The Crust
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 5% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “One Year of Solitude” (Survive the First Year) and “Lost and Found” (Locate the lost convoy): from 76% to 45% of starters.
- 76% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,529 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 36.3h for positive, 28.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (75.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- One Year of Solitude Survive the First Year 76% −24
- Lost and Found Locate the lost convoy Most players quit here 45% −31
- Charlie on our six Find the Charlie base 42% −3
- Stable Basis Lay the foundation for building a laser gun. 18% −24
- Plugged In Install power supply systems for the laser gun. 14% −4
- Lock and Loaded Install the targeting system for the laser gun. 7% −7
- One shot - One asteroid! Build the Laser Gun in time and save humanity ≥5% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- Now the Fun Begins Complete the tutorial 100%
- A Single Spark Build a Single regolith refinery 95%
- One Year of Solitude Survive the First Year 76%
- Diggy Diggy Hole Excavate 10,000 cells 69%
- Ore In My Veins Deplete 1 resource vein 47%
- Lost and Found Locate the lost convoy 45%
- American Dream Have 1 million credits on balance 43%
- Charlie on our six Find the Charlie base 42%
- Smart Moves, Concrete Gains Build 3 Pressing Modules 40%
- Mad Miner Discover and develop 5 different mineral deposits. 28%
- Lunar Truck Simulator Own at least 10 vehicles 19%
- Stable Basis Lay the foundation for building a laser gun. 18%
- Plugged In Install power supply systems for the laser gun. 14%
- I need a Private Jet Have 10 million credits on balance 14%
- Heroes Never Die Rescue all 12 survivors of Hope-2 10%
- Hydrogen tycoon Build 10 fuel generators 7.8%
- Lock and Loaded Install the targeting system for the laser gun. 7.0%
- Villy Gates Achieve a market capitalization of $100 million for your company 6.9%
- Ice Breaker Deplete 1 ice vein 6.2%
- One shot - One asteroid! Build the Laser Gun in time and save humanity 5.4%
- Signal in a Bottle Discover a magnetic anomaly 4.0%
- Houston, YOU have a problem Fail the Laser gun event. 3.4%
- Jeff Bazzos Achieve a market capitalization of $500 million for your company 2.5%
- Silent Assassin Complete CRUST's undercover assignment. 2.5%
- Ilon Maks Achieve a market capitalization of $1 billion for your company 1.1%
- My mom's friend's son The colonist has reached the maximum level for that profession 0.9%
- Average Crust Enjoyer Spend 50 years in the game 0.4%
- The Crust Scan the entire surface of the moon for resource deposits 0.4%