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The Crust

75% positive of 3,848 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, Epic

Made by VEOM Studio. Published by Crytivo.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

  • Colony Sim
  • Automation
  • Base Building
  • City Builder
  • Space
  • Resource Management
  • Sandbox
  • Building
  • Management
  • RTS
  • Post-apocalyptic
  • Survival

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Now the game has come out of its early access it's finally time to review whats is there and unforuntately I'm not impressed. To speedrun the problems: - The plot brings up new aspects that are promptly dropped; My main example would be the fact you're asked to find a new exoplanet for humanity to settle and your final techs would be for colonising planets outside of our solar system, but halfway through the game…

    136 h played when written. 42 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I wasn’t sure if I was going to write this. I just finished my first-ever play-through of the game – 86 hours, hard difficulty. By the end, yesterday, I was just so tired, I almost left without a review. But, here I am, trying to put my thoughts to paper. This is a promising EA game, but not deserving of a 1.0 release yet. I like the fundamental systems – base building, conveyors and drones, surface exploration,…

    86 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.

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