Games like Crystal Project
If Crystal Project is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystal Project 2, Pocket Pawns and Hallowed Core — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its class combinations feel limitless, contemplative and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Crystal Project: 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.
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Crystal Project 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Crystal Project 2 is a non-linear JRPG with a seamless open world and telegraphed tactical combat. Find new classes, learn new abilities, and collect powerful equipment to customize your party and uncover the mysteries of the land. No random encounters and no permanent missables.
Pocket Pawns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Catch wild chess pieces by solving checkmate puzzles, build your team and explore nine towns in a chess RPG. Collect 272 pieces and 589 boards, learn with 202 lessons, and challenge six Club Masters on your way to the World Championship.
Hallowed Core
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
A linear, story-driven turn-based RPG. Enter the Hallowed Core, the sacred center of planet Trowa. Follow the journey of a young man who must confront his family's past to build a legacy of honor, while overcoming the consequences of his actions.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Crystal Project.
Ranked #4 for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Crystal Project.
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Crystal Project.
Ranked #6 for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Monster Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and a contemplative mood with Crystal Project.
Ranked #7 for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Persona 3 Reload
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Crystal Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Crystal Project.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Crystal Project
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crystal Project.
Reviewers of Crystal Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Crystal Project.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
FINAL FANTASY
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crystal Project.
Reviewers of Crystal Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Crystal Project.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
FINAL FANTASY V
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crystal Project.
Reviewers of Crystal Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Crystal Project.
The original FINAL FANTASY V comes to life with completely new graphics and audio as a 2D pixel remaster! A remodeled take on the fifth game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
ASTLIBRA Revision
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crystal Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Crystal Project.
Confront time and fate in the 2D action RPG, Astlibra Revision. Explore meticulously crafted worlds, fight brutal boss battles, and upgrade your skills to take down enemies lurking around every corner.
Metroidvania
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crystal Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crystal Project at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crystal Project.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Project.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crystal Project.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~55% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crystal Project.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Crystal Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crystal Project.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crystal Project.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Project.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crystal Project.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Crystal Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Monster Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares metroidvania exploration and a contemplative mood with Crystal Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crystal Project.
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Persona 3 Reload
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Crystal Project.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Frequently asked about Crystal Project
- Is Crystal Project verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Crystal Project is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Crystal Project cost?
- Crystal Project is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crystal Project?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crystal Project are Crystal Project 2, Pocket Pawns, Hallowed Core.
- Who developed Crystal Project?
- Crystal Project was developed by Andrew Willman.
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