Known issueFixUpdated · 144 replies on Steam

Everything Is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite: Official Bug Report Thread (Workarounds)

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: Edit: Restarting my steamdeck/game seems to have fixed the issue.

The problem

Hey Crabbies! 🦀 We hope you’re enjoying Everything is Crab to the fullest, but if you’re experiencing any issues with the game, please let us know! It’s super important to be as descriptive as possible with the issues you come across so we’re able to find out how to fix them in future updates. Pictures, Videos, and the file created by the F1 bug reporting form in-game are incredibly helpful, so…

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What players suggest

Edit: Restarting my steamdeck/game seems to have fixed the issue. Playing with Steamdeck docked and using a PS5 controller. The left thumbstick barely works. The character stutter steps every time. The rest of the controller buttons work fine its just the left thumbstick (move) makes the character stutter instead of move smoothly like the left thumbstick on the steamdeck.

Aces82nd

I have an issue with getting the game started. When I launch it via Steam it says: "Game was launched outside of Steam and will not work. Will attempt to relaunch." After clicking the button I get a black-ish screen, only way out is Alt+F4 If I start the game from the game folder (i.e. \steamapps\common\Everything is Crab) then I have the same issue, but this time the game actually restarts…

Lord Drakaien

Game constantly says "ERROR - unable to save. Will try at the start of next run" and just never saves. Can't unlock anything

LiberaShe

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash, black-screen, launch, performance, steam-deck, controller, save, audio

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Game Wont Start on Steamdeck

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Force the game to run using a specific older version of Proton in the game's compatibility settings.

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Pressure 15 Stuck

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: I've tried going small with dodge chance to be quicker and avoid but if both are rolling, it's game over.

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SolvedHow-to

Everything Is Crab – How to Kill Crabtaur

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