NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans -
Skip · Shooter · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $8.99. Fair at $1.74, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Jun 2015 (lowest $1.79, Oct 2019).
- Length
- 0.8h
- Value
- $11.24/hr
- Reviews
- 79% of 351 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.74 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
YOU GET TO CONTROL UNIQUE CREATURES LIKE LOBSTERS, CRABS AND BARNACLES, IN A WILD WATER WORLD THAT EXCEEDS ALL HUMAN SENSE.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9 level Graphics Card, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 106 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 63 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, They Can't Stop All Of Us (free, scores 36) beats it on value, while it beats Dude Simulator ($4.99, scores 6).
More about NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans -
Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 173 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 69 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
5% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
this is more than just a game. it's an experience. in all seriousness though, i do really like neo aquarium. despite the price (definitely buy on sale), janky controls, and little gameplay, it's genuinely a fun game. the soundtrack is surprisingly good, though i haven't bought it or anything. additionally, my laptop is not suitable for gaming. it's probably able to fry an egg when i run stardew valley. despite this...
2 more reviews
By far the best game I have EVER played! Insane story, amazing graphics and the best soundtrack in gaming history (I shed more than a tear). Love the replay function <3
NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans, developed by Calappa Games and published by PLAYISM, is a bizarre, unapologetically strange arena fighter that dares to turn sea creatures into laser-firing, shell-shattering warriors. It's a game that thrives on its absurdity, inviting players to embrace the ridiculous concept of underwater crustacean combat in fully three-dimensional environments. While it might sound like a...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans - scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/355240/neo-aquarium-the-king-of-crustaceansReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.