Crystar came out on October 18, 2018 for PlayStation 4, then for PC on August 27, 2019 and for Nintendo Switch on February 24, 2022. On Steam, 76% of 1,419 player reviews are positive (Mostly Positive). 8 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 19 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 23 hours, doing everything about 50 hours.
The player controls a beautiful girl named Rei Hatada, who in order to “revive” her dead younger sister Mirai Hatada, makes a deal with the devil of the other world that is limbo. The story will progress as you fight the souls that drift about limbo. Also, by defeating specific enemies, “Danmatsuma Thoughts” will appear, which by “crying to purify” will develop the protagonist mentally. In accordance with that, you can obtain weapons called “Shisou,” or “Mental Armor.”
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Crystar is a role-playing adventure where players navigate emotional storytelling through combat and narrative exploration. The game launched in 2018 across PlayStation and later expanded to PC and Nintendo Switch, establishing creator Fuyuki Hayashi's original series.
The Crystar franchise continues to gain traction internationally, with the series reaching over 770,000 copies sold worldwide when combined with its spiritual successor, Crymachina. The emotional core that defined Crystar has influenced subsequent entries in FuRyu's broader Cry series, with developers crediting the original's approach as they push the franchise's narrative intensity further with newer titles.
