Atmosphere, music, story and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Atmosphere. Nice story, good voice acting, great music, good graphics. Probably most atomospheric factory game to date.”
Steam review · 130.3 h played ↗
The Crust
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%VEOM Studio2026Base Building · Automation · Colony Sim
−40%$31.99$19.19
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A deep, atmospheric lunar factory and trading sim with a strong contract loop, but late-game lag, bugs and missing QoL like blueprints hurt it. Skip it if you want polish.
Great for
Patient factory and colony-sim fans who like contracts, trade, story and a slow burn
Main risk
Late-game FPS collapse, game-breaking bugs and corrupted saves despite the 1.0 label
What changed in the last 30 days
101 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite hotfixes breaking saves or production, and 1.0 feeling unfinished. Late-game performance is a recurring complaint. Fairly confident, though the sample is limited.
101 recent reviews
What players love
Addictive, deep production and progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This is one of those games where you tell yourself, "Just five more minutes," and suddenly several hours have disappeared.”
Steam review · 373.2 h played ↗
Active developers who keep patching
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the developers do reply and act on the feedback from the gamers”
Steam review · 1007.8 h played ↗
Contracts and trade give factories purpose
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The contract system is the best thing in the game and I don't think the store page sells it hard enough.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
Improved performance and stability after 1.0
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“On my 3060, it’s now running at 60+ fps where it used to be 25”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game-breaking bugs and stuck drones
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the game is riddled by game-breaking bugs in late game that force you to restart the game”
Steam review · 494 h played ↗
Confusing UI and weak tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The UI is abysmal, laggy and inconsistent. To close a window somtimes I have to click in the left top corner, sometimes in the right top corner.”
Steam review · 46.6 h played ↗
Late-game FPS collapse and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“After around 25 ingame hours the game crawls down to 22-25FPS for me with my 7800X3D.”
Steam review · 94.7 h played ↗
Slow pacing, grind and micromanagement
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I find it too slow. There's not enough resources and so often I have to painfully sit and wait until I get enough to progress further”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗
Crashes and corrupted saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“my game just crashed, and corrupted my save file.”
Steam review · 70.5 h played ↗
Missing QoL: no blueprints or copy-paste
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“There is no copy/paste beyond single buildings”
Steam review · 29.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 1060 or equivalent with 6GB of video RAM
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel i5-7700 or equivalent AMD-Hardware
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 1070 or equivalent with 8GB of video RAM
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 1060 or equivalent with 6GB of video RAM
Storage8 GB available space
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