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Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
The Crust is a early access, base-building and space game
developed by VEOM Studio
and published by Crytivo.
Released on July 15th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Latin America and Japanese.
It has received 2,603 reviews of which 2,003 were positive and 600 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 9.04€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified The Crust into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Inlel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 960 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 8 GB available space
User reviews & Ratings
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Go search for infinite ore deposits mods and weight decrease for items. This will make your experience 1000 times more enjoyable. Playing default game will not allow you to feel progress within the game because you will be constantly running behind your digging sites when they run out just to rebuild them elsewhere. This core mechanic makes all upgrades meaningless since the more you upgrade your factories will only speed up time before you need to replace their placing (and buy all upgrades all over). With infinite ore deposits you actually enjoy the game by building that nasty conveyor spagetti which will be viable until you decide to expand or improve things instead of game pushing you to do it. Gameplay itself is fine, I like the aspect of "ground" and "underground", not sure what's up with planet view though, I guess you can explore some places when you want to chill out from expanding your base but overall it's not something that I did during my game time except of activating research scans for science points. Space drilling units are definitely WIP at the moment, too much manual management required. The balance of skills tree is... mediocre, if you take a look at a patch notes, it actually built based on when it was added to the game instead of logical placement, especially latest one's, that's why you will find "basic light lamp" way in the bottom of the tech tree (???). Weight reduction mod will make contract deliveries so much more enjoyable and well balanced, it's crazy to get contract for 10k smart concrete and you can ship only 300/900 per shipment, you end up losing more money just on the shipment cost itself. Luckly game is relatively easy to mod, the only thing I didn't figure out is how to mod maximum camera distance under ground, I think it's locked because there is actual Z axis ceiling max, since it does work outside. Campaign is new, there is a ton amount of improvements needed, especially with time limited missions. I skipped campaign at the start (ignored quests) and was just building and expanding, ended up having multiple short time limit contracts to fulfill because I moved further in the game than it was expected from step-by-step guide. Time sensitive quests should be at least 10x longer on the time allowance. Also, you can't skip cinematic at the start of campaign even if you have seen it (why?). Anyways, if those two mods would not exist it would probably be negative review, but last save I clocked 30 hours and it's quite enjoyable experience. The last end game is performance issue when you have whole lot of factories and bots, but it is kinda same issue overall in majority of automation games. Keep working on the game, dev's, give players options to adjust game balance at least for custom sandbox and the reviews will become much better. (and make that underground camera go further out, damn it)
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The game in it's current state is quite balanced and engaging. It was a very short period to become familiarized with the controls and game meta, although the one thing that I have found so far has been the ore ratios. I understand that this game is meant for people more accustomed to factory/resource management, however, there is room for a bit of explanation on optimizing your production ratios a little earlier on in the game so as to have a more balanced and efficient production line earlier on in the play cycle. I also understand that as this is an early look at the game in it's current state, that this may come in later on in the play cycle. All in all, apart from that one caveat, the game is excellent in its current state. It is engaging in all aspects, and especially in the setup to when the story really kicks in.
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cant say enough about this Game, The Crust. Please keep in mind its still in development , that being said the Devs are listening to the feedback of the community. Game has its bugs, again its EA, but if you like building games, and managing your little astronauts .. ;-P The Crust also has a decent story, ""no spoilers"" , Great voice acting, well most of the scripts there are, again still a work in progress... So far Im really enjoying the game, and come from along list of building games, Satisfactory, Factory, Reminds of those if I had to place another game compared to it... Great game so far!..
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I got to tell you, I am 71 and playing on steam for over 20 years. Have played Satisfactory {which I like} but am very impressed playing this new game. My hat off with the Dev's quick responses and constant updates and fixes sometimes 3 times a day. This is how you open a new game. When NMS started it had many problems in 2016 but came back hard and fast to make it right to its players {unlike Star Citizen which is constantly disrespecting its player and still not ready after 12 years}. Congradulations for a game I am loving to play with The Crust Team. Thanks
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Don't listen to the people that are frustrated with the difficulty. Everything you need to do in the campaign is explained to you. It's still intense, don't get me wrong, but in a good way. I only have a few gripes, and those all have to do with the UI. Great game! Amazing atmosphere! Tons of fun! Definitely worth the price! You can definitely see the passion in this title. (And the interface is likely going to get better with a few patches...)
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Crust is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
The Crust is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.
The Crust received 2,003 positive votes out of a total of 2,603 achieving a rating of 7.44.
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The Crust was developed by VEOM Studio and published by Crytivo.
The Crust is playable and fully supported on Windows.
The Crust is not playable on MacOS.
The Crust is not playable on Linux.
The Crust is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for The Crust. Explore additional content available for The Crust on Steam.
The Crust does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
The Crust does not support Steam Remote Play.
The Crust is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
VEOM Studio
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Crytivo
Release
15 Jul 2024
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