The Crust

September 10, 2026 VEOM Studio Crytivo
Simulator Strategy
PC Mac
About

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.
Storyline

No fate is determined. The progress is driven by people. It’s time for you to decide whether you become the one who brings changes — or the one who adapts to them. Whether to be mediocre and insignificant anybody — or to be a pioneer in the space colonization industry, leading your corporation to dominance and bringing necessary effort to make humanity an interstellar species.
Building the world of the future will mark a place for you in the history books. Only the strongest can survive on a giant grim permafrost rock surrounded by vacuum, deep space darkness, and deadly silence.
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Release Date September 10, 2026
Developer VEOM Studio
Publisher Crytivo
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes Science fiction, Survival, Sandbox
The Crust

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