The Crust

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Mine resources and automate their production processes Mine lunar resources, craft processing machinery, and power up your base with satellites and batteries. Unlock scientific advancements across three research trees to enhance your technological capabilities.

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Developer:
VEOM Studio
Publisher:
Crytivo
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
15 July 2024
Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (62)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (1708)

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Description

Mine resources and automate their production processes

Mine lunar resources, craft processing machinery, and power up your base with satellites and batteries. Unlock scientific advancements across three research trees to enhance your technological capabilities.

Automate resources with conveyor belts and drones.

Streamline your resource management as you deploy conveyor belts and drones for seamless automation

Explore

Embark on lunar expeditions to unearth the moon's hidden secrets, deploying your rover to various locations and delving into the mysteries of humanity's newfound lunar habitat.

Trade Resources

Engage in resource exchange with Earth through contracts, where your decisions have the power to shape their political landscape. Choose a faction to support or navigate the field strategically for maximum profit.

Assemble a team of colonists

People are your most valuable resource. Keep track of your colonists' health, mood and needs. Hire the best experts and make sure they work as a team: it’s their unique traits and skills that will allow you to truly optimize your production and research!



Key Features



  • Build a lunar colony
  • Mine and automate resources and production
  • Explore the moon
  • Play through a rich, story driven narrative
  • Trade with Earth
  • Influence politics
  • Manage colonists and their needs

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7 64-bit or newer
Processor:
Intel i5-6600K or equivalent AMD-Hardware
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce 1060 or equivalent with 6GB of video RAM
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
8 GB available space

User reviews

Nathazzar
Not recommended | 24 Jun 2026
8.6h played

As of now, I cannot recommend The Crust. The foundation for the gameplay mechanics are more than solid and the mix between factory building, moon exploration, colony management and contracts is very varied. I see the

Helpful: 24
Lucifer
Not recommended | 30 Jun 2026
42.1h played

Good concept, good game. But poor experience because of confusing controls, UX and UI on PC. - There is no one button to exit menu, lots of menus have their own exit button so player has to guess every time what button

Helpful: 13
landstar553463
Recommended | 02 Jul 2026
229h played

i really enjoy this game. the sound track is really good. it is still a work in progress but they are still updating all the time. i would definitely recommend if you like resource management/ automated industry

Helpful: 1
Kysumu
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
1008h played

Having played this game for over 1,000 hours now I can confirm that this game is absorbing, challenging and rewarding. It's central theme is "mine and build" but goes far beyond that with storyline tasks (nothing too

Helpful: 3
Kickstand
Recommended | 20 Jun 2026
22.5h played

Yeah so I always like these types of games, colony mngmt and automation, this one reminds me of xion style game loop, it is good , and they added quite a bit of qol and ui features that helped with the confusing ui, of

Helpful: 2
Arrow
Recommended | 05 Jul 2026
33.5h played

I really like the gameplay. It’s a very addictive space game with a great atmosphere, and it’s easy to lose hours in it. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys space survival and exploration games.

Helpful: 0