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CRACK Co-Op Game: Giant Egg Mystery Launched October 26

CRACK co-op game launched October 26 at $7.99 and had 91% positive Steam reviews on November 4. The egg premise, Rafoli's plan and what the reveal left out.

8 min readBy Dani TorresUpdated 3 days ago

CRACK co-op game is one of those announcements that explains almost nothing and, in this case, that is the hook. Rafoli has put a giant egg in a strange laboratory and asked one to four players to open it. The Steam page does not explain why the egg is there, who built the facility, or what waits inside.

Part 1 of 3The story so far: CRACK on the road to launch

Two masked lab workers face a cracked giant egg beneath CRACK's stark white logo

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About the game

CRACK

Rafoli · Rafoli

Updated 2026-11-04: CRACK launched on October 26 on Windows, macOS and Linux. It costs $7.99 on Steam, and the $6.79 launch offer ended November 2. On November 4 Steam rated it Very Positive, with 91% of 1,711 user reviews positive, and Rafoli said on November 2 that it had sold more than 200,000 copies in its first week. Our CRACK launch article has the launch trailer and what the devlogs added since this announcement.

The CRACK co-op game launched on October 26, 2026, on Windows, macOS and Linux through Steam. This is an announcement preview, not a review. The game was unreleased when we wrote it, and the public material was not detailed enough to support a systems guide.

We wrote this before launch, so it judges the premise, not the game; the Steam reviews in the update above are the first verdict from players. Readers looking for other co-op picks can use our best indie co-op games on Steam list as a wider starting point.

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CRACK co-op game: Key Takeaways

  • CRACK is a 1-4 player co-op adventure from Rafoli, which is credited as both developer and publisher.
  • The target is a mysterious giant egg inside a laboratory. Players use a growing toolset to open it and uncover what is inside.
  • Steam lists single-player and online co-op, for Windows, macOS and Linux.
  • The game launched on October 26, 2026 at $7.99. On November 4, 2026 Steam showed it as Very Positive, with 91% of 1,711 user reviews positive.
  • The full tool list, session length, number of areas, and the scope of the egg mystery were still unconfirmed when we wrote this preview.

What Happened with the CRACK co-op game announcement?

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Rafoli announced CRACK as a small, self-published project built around a deliberately blunt job description: enter the lab, find the egg, and crack it open. The live CRACK Steam page lists the game as an Adventure and Simulation title, with single-player and online co-op categories. The store description gives the player count as one to four.

The official page confirms three pieces of the early pitch. Players can unlock hidden rooms, upgrade their tools, and expect the egg to react to them. It does not turn those lines into a complete progression system. Rafoli's announcement trailer runs for 78 seconds, and it establishes the visual idea more clearly than the text does: masked workers, a huge cracked egg, and a workplace that looks more unsettling the longer it stays unexplained.

One official Steam screenshot shows a first-person pickaxe view, a work order asking for 25 chunks from the shell, and a durability meter. Those are real pieces of the presented interface, not proof of a finalized economy or a complete tool tree.

First-person pickaxe swinging at a cracked giant egg, with a work order to split and peel 25 chunks off the shell at 11 of 25 and a pickaxe durability meter at 215 of 250 Screenshot: CRACK Steam store page (Rafoli)

Other outlets picked up the announcement. Games.GG's CRACK report and HappyGamer's preview independently describe the same October 26 release and the same unanswered question at the center of the game. Games.GG also quoted Rafoli describing CRACK as a joke about "a giant egg nobody questions."

Why It Matters for the CRACK co-op game

The co-op appeal is immediate. A co-op game normally gives a group a goal, a world, and a set of rules. CRACK gives the group one object and withholds the explanation. That turns the central mystery into something players can argue about while working on it together.

The harder question is whether the CRACK co-op game can make that one job change over time. The Steam page promises tools, hidden rooms, and an egg that reacts, but it does not show how many distinct decisions sit between the first strike and the final reveal. A giant object can be a great shared target. It can also become a very large progress bar if the surrounding work does not keep changing.

That uncertainty is why the multiplayer comparison matters more than a genre label. Games such as Gamble With Your Friends' co-op roles guide and our 33 Immortals co-op guide are built around different forms of group coordination. CRACK's announcement listed no formal jobs or classes. Its promise was simply that up to four people work on the same strange assignment and decide how to divide the labor.

The Dark Scrolls co-op guide shows the other end of that spectrum, where a multiplayer hook is already expressed through named systems and team choices. CRACK's announcement material was not there, and that is a boundary worth keeping visible.

The pre-launch material named no team roles either. Lobby rules came after launch: Rafoli's v1.0.53 patch on October 28 added public games sorted by ping and let hosts kick players. Our Far Far West co-op guide covers a more established multiplayer setup.

Steam also presents CRACK as a project in public development. Steam credits the same name as developer and publisher, while SteamDB currently lists one game under the Rafoli publisher page. That makes CRACK look like a studio debut, although the developer has not published enough background on Steam to treat that as a full biography. Rafoli kept patching after launch: between October 26 and November 3 it posted 11 numbered patches on Steam, from v1.0.31 to v1.1.29, including an Offline Mode and a Chill Mode in v1.0.43 on October 27.

What the CRACK co-op game still has not shown

The CRACK co-op game had a clear premise, but its boundaries were loose when we wrote this preview. The sources we used then did not give a price, a planned session length, a complete list of tools, or a detailed failure state. They also did not say whether the laboratory contains one long egg-breaking scenario, multiple areas with separate objectives, or a larger campaign structure.

The store page names hidden rooms and tool upgrades, but it does not provide a full unlock order. It does not explain what happens if a group stops working, how saves function in online co-op, or whether the egg's reactions are cosmetic, story-based, or tied to progression. Those gaps are normal for an announcement, but they matter before anyone calls CRACK a durable co-op recommendation.

Worker in a lab coat and goggles runs down a hallway flooded with green gas toward Employee Quarters, under a warning that personnel remaining on the floor will be penalized Screenshot: CRACK Steam store page (Rafoli)

There was no price to report when we wrote this preview. CRACK now costs $7.99 on Steam, and the store rates it Very Positive (Steam store, November 4, 2026), but we have not played it for this article. The Anymaker Early Access preview is a useful comparison for this kind of coverage because it separates a developer's planned systems from what the public build had proved. CRACK needs the same line drawn clearly.

The Outbound co-op guide is another useful contrast because its player roles and van-building loop are already documented. That kind of practical comparison needs hands-on time with CRACK, which we have not had for this article.

CRACK co-op game release date and platform

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CRACK launched on October 26, 2026, for Windows, macOS and Linux through Steam. At the reveal the store page listed English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish from Spain; on November 4 Steam listed 16 interface languages, with full audio in English only. It does not list a console version, and Rafoli has not announced one in the sources we checked.

At the reveal CRACK could only be wishlisted. It has been playable since October 26; our CRACK launch article has the launch details.

The question this preview left open was whether the work changes after the opening. Steam's Very Positive rating says most buyers are happy with what they got; we have not played CRACK, so we can't answer that question ourselves.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the CRACK co-op game?

CRACK is a 1-4 player co-op adventure from Rafoli. Players work alone or with friends in a strange laboratory, using tools to open a giant egg and discover what is inside.

When did CRACK release?

CRACK launched on Steam on October 26, 2026. Steam now lists it for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Is CRACK single-player or multiplayer?

CRACK supports single-player and online co-op for up to four players. You can play alone or with up to three friends.

Who is making CRACK?

Rafoli is credited as both developer and publisher on Steam. SteamDB currently lists CRACK as the only game under the Rafoli publisher page, though the Steam listing does not provide a studio biography.

How much does CRACK cost?

CRACK costs $7.99 on Steam; the 15% introductory offer to $6.79 ended November 2 (Steam store, November 4, 2026).

What do we know about CRACK's tools and levels?

Steam confirms hidden rooms and tool upgrades, and official screenshots show a pickaxe and work-order interface. When we wrote this preview, the full tool list, session length, number of areas, and whether there is more than one egg were unconfirmed.

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The story so far

CRACK on the road to launch

  1. You are here

    Rafoli reveals CRACK with a trailer and an October 26 Steam date

  2. then

    Devlogs add a shop, a break room with working arcade games, and Steam achievements

  3. then

    CRACK launches on Steam at $7.99 with a launch trailer full of robots, scaffolding and an eye in the shell

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