Dark Souls-inspired Another Crab’s Treasure is the first crustacean Soulslike

Aggro Crab is an independent developer that has just unveiled their next game. This Dark Souls-inspired adventure was called Another Crab’s Treasure, in which players will battle as a hermit crab trying to reclaim its shell, during Nintendo’s Indie World stream on Wednesday. Instead of a standard seashell to protect your body, the hermit crab will find armor from cans and cups from the ocean, or the bodies of its foes.

Like Aggro Crab’s debut game Go Under, a satirical take on the dungeon crawler set in the “cursed ruins of failed tech startups” where office junk served as weapons, Another Crab’s Treasure will goof on the “Soulslike” genre. (That is the brand of action games inspired by FromSoftware’s Demon’s Souls, Dark SoulsAnd Bloodborne.) Aggro Crab jokingly called its new game a “Shellslike” during its reveal, which showed a heroic hermit crab battling other crustaceans armed with, and decked out in, manmade sea trash.

Another Crab’s TreasureIt will retain the Soulslike-style difficulty, according to its creators. Players battle ocean animals with chopsticks and forks. There are over 50 potential items that could be used as temporary shells. Crabs’ built-in weapons (pinchy claws) and natural strafing abilities make them the perfect animal for a combat-heavy game.

Another Crab’s TreasureIt will arrive sometime between 2023 and be available for purchase on Nintendo Switch or PC.