Shrimp.io

Shrimp.io

VuVuu · February 13, 2024 · Action, Casual, Strategy, Action Roguelike, Arcade

Shrimp.io is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Shrimp.io

A shrimple survivor-like where you play as a shrimp, you must kill fishies & other creatures, gather microplastics, and purchase meta upgrades.

Current Meta Upgrades:
  • +5% Move Speed - 4 Levels
  • +10% Max Health - 5 Levels
  • +5% Outgoing Damage - 5 Levels
  • -1 Incoming Damage - 3 Levels

Free Item Drops are in...


Customize your shrimp!
The Drop-rates are as follows:
  • 80% - for a shrimp skin (split to 99% common rarity skin, and 1% rare rarity skin)
  • 19% - for a unique rarity hat
  • 1% - for a rare rarity hat.


The gameplay is simple, just move, and use the patterns of the auto-firing weapons you have to murder the oncoming swarms of fishies & creatures.

if you have issues with the game or suggestions, make sure to let me know.

have a good day! :D

Shrimp.io — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Aug 13, 2026
Vampire Survivors for poor gaymers.
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Recommended Aug 20, 2026
Shrimp.io is a silly little survivor style game that somehow makes playing as a shrimp feel like a perfectly reasonable idea. I control a tiny shrimp underwater while fish and other creatures keep coming after me, and my main job is to survive while automatically firing my weapons at anything nearby. I collect microplastics from defeated enemies, gain levels and choose between three upgrades as I go. It is a very simple setup, but I like how quickly it gets going because I can start playing without having to learn a huge amount of systems first. The automatic weapons work well for this kind of game because my attention is mostly on movement. I have to keep the shrimp away from the growing groups of enemies while trying to position myself so the weapons can do their job. Different weapons have different firing patterns, so choosing upgrades can change how I deal with the crowds. I like that I am not constantly clicking to attack because it lets me concentrate on avoiding danger and collecting resources. Once enough enemies are on screen, even the simple movement starts to require some attention. The progression is fairly basic, but there is enough of it to give me a reason to keep…
Recommended Aug 13, 2026
Shrimp.io is a small-scale survivor-style action game that takes the familiar bullet-heaven concept and gives it an amusing aquatic personality. Developed and published by VuVuu, it places players in control of a shrimp facing relentless waves of fish and other underwater creatures. The premise is intentionally simple, but that simplicity is part of the attraction. Rather than surrounding its central idea with complicated systems, the game concentrates on movement, survival, automatic attacks, gradual upgrades, and the satisfaction of becoming dramatically stronger over the course of a run. Combat is designed around accessibility. Weapons fire automatically, leaving the player primarily responsible for movement and positioning. This creates a straightforward control scheme that can be understood almost immediately, yet surviving becomes increasingly demanding as larger groups of enemies occupy the available space. Since each weapon follows its own attack pattern, effective play involves learning how to position the shrimp so those attacks can eliminate enemies efficiently. Dodging through openings and avoiding encirclement become increasingly important as the screen fills with hos…
Recommended Aug 9, 2026
Holy shrimp is this whats going on in my tank every day
Recommended Aug 2, 2026
time waster
Recommended Jul 10, 2026
its a silly shrimp game, what more can I say

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