# Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite The Demo is evolving for Steam Next Fest! Patch Notes

- Product: Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/everything-is-crab-the-animal-evolution-roguelite)
- Vendor: Odd Dreams Digital
- Date: 2026-02-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3526710/view/496095152751773914
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/everything-is-crab-the-animal-evolution-roguelite/releases/2026-02-23-the-demo-is-evolving-for-steam-next-fest-patch-no

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- **added** — New Branching Evolution: Pollinator
- **added** — New Challenge: Wounded
- **added** — New Genetic: Independent
- **fixed** — Fixed Codex issue where trackers could exceed 100%
- **changed** — Spines can now damage Clawdia and her Crawlees
- **fixed** — Toe Beans is no longer affected by Bullseye
- **changed** — Ruminant has been buffed to scale better
- **fixed** — Chaos Theory damage values fixed to no longer be only 0-1
- **changed** — Dashes can now be removed with Minimalist equipped
- **fixed** — Moving and adjusting window sizes no longer affects enemy portraits in the Bestiary
- **fixed** — Cracks in Unattended Nest now are in sync with defence progress
- **fixed** — Fixed several issues with Krabaroo collider blocking some attacks
- **fixed** — Whining's tooltips will no longer extend off screen
- **fixed** — Fixed issue where nights were longer than intended and days were shorter
- **changed** — Adjusted XP curve to be a little more generous
- **changed** — Chaos Theory description is now colour coded, currently only in English
- **fixed** — Fixed several typos in English

Hey Crabbies 🦀

WOW! The first four days of the demo being live have been positively _shucking,,, _I mean shocking. In a good way. The feedback and reports you have been providing us have been fantastic, and we couldn't thank you more for helping us improve our game to the best of our abilities!

With that, the demo is evolving as we head into [Steam Next Fest](https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest). Take a peek below at the new things available today, once today's update has been downloaded 👇

##### New content

- New Branching Evolution: Pollinator

- New Challenge: Wounded

- New Genetic: Independent

##### Patch notes

- Fixed Codex issue where trackers could exceed 100%

- Spines can now damage Clawdia and her Crawlees

- Toe Beans is no longer affected by Bullseye

- Ruminant has been buffed to scale better

- Chaos Theory damage values fixed to no longer be only 0-1

- Dashes can now be removed with Minimalist equipped

- Moving and adjusting window sizes no longer affects enemy portraits in the Bestiary

- Cracks in Unattended Nest now are in sync with defence progress

- Fixed several issues with Krabaroo collider blocking some attacks

- Whining's tooltips will no longer extend off screen

- Fixed issue where nights were longer than intended and days were shorter

- Adjusted XP curve to be a little more generous

- Chaos Theory description is now colour coded, currently only in English

- Fixed several typos in English

Oh, and be sure to check out your Codex! Something shiny might have changed....

Check out [Secret Mode channels](http://linktr.ee/wearesecretmode) for all the big news for Everything is Crab, and for extra insight from the devs, follow Odd Dreams Digital [on X](https://x.com/OddDreams_D), (https://bsky.app/profile/odddreamsdigital.bsky.social), (https://www.tiktok.com/@odd_dreams_digital), (https://www.instagram.com/odd_dreams_digital/), and join the [Discord!](https://discord.com/invite/mSqMvr7k67)

_Carcinisation - a form of convergent evolution where non-crab crustaceans independently evolve into a crab-like body. 🦀_