Balding GamesMar 7, 2025Free to playView on Steam ↗

Crystal: Automaton

A short automation challenge aimed at everyone from beginner to veteran. Take your time to uncover the lore of an ancient civilization without any dangers. Can you find a clever way to use logistics to overcome the scarce space available?

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Free-to-play

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Est. players

1.1K

people who own it

Reviews

Review score

97%

9.7/10

Concurrent players

read Sep 17, 2026, 15:00 UTC

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About

About the game

A short automation game with deep lore but little space!

Build your production lines!

Unlock new areas and powerful machines!

Use the in-game Wiki to get information about everything!

Use InfiniBoxes™ to cheat space!

Can you figure out a way to build an efficient factory with the limited space you have?

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Futuristic Singleplayer Linear 2D Aliens

Player reviews (34)

Recommended7h played6 found helpfulMar 2025

I personally really like the placement and feeling of the controls. The boxes are a very cool mechanic and the story is a nice touch. Would love to have more space in the boxes though!

Recommended1h played3 found helpfulMar 2025

Despite what Steam says i have a lot of hours in this game. It's fun, especially when it gets challenging later on, but some of the concepts and ideas are not explored enough. For example i feel like the game would have benefited from maybe cutting down a bit of the story aspects or having fewer machines/recipes and investing more time into making infiniboxes an integral part of the game. Because that mechanic is really cool and has lots of potential, but it's entirely optional sadly. Overall the game is nicely polished. It looks (i like pixelart style), feels and sounds good, even though the UI could need an overhaul. I'd say for the price you are not going to be disappointed by it, but you are probably also not going to be blown away. A good experience nonetheless.