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Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
The Crust is a base building, space and automation game
developed by VEOM Studio
and published by Crytivo.
Released on September 10th 2026 is available on Windows, MacOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 13 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese and Turkish.
It has received 3,778 reviews of which 2,834 were positive and 944 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.73€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified The Crust into these genres:
Base Building
Space
Automation
Colony Sim
Resource Management
Sandbox
Strategy
City Builder
Building
Management
Simulation
Sci-fi
Exploration
Survival
Post-apocalyptic
RTS
Singleplayer
Indie
3D
Choices Matter
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for The Crust:
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Intel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 1060 or equivalent with 6GB of video RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer
- Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 (Quad-core, 2.5 GHz) or Intel Only
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Apple M1 or Metal-capable dedicated GPU with 4 GB VRAM (Radeon Pro 560X or better)
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal support required. Integrated Intel graphics are not supported. Runs via Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon
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PSA: if you’re scrolling through 2024 reviews deciding whether to buy - those describe a game that no longer exists. Drones work. Saves work. 60fps on my potato. The devs answered half the negative reviews on this page with actual patch notes, which is more than most studios bother with. Judge the 26 reviews, not the archaeology.
Coming from ~500h of Factorio and a full Satisfactory playthrough, so calibrate accordingly. What The Crust does that neither of those do: the base isn't the whole game. You're running a business. Signing contracts, watching the Earth market, deciding whether to sell raw regolith now or hold and refine it — that layer is genuinely fresh and it's the reason I'm still playing. What it doesn't do: the automation itself is a tier below the genre leaders. Belts, splitters, a decent logistics network, but there's no real puzzle in ratio-solving because you're rarely bottlenecked in a way that demands elegance. No train-scale logistics headache to solve. So: buy it for the lunar-tycoon loop, not for the belt autism. Runs fine now, which was not true a year ago.
I was at 1h45m with the refund page open. The first two hours are a wall of unexplained systems and I genuinely did not understand what I was supposed to be doing or why my colonists were unhappy. What saved it: I read a guide, went back, and it clicked hard. Now I get it and I love it. That's a problem, though. The game asked me to do homework before it would be fun, and it did that inside the Steam refund window. Fix the onboarding and this thing sells twice as many copies.
I play this like a supply-chain spreadsheet with a moon attached and I mean that as the highest compliment. The contract system is the best thing in the game and I don't think the store page sells it hard enough. Committing to deliver a volume of refined material by a deadline, and then having to actually engineer for that deadline, gives every build decision a reason to exist. Most factory games have no deadline and therefore no tension. Wishlist for the future: I want the Earth market to have memory. Let a competitor undercut me. Give me a reason to look at that screen more than once an hour.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Crust is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
No, The Crust is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Crust received 2,834 positive votes out of a total of 3,778 achieving a rating of 7.29.
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The Crust was developed by VEOM Studio and published by Crytivo.
Yes, The Crust is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, The Crust is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, The Crust is not playable on Linux.
Yes, The Crust is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, The Crust is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, The Crust does not support VR.
The Crust is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for The Crust. Explore additional content available for The Crust on Steam.
No, The Crust does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Crust does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Crust.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 11 October 2026 22:54 UTC |
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| Steam price | 26 October 2026 20:10 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 18 October 2026 07:56 UTC |
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