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The Crust
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Ive finished the game twice, it lags towards the end. However, its one of the most fun base building I've played. And despite being in "early access", the dev have shipped big improvements since I've started to play. Every few months, there is a new big update. I highly…”
— a player, Steam review · 174 hrs played“I really dismissed this game at first. I thought it was ok but not that great. After giving it another shot I see I was totally wrong. There is so much more depth to this game than I imagined. The tech tree is vast and deep. So much to control and work on. They are active in dev…”
— a player, Steam review · 125 hrs played“Regardless of my playtime, I can't in good conscious recommend this game. The base structure of how the game mechanics work, and premisse regarding why they work that way are very good, The lore itself is also very well made, the whole storyline is well written and your…”
— a player, Steam review · 471 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:08 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch 0.99.95
Patch 0.99.95 Added Added a capsule with resources from CRUST in the "Place to Live" quest. Added the ability to quickly clear resources from a conveyor by hovering over it and pressing the M key. Add
40% off in the final sale before the 1.0 release and price increase
The Steam Summer Sale is here, and The Crust is 40% off! It's the last sale before the full release and the price increase - a perfect moment to prepare for what's ahead! We've come a long way togethe
Hotfix 0.99.93
Hotfix 0.99.93 Fixed a bug where in some cases upgrading a conveyor segment would upgrade it by two levels at once. Fixed a bug where in some cases contracts wouldn't appear in the active tab until fi
Update 0.99.92
Patch 0.99.92 Added Added sound to the process of scanning anomalies, resources, and territories with probes. Fixed Fixed a bug where transferring overflow resources from one storage to another placed
Balance and QoL Update
Over the past month, we've released a number of hotfixes, addressing plenty of current bugs. However, beyond the fixes, we've also introduced many useful new features that we believe you'll find inter
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Base-Building · Space · Colony Sim · Automation · Resource Management · Sandbox · Strategy · City Builder · Building · Simulation · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese * |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://veomstudio.com/the-crust/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or newer Processor: Inlel i5-4590K or equivalent AMD-Hardware Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 960 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 8 GB available space