The Crust

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 5k 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
28
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: 98 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k 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
55% of themes are praise9% are divided36% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like the fundamental systems – base building, conveyors and drones, surface exploration, research, outposts.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Expanding the base, fixing production problems, exploring the Moon, doing contracts and watching the story slowly unfold is genuinely addictive.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The visuals are solid, making it easy to grasp what’s happening on screen at a glance.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
26 of 300 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.
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The initial run is going smoothly—no bugs so far, the optimization is excellent, and the music is fantastic.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's a learning curve that feels very manageable and the incremental advancements are consistently interesting.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay98 reviews
Story64 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Optimization17 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
35% still recommend
Crashes
29% still recommend
Performance
77% still recommend
Interface
42% 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
  • macOS

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.

10 points recordedtoday · $31.99

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