Games like The Giant Crab in Space
If The Giant Crab in Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Robot Fury: Mech Combat Simulator, DarkSpase and Mars Quest — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Steam players who put hours into The Giant Crab in Space also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Robot Fury: Mech Combat Simulator
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Top pick for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Robot Fury is a mech combat simulator where you can feel like a true robot warrior. Fight enemies with a powerful flamethrower, soar into battle with your jetpack, and finish off foes with precise machine gun headshots. Customize your mech and engage in exhilarating, epic battles!
DarkSpase
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Second-strongest match for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Galaga meets Tie Fighter meets Elite Dangerous. A sci-fi starfighter combat sim with NASA-accurate Keplerian orbits. Voyage across the Solar System with real-time FTL. Engage Dregg swarms in dynamic PvE encounters. Outmaneuver invaders by pushing Newtonian physics to the limit at 150 m/s.
Mars Quest
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Third-strongest match for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Dozens of enemy tanks, robots and mutants are attacking your Mars bases! In the game, you drive a special tank equipped with the latest technologies. You have a choice of many types of tanks, weapons and additional equipment and reinforcements from an orbital station that you can use in the game.
They Came From the Sky 2
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Ranked #4 for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Terror from space throws world into panic! Yes, again... Your mission: Save the Earth from mankind and make a delicious juicy Human Smoothie! Inspired by the legendary game from Amiga: Walker and old good Defender.
IRON REBELLION
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Ranked #5 for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Climb inside a colossal war machine, where every switch is at your command. Iron Rebellion is a VR multiplayer sci-fi mech shooter SIM that puts you in the pilot’s seat. Customize your mech, control every system from inside the cockpit, and face other players in fast-paced, tactical PvP battles.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
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Ranked #6 for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Giant Crab in Space.
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
Grey Goo
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Ranked #7 for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
BATTLETECH
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Ranked #8 for The Giant Crab in Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Giant Crab in Space.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Giant Crab in Space at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Giant Crab in Space.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Giant Crab in Space.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Giant Crab in Space.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under The Giant Crab in Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Giant Crab in Space.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with The Giant Crab in Space.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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HellCrunch
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Another title from TensionSplice, the studio behind The Giant Crab in Space. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
HellCrunch is a First Person Shooter with a focus on run and gun gameplay inspired by 1990s classics. Battle against demonic hordes as you fight your way through a series of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror environments, while racing to uncover the mystery behind their mysterious leader!
Terror In The Atomic Desert
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Another title from TensionSplice, the studio behind The Giant Crab in Space. Shares Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Terror In The Atomic desert is a first person horror puzzle game made as a homage to 1960s B-movies.
Gunslingers of the Wasteland vs. The Zombies From Mars
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Another title from TensionSplice, the studio behind The Giant Crab in Space. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Do battle across the American Southwest in this This Third-Person Shooter as you contend with the evil Dr. Arcturis and his legion of undead.
Attack of the Giant Crab
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Another title from TensionSplice, the studio behind The Giant Crab in Space. Shares Action and Indie with The Giant Crab in Space.
Take control of the Giant Crab and cause the maximum amount of destruction while brushing off the military's puny attempts to stop you.
Frequently asked about The Giant Crab in Space
- How much does The Giant Crab in Space cost?
- The Giant Crab in Space is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Giant Crab in Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Giant Crab in Space are Robot Fury: Mech Combat Simulator, DarkSpase, Mars Quest.
- Who developed The Giant Crab in Space?
- The Giant Crab in Space was developed by TensionSplice.
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