The Crust

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

VEOM Studio · Base Building · Sep 10, 2026

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$31.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
27
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio2 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy The Crust?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 201 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
42 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
An excellent and highly addictive game featuring a vast array of mechanics: surface exploration, excavation, production organization and optimization, colony life support, contracts, and research.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
30 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is genuinely captivating, the story adds a lot to the ganre in the same time it's fully voiced too.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
16 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
Soundtrack is good, some pretty nice tracks in there, the one called Intro (iirc) is really good, it has actual sound footage from the Apollo missions i think.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
12 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
Beautiful graphics, relaxing music, a good story — everything you need to lose several hours of your life without even noticing.
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
7 of 201 sampled reviews raised it
The initial run is going smoothly—no bugs so far, the optimization is excellent, and the music is fantastic.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay42 reviews
Story30 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Performance
75% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
25% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$31.99

The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $31.99

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