2, Aggro Crab announced Crashout Crew, a game described as a "wild co-op adventure". A demo version of the game was released on October 13.[9]
List of games
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Going Under | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Aggro Crab | Team17 |
| 2021 | Subway Midnight | Windows | Bubby Darkstar | Aggro Crab |
| 2024 | Another Crab's Treasure | Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch | Aggro Crab | Aggro Crab |
| 2025 | Peak | Windows | Aggro Crab & Landfall Games | Aggro Crab & Landfall Games |
| 2026 | Crashout Crew | Windows, Xbox Series X/S | Aggro Crab | Aggro Crab |
Further reading
- Bunting, Geoffrey. "'Another Crab's Treasure' Does What 'Elden Ring' Won't". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- Brendan, Sinclair (January 31, 2022). "Aggro Crab condemns Team 17 over NFTs". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
References
- ↑ "About — Aggro Crab". aggrocrab.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Going Under PressKit — Aggro Crab". aggrocrab.com. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Going Under Review - Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on November 18, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Going Under critic reviews". www.metacritic.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ Brown, Joey (April 18, 2024). "Another Crab's Treasure Devs Talk Putting a Colorful Twist on Soulslike Games". Game Rant. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- 1 2 Hernandez, Patricia (July 9, 2025). "The unlikely story behind Peak, the hot Steam game that's sold millions". Polygon. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ Lincoln Carpenter (June 24, 2025). "Peak devs say the hit comedy climber was pitched in a Swedish hot tub and developed in a frantic 4-week Korean game jam: 'We brought our computers to an Airbnb in Hongdae and locked tf in for a month'". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on November 3, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Update: Aggro Crab and Landfall 'side hustle' Peak sold 1 million copies in six days". Game Developer. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
- ↑ Hayner, Chris (October 11, 2025). "I'm Peak-Pilled And Not Ready For Another Aggro Crab Game". TheGamer. Archived from the original on October 12, 2025. Retrieved October 14, 2025.