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Crab Champions vs Himno

Crab Champions is a platformer roguelike game from Noisestorm (2023) while Himno is an action-adventure action-RPG game from David Moralejo Sánchez (2019).

Crab Champions

2023 · Noisestorm

8.3GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Himno

2019 · David Moralejo Sánchez

7.5GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Steam files Crab Champions under Platformer and Roguelike. In contrast, it files Himno under Action-Adventure and Action-RPG.

Crab Champions

Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

Description from its Steam store page

Himno

Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Crab ChampionsHimno
GamingPickz Score8.3/107.5/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (98%, 31,067)Very Positive (91%, 5,820)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
Price$9.99Free
Install size6 GB0.13 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20232019
DeveloperNoisestormDavid Moralejo Sánchez

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Crab Champions vs Himno, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Crab ChampionsPlatformer roguelike game
    HimnoAction-adventure action-RPG game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Crab ChampionsEarly Access, Action Roguelike, Soundtrack
    HimnoFree to Play, Pixel Graphics, 2D

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Crab ChampionsScore 8.3 · 98% on Steam
    HimnoScore 7.5 · 91% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Crab Champions31,067 reviews · 6 GB
    Himno5,820 reviews · 1 add-on · 0.13 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Crab Champions$9.99
    HimnoFree

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Crab ChampionsPlayable
    HimnoPlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Crab Champions (GamingPickz Score 8.3)
  • The cheaper right now: Himno (Free)
  • Lighter on storage: Himno (0.13 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Crab Champions (31,067 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Action RoguelikeRogue-likeMultiplayerBullet HellCasualActionPlatformer

Where they differ

Crab Champions is also

Early AccessSoundtrackLooter ShooterArcadeThird-Person Shooter3D

Himno is also

Free to PlayPixel Graphics2DSingleplayerAdventureProcedural Generation

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Crab Champions is demanding, for players who want a challenge. Himno is demanding, for players who want a challenge.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Crab Champions and 1 for Himno. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Crab Champions and Himno in scope?

Crab Champions has drawn 31,067 Steam reviews and installs in 6 GB. Himno has drawn 5,820 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 0.13 GB.

Is Crab Champions or Himno better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Crab Champions rates higher (8.3 to 7.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Crab Champions or Himno?

Himno is cheaper right now at Free, against $9.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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