CRYSTAR

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

FURYU CORPORATION · Female Protagonist · Aug 28, 2019

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
51
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio2 of 4
Subtitles4 of 4

Should I buy CRYSTAR?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 187 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 147 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 121 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise9% are divided45% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
187 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like Crystar a lot for its dark story and how the characters interact.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Good voice acting**, at least the Japanese one, that has deep characters and emotions.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music, the visuals and in general the idea of the game is brilliant, fresh and new.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
However, the introduction of various powerful and specialist skills in mid- to late-game added a good amount of spice and variety to character design and combat.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
No crashes with 40+ hrs of gameplay, 4k support, 8xMSAA and 60+fps and I haven't encountered a bug.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story187 reviews
Audio62 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Characters29 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
50% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
73% still recommend
Combat
72% still recommend
Difficulty
66% still recommend
Interface
62% still recommend
Controls
17% 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

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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