Worth it for the right player.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $1.99.
- Story and characters: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 87 sampled reviews
Based on 137 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 87 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Crystal Crisis, developed by Nicalis, is a puzzle battler that not only feels really smooth to play, but also brings a charismatic set of indie characters (and also Astro Boy and Black Jack, from Tezuka Productions, for some reason), a lot of different modes to play and some nice additions that adds more depth to the established formula.
* Fast, fluid and satisfying gameplay
When you feel brave enough to play online, you’ll be able to choose between Ranked, Unranked, Custom Play or a Private Match with your friends – the online multiplayer has its own leaderboards as well, and most importantly: Crystal Crisis has cross-play with the Switch version, and hopefully with Playstation 4 soon.
You can also disable the gauge burst if you want an experience exactly like Super Puzzle Fighter II, change the grid perspective (just compare the screenshots with the game’s trailer, and you’ll know what I mean), and specially: you can customize crystal colors as you like – this is essential to colorblind players.
I love the graphics and seeing some familiar faces from anime's past.
Great soundtrack, great look, and endless hours of fun.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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