Nicalis Makes Crystal Crisis Free To Keep On Steam Until September 22
A free-to-keep window on a store page where the game sits at Very Positive is a cheap way for Nicalis to put a six-year-old crossover in front of players ahead of Mewgenics, its newer release.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Nicalis began a free giveaway of Crystal Crisis on Steam on September 14, running until 15:59 on September 22. The crossover puzzle game normally costs 2,050 yen. Anyone who adds it to their library during the window keeps it after the giveaway ends. The roster includes Astro Boy and Black Jack from Osamu Tezuka's works, plus Quote and Curly from Cave Story and Umihara Kawase.
The giveaway applies to the Steam version only. Crystal Crisis released on Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2019, with Niigata-based Pikii handling publishing for the Japanese Switch version.
The game is a falling-block puzzler where players drop paired crystals, build same-color masses, and clear them with a Spark Crystal; clearing sends a Countdown Crystal onto the opponent's field. The field loops left to right through a Wrap Around system, and each of the 20 characters carries two Burst Skills off a Burst Gauge.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.