Is Crowd Control free?

Yes — Crowd Control is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Crowd Control Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Crowd Control Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Crowd Control on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Crowd Control. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Crowd Control on PC Game Pass?

No — Crowd Control is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Crowd Control

Sugoi Yellow · September 20, 2019 · Free to Play, Indie, Strategy, Casual, Action

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About Crowd Control

Crowd control is a game about risk & play style exploration.

Up to four players spend a minute and a half converting as many crowd members to their colour. this is done by moving their wave with 4 directional keys.

Crowd Control was created in the New Zealand Kiwi Jam 2019 game jam. I created this game in under 48 hours. It won 2nd Place in the Christchurch Kiwi Jam Awards 2019 so i decided to publish it on steam. I made it free to play because It has a short gameplay loop like most game jam games.

Summary

The Mexican wave:

an effect resembling a moving wave produced by successive sections of the crowd in a stadium standing up, raising their arms, lowering them, and sitting down again.

Four players each control an area where crowd members feel the need to party! These people somehow change the colour of their shirts, jump up, and cheer loud noises. Each time someone jumps while wearing your coloured shirt your score increases by one. The team with the highest score wins.

You cannot convert crowd members that have recently jumped (indicated by the colour fading over time). If you get cut off by other player's recent jumpers you have to navigate back to the last place you colour jumped and continue the wave another direction.

Throughout the duration of the game players can find party people that are indicated by the small light green arrow above their heads. Party people send a shock wave of jumpers out in every direction but watch out as occasionally it might not be your colour of wave.

To change the AI to player ratio you can left click on a player while the game is paused to toggle the AI.

Controls

Press Space, Escape or Enter to start & pause game.
Press F1 to restart game. F2 Brings up the webpage

Red: W, A, S, D
Yellow: T, F, G, H
Blue: I, J, K, L
Green: Arrow Keys

Crowd Control — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 13, 2025

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Recommended Jan 29, 2026

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Recommended Nov 6, 2025

Игра 'Crowd Control' - это забавная и захватывающая аркада, где вам предстоит управлять толпой и захватывать базы. Геймплей прост, но увлекателен: бегаешь, собираешь людей и атакуешь соперников, стараясь быть самым большим и сильным. Визуальный стиль минималистичен, но при этом приятен глазу, а динамичная музыка добавляет азарта. Плюсы игры однозначно перевешивают минусы. Это отличный способ скоротать время, играя в короткие, но интенсивные сессии. Простота управления делает ее доступной для игроков всех возрастов. Разнообразие карт и небольшая система прокачки хоть и не революционна, но добавляет реиграбельности. Однако, иногда игра ощущается немного однообразной. После нескольких часов геймплея стратегические возможности кажутся ограниченными, и победа часто зависит от случайности и количества ботов в команде. Было бы здорово увидеть больше тактических элементов и уникальных юнитов. В целом, 'Crowd Control' - это хорошая казуальная игра, идеально подходящая для тех, кто ищет простой и веселый геймплей. Рекомендую попробовать, особенно если вам нравятся аркады с элементами стратегии.

Not recommended Oct 23, 2024

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Recommended Apr 9, 2024

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