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Crabitron

Once, every hundred years, Crabitron descends upon the civilized galaxy to teach humanity a brutal lesson, to stop eating his delicious crustacean brothers. Humanity never learns. It's time for their lesson.

70 30 December 2011

Crabitron is a video game, released 30 December 2011 on iOS.

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What Crabitron is

Crabitron was released in 2011. It was published by Two Lives Left. It is available on iOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Once, every hundred years, Crabitron descends upon the civilized galaxy to teach humanity a brutal lesson, to stop eating his delicious crustacean brothers. Humanity never learns. It's time for their lesson.
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How it plays

Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Crabitron holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Crabitron launched on 30 December 2011, within three weeks of Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Final Fantasy XIII-2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Final Fantasy XIII-2.

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When did Crabitron come out?
Crabitron was released on 30 December 2011 for iOS.