Aggro Crab
Indie video game company
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Aggro Crab 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]
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2019 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 12 |
| Website | aggrocrab |
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] Despite the game's positive reception, it did not satisfy the developers' expectations, given the time and resources spent on development.[6]
As a result, Aggro Crab decided to repeat the success of their first game, 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][9]
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.[10]
List of games
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Going Under | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Team17 |
| 2024 | Another Crab's Treasure | Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch | Aggro Crab |
| 2025 | Peak | Windows | Aggro Crab & Landfall Games |
| TBA | Crashout Crew | N/a | 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.