In The Crust, you must build a colony on the Moon and establish the foundations for deep space exploration! Extract valuable resources, automate production, manage scientific expeditions, and explore the lunar surface. At 400,000 kilometers from Earth, you will see the vastness of the cosmos and how little we still know about its mysteries. Get ready to make tough choices. After all, the future of humanity may depend on your decisions...
 

Highlights

• Automation - Extract valuable resources and build automated production lines using extensive conveyor networks, innovative lunar transportation, and the best team of lunar explorers!
• Negotiate and influence the global market - Receive orders from the largest corporations on Earth and the most powerful nations. Use the trigger of scarcity to speculate on demand to gain long-term profit or invest your surplus in ambitious megaprojects. It's up to you to help Homo sapiens become a multiplanetary species!
• Assemble a team of heroes - People are your most valuable resource. Monitor the health, mood, and needs of your colonists. Hire the best experts and ensure they work as a team: it's their unique traits and abilities that will truly allow you to optimize your production and research!
• Explore the Moon and uncover its mysteries - Form transport teams and organize scientific expeditions and rescue missions to remote objects, abandoned buildings, and unique geological formations. The Moon never shows us its darker side. If someone wanted to hide from curious eyes on the Moon, they would certainly make good use of this opportunity...
• Feel like a space geologist - Who would have thought that searching for mineral deposits could be so much fun? A scanner, an experienced geologist on the team, and a bit of luck will help you secure a steady flow of raw materials to keep your factories and extractors busy for months. Build an efficient logistics system and deliver the saturated regolith directly to your base's main conveyor belt. Save time and resources, because your competitors won't take it easy on you.
• Influence Earth's economy and politics - Don't forget the main objective: to help humanity survive and start exploring new worlds. Almost every decision you make will affect the geopolitical, economic, or environmental situation in one way or another. Among factions, corporations, and states, find a balance or help one side prevail.
• Individual approach to research - The multi-level technological tree will allow you to prioritize the development of your base properly. Speed and production efficiency? Colonists' comfort? Safety? You will have to find a balance between survival and development.
• Vacuum. Darkness. Silence. Only the strongest will survive - All set to conquer the Moon and take humanity's first step towards the stars? Become the leader of the space industry, conquer supremacy, and help humans become a multiplanetary species.