# Crab Game

> Dani's free Steam game Crab Game reached an all-time peak of 283,315 Twitch viewers.

- Owner: Dani
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2021-10-29
- Peak date: Week of Nov 2, 2021
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 49 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Creator relay, Newsjacking, Platform jump, Revival

## Summary

Dani released Crab Game free on Steam on Oct. 29, 2021. Within days Sykkuno, xQc and Sodapoppin streamed it, and in early November it set a Steam peak of 56,106 players and drew 283,315 Twitch viewers. VTubers revived it in 2023.

## Timeline

- 2021-10-29 — Dani (Open web) — Dani released Crab Game on Steam as a free-to-play game.
- 2021-10-29 — Dani / @DaniDevYT (X) — Announced his multiplayer Squid Game parody at 13:00:14 UTC and directed followers to his YouTube video.
- 2021-10-30 — GamesRadar+ (Press) — GamesRadar+ wrote that the Steam game would make a great Netflix series.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/crab-game

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Crab Game.” Case HIS-00452. Spread Score v1.2: 49/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00452