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Crystalline
A choice-driven, fantasy adventure visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Most of you reading this have probably never heard of PixelFade. They're a small company, who have only produced two visual novels so far. ACE Academy, and now Crystalline. I have read through many VN's from many developers, yet PixelFade has shown themselves to be the best.…”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“Crystalline Review // 24/09/2018 In contrast to Ace Academy, Crystalline as an IP is both a huge improvement as well as a letdown in certain aspects. As tired as I am on reading ‘After Ace Academy…” or “Compared to Ace Academy…”, I’ll probably end up doing a lot of comparisons…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“After playing Ace Academy and being severely disappointed by certain decisions PixelFade had made, as well as the lack luster ending, I had very low faith in Crystalline. I felt like it was going to be another story full of terrible jokes and cringe. None the less, I've decided…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
PixelFade is Retiring
Hello PixelFaders,After an incredible journey making OELVNs, we have decided that the time has come to retire PixelFade Studio. This was not a decision made lightly, but one we are making with full he
Crystalline - Performance Update for macOS
Hello, Those on macOS will notice an update today, this is for some performance tuning we did under the hood that should make the game run smoother. Cheers!
Ethereal Enigma - New PixelFade Visual Novel!!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/73n5bekgqtjodc3/Cover.jpg?dl=0 Hello Isekai Protag (hope the truck hit wasn't too bad!), We've been hard at work on our next visual novel game, Ethereal Enigma, and
Kaori After Story - Available December 3rd!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28366024/dcc1e04afab11c9871b2d87ea2dc12abab329730.png Hello, We are excited to announce that Kaori After Story will be releasing on D
Crystalline - Officially Released!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/vbp1qu8dhjo08q8/Crystalline-Released.png?dl=0 Hello, Crystalline is officially released! Thank you for all the support you've shown us through development. Please l
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Dating Sim · Visual Novel · Romance · JRPG · 2D · RPG · Cute · Story Rich · Funny · Action · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://www.pixelfade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 Processor: 1.4 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA 600 Series, AMD 7000 Series Storage: 3000 MB available space