Name: Maneater
Brand: Xbox
Price: 7.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Deal overview

Maneater is currently 80% off on Xbox — down to $7.99 from $39.99.

At 80% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Maneater reaches on Xbox — near its typical floor.

That works out to $32 off the Xbox list price of $39.99.

This deal is for the XBOX version. Click View Deal to open the official Xbox page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

Before you buy, read our buying guide or compare more xbox deals on GamesCreed.

About this game

How it plays

Maneater is built around one simple, satisfying feedback loop: hunt, eat, grow, repeat. You’re a shark, and the ecosystem around you is a food chain you’re meant to climb rather than tiptoe through. Early on you’re picking off fish and small wildlife just to survive, but the further you push into Tripwire’s Gulf Coast setting, the bigger and meaner your targets get, up to and including other apex predators and armed humans who’d rather see you stuffed and mounted. The whole thing runs as a single-player, story-driven campaign, narrated with a tongue-in-cheek reality-TV framing that keeps the revenge plot (you’re out to get the fisherman who mutilated you as a pup) from taking itself too seriously. What separates it from a straightforward action game is the RPG layer underneath: eating the right things and finding shark loot lets you evolve your shark down different paths, so the build you end up with says something about how you actually played. Add a day/night cycle and seven distinct regions, from bayous to open ocean to industrial docks, and there’s a real sense of a living map rather than a string of arenas.

Who it’s for

If you’ve ever wanted to be the monster instead of running from it, this is basically built for you. It scratches a specific itch: chaotic, over-the-top predator gameplay with just enough progression to make growth feel earned rather than automatic. Fans of open-world action games who don’t need hyper-realistic combat, and who enjoy games that don’t take their own premise too seriously, will have a good time here. People who want deep tactical combat, competitive multiplayer, or a grounded, dramatic story should look elsewhere. This is a single-player power fantasy through and through, and it works best when you meet it on those terms.

Is it worth it?

For the kind of player who wants a focused, self-contained campaign rather than an endless live-service commitment, Maneater delivers a complete arc: you start weak, you end up terrifying, and the game ends. That’s a feature, not a limitation, especially if you’re the type who wants to finish something rather than maintain it. It’s the sort of game that’s easy to recommend picking up when it’s discounted, since the premise is narrow enough that you’ll know almost immediately whether the loop clicks for you. If shark-based chaos sounds like a good time, it holds up well as a sale pickup, something you play through in focused bursts rather than a game you need to build a habit around.