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.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Every market we collect.
Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 4/day in the week to Sep 10 → 42.57/day in the week after.
About
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.
Streamline your resource management as you deploy conveyor belts and drones for seamless automation
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.
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.
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
Genres
Sums Steam only; Epic publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $20.79−35% | 4.2Kreviews | 76% | — | $4.3M |
| $29.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 1269 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Может, это я тупой, может, игра не так работает. Планировать какую-то автоматизацию практически невозможно, построение базы постоянно меняется, приходится строить всё заново. Касательно оптимизации 0 вопросов
I am not an infrastructure engineer or a warehouse manager but I am mesmerized by The Crust. The more complex my 'mining colony' becomes the more I like it.
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Latest in each market: best AU #49, worst UK #90 · 6 markets collected
Too few observations to say whether a discount moves this store's chart at all: across the last 30 days Steam · Top Sellers · Poland has just 18 day-to-day chart moves that followed a price cut, against 2,498 that did not. We are publishing the count instead of a direction — 20 is the fewest we will draw a conclusion from, and price collection outside the United States began on 6 August 2026.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, Russian*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese +1 more
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Hours played at review time, across 1.3K reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Joa was soll ich sagen. 313 Stunden kommen nicht von umsonst. Frust, Neustart, noch mehr Frust, noch ein Neustart, usw. Irgendwann findet man sich damit ab nicht alles perfekt zu haben. Kleine Info. Spiel ist noch in Arbeit.
This is my first time playing a game in this genre. I really didn’t expect this game to be so addictive. It’s just awesome! I really like it)
Game has potential but the UI is a mess. Buttons are spread everywhere without much logic to it. It doesnt give you the information you need to progress in the game so the game keeps soft locking you. Buildings stop being built without any indication what the cause is. The research tree is a big mess. The game has a very nice vibe and a lot of potential but better steer away from it until they sort the basics out
I like lay back and interesting sims. If you like those, The Crust is for you. There is a backstory as well, haven't got into in to much.
Good game
Very fun! Easy to get into. Fun easy going gameplay. Will be playing lots more in the future!
Что ж. Поиграв уже почти 50 часов в игру могу точно сказать это шикарное творение. Разрабам респект. Игра на долгие, долгие часы. Рекомендую Есть один технический недостаток, не нашел куда написать. Проблема с харвестерами. Если изучил очистку от шлака. Если создал харвестер и еще до добычи улучшил его, то он добывает с высоким процентом шлака. Если гонишь его на место бурения, начинаешь бурение и потом только его улучшаешь, тогда все работает правильно
Macht richtig Spass, wer gerne aufbaut und forscht. Außerdem steckt da noch viel Potenzial drinne. Ich weis garnicht wie schnell da ein paar Stunden vorbei sind....
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
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