Crustacean
Tycoon
An idle game built at the intersection of three obsessions: Open Claw, Fallout, and Adventure Capitalist. Run an office of AI lobster agents, automate the grind, and prestige your way to bigger multipliers.
Play Fullscreen — FreeCrustacean Tycoon started as a thought experiment: what if the idea behind Open Claw — the fastest-growing open source AI harness ever, where autonomous agents grind on your behalf — got literalized into an office of lobster agents running small businesses? Add a dose of Fallout's retro-terminal warmth for the look, borrow the tap-buy-manager-prestige loop from Adventure Capitalist for the math, and here we are.
You start with a single CSV Parser and climb ten tiers up to a Strategic Planner. Each business scales faster than the last, with milestone doublers along the way. Hire a manager to make a business auto-cycle. Let the orchestrator pick the next best buy for you. Stack 14 upgrades — per-business and global — to bend the curve.
Prestige to reset everything in exchange for a permanent multiplier, and start the next run pointed at a bigger number. Offline earnings (capped at 24 hours) keep the simulation running while you're not looking.
This is the first game I've shipped in Godot, built across a handful of weeks of nights and weekends. The scope is intentionally small — one tight loop, finished, put online — rather than a sprawling campaign.
FAQ
Is this affiliated with Open Claw?
No — Crustacean Tycoon is a fan creation, not affiliated with the Open Claw project. The in-game agents mirror how the harness works — tied to memory, triggered by a heartbeat — just reimagined as lobsters running small businesses. A love letter to the harness and its community.
What platforms is it available on?
Play it right here in the browser. An itch.io build and an Android release (via Google Play) are planned.
Is it free to play?
It's free — every version, every platform.
How often is it updated?
Updates ship when they're ready — check the Changelog and Devlog for the latest.