Claw game

Claw games are video games based on real-world arcade claw machines that which involve maneuvering a claw to grab and win a prize. Typically, these games are played by positioning the claw and then dropping it to grab a prize or rewards. Games that aim to more accurately emulate real-world claw machines, like Prize Claw (2011), are played in 3-dimensional space. However, other more casual games, like Clawbert (2017), are 2-dimensional claw games. Games in other genres can sometimes be influenced by claw game controls, as seen in titles like Part Time UFO (2017) and SUPER UFO FIGHTER (2022), which place them in a physics puzzle context. Recently, remote control claw games like Clawee (2018) have gained popularity online, enabling players to pay to control real claw machines remotely and have prizes shipped to them.