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Crystal Project

Andrew Willman · 2022-03-31

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 31, 2022 (Linux), Mar 31, 2022 (Mac), Jan 12, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 30, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.

Crystal Project is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2586 reviews).

30
playing now
92%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
Nexus mods (485 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (214 ratings)
59h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 78h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Explore the world, find Crystals, and fulfill the prophecy to bring balance to the land of Sequoia. ...Or maybe you'd rather spend your time collecting neat equipment and artifacts? Or tame strange creatures and fill out all the entries in your archive? Or perhaps you'd rather hunt down every monster and conquer the world's toughest bosses. Or maybe you'd rather travel to the farthest reaches of the land and uncover the world's greatest mysteries. The choice is yours, as it should be! Or is it? They say that those who stray out of line will be punished, killed, or worse. Maybe it's for your (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 218 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,586 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.49-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2026-05-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 65 of 78 observed days · $1.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53853820222026Week of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

82212026-09-14 22:00 — 52 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 45 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 33 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 60 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 64 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 49 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 65 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 58 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 79 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 82 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 43 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 34 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 57 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 60 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 37 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35724Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 357 · peak 820Jun 2022 — avg 126 · peak 312Aug 2022 — avg 52 · peak 109Oct 2022 — avg 55 · peak 115Dec 2022 — avg 56 · peak 176Feb 2023 — avg 46 · peak 91Apr 2023 — avg 33 · peak 75Jun 2023 — avg 41 · peak 79Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 55Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 60Dec 2023 — avg 58 · peak 131Feb 2024 — avg 38 · peak 80Apr 2024 — avg 37 · peak 76Jun 2024 — avg 31 · peak 78Aug 2024 — avg 33 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 57 · peak 137Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 95Feb 2025 — avg 94 · peak 296Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 63Jun 2025 — avg 28 · peak 68Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 79Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 57Dec 2025 — avg 46 · peak 125Feb 2026 — avg 36 · peak 75Apr 2026 — avg 37 · peak 74Jun 2026 — avg 76 · peak 159Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 73
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$9.092022-03-312026-10-142022-03-31 — best price $13.992023-04-17 — best price $12.592023-07-13 — best price $13.992023-11-13 — best price $10.492023-12-22 — best price $10.492024-01-25 — best price $10.492024-03-18 — best price $10.492024-06-06 — best price $10.492024-07-23 — best price $10.492024-09-10 — best price $13.992024-11-12 — best price $10.492024-12-12 — best price $10.492025-01-23 — best price $13.992025-02-15 — best price $13.992025-03-19 — best price $10.492025-05-01 — best price $10.492025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-08-22 — best price $13.992025-09-25 — best price $10.492025-10-15 — best price $10.492025-12-11 — best price $10.492026-03-03 — best price $10.492026-04-20 — best price $10.492026-06-05 — best price $13.992026-07-24 — best price $10.492026-08-28 — best price $10.492026-09-02 — best price $10.492026-09-07 — best price $10.492026-09-12 — best price $10.492026-09-17 — best price $10.492026-09-22 — best price $13.992026-09-27 — best price $9.092026-10-02 — best price $9.092026-10-07 — best price $10.492026-10-12 — best price $10.492026-10-14 — best price $10.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
66.3%
earned "Boss Prevailer"
21.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9458%51
PS5 (PlayStation)8916%52
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGVoxelTop-DownAdventureNonlinearAtmosphericClass-BasedCollectathonMetroidvania

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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