The Crust
Skip · Strategy · 2026
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 28, under the fair line, at $31.99.
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce 1060 or equivalent with 6GB of video RAM, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
December 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $16.49. It has been discounted 22 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 30 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Space Haven ($24.99, scores 71) outscores it, and so does The Last Starship ($11.99, scores 31). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Steam's global achievement data puts 33 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. 11 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2024 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 215 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
74% start to 33% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
1,229 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 11:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Crust scores 28/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1465470/the-crustReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 10, price as of Oct 1.
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