Another Crab's Treasure
Another Crab's Treasure is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Aggro Crab. It centers on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Another Crab's Treasure is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 5AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Inventive shell combat reinforces its ocean setting, despite rough early PS5 execution.
Another Crab's Treasure gives its defensive equipment a personality and a practical purpose. Disposable shells absorb blocking damage and supply different abilities, while attacking restores the resource used for special moves. That interaction encourages experimentation instead of treating defence as a passive statistic. New abilities and inventive bosses sustain progress, and the use of rubbish connects combat directly to the polluted ocean setting. Humour does not erase the world's underlying distress. The early PS5 evidence is less consistent technically, recording pauses between areas, busy-scene frame drops, and collision friction. Adjustable damage and parry windows make the challenge more approachable without resolving those execution problems. This assessment covers that pre-release review build, not an assertion that every issue survives in current patches.
Strengths
- Shell resources create tactical choices
- Pollution theme informs mechanics
- Flexible difficulty assists
Weaknesses
- Historical PS5 loading pauses and frame drops
- Occasional camera and collision friction
Who it is for: Players who enjoy soulslike combat, playful presentation, and equipment experimentation.
Play notes: Consider adjusting the parry window. Technical scoring covers only the April 2024 pre-release PS5 test, excluding unverified day-one and later patches; check current performance separately.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Exploration rewards and varied bosses provide substantial progression, interrupted by awkward platforming. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Shell durability and abilities create a distinctive exchange between defence and aggression. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Trash connects equipment, economy, and pollution into a coherent world with an effective tonal contrast. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Difficulty assists are valuable, but historical loading pauses and collision issues limit technical reliability. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Aggro Crab
- Publisher
- Aggro Crab
- Release date
- Apr 25, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story 10–20 HoursSolo-friendlyStory-drivenExploration3D GraphicsSlow BurnThird PersonInvestigationPuzzle SolvingLinear Levels
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideApr 25, 2024
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideAug 20, 2026
Game gallery
Sources
- ec.nintendo.com