Crashlands
An open-world crafting RPG with an inventory that never fills
Butterscotch Shenanigans · Released Jan 21, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 5,919
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 21 in 30 days
- Players
- 63
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Oct 23, 2025
Metacritic: 78/100 (critic reviews)
What is Crashlands?
Crashlands is a 2D, open-world action RPG set on an alien planet, where a stranded space trucker sets out to recover lost cargo. You gather resources, craft equipment and combat gadgets, complete quests for locals, and fight creatures and bosses. A second player can control the robot companion Juicebox in local co-op.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building and decorating a base between quests
Not for you if...
- −you want a compact adventure with little walking between objectives
What players say
90% of 5,919 reviews are positive · 100% of 21 in the last 30 days
Players praise the humorous writing and convenient fast travel, but recurring complaints center on repetitive resource gathering. A recent review also reports Xbox Series X controller trigger-mapping problems and an inability to rebind controller inputs.
Screenshots and trailer
Crashlands system requirements
Minimum: 128mb Memory, 2.5 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Crashlands?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 8/8.1, 10
- Processor
- 2.0 Ghz
- Graphics
- 128mb Video Memory
- Memory
- 2.5 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Crashlands have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Crashlands run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 36
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Simplified Chinese.
Does Crashlands use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Open World Survival Craft
- Open World
- RPG
- Survival
- Exploration
- Singleplayer
- Crafting
- Sandbox
- Adventure
- Base Building
- 2D
- Indie
- Building
- Sci-fi
- Top-Down
- Comedy
Recent updates
- Jun 24, 2025 · Crashlands 2 Update 1.2: The Hardcore Scramble
- Nov 9, 2018 · v1.4 Couch Co-op Update
- May 15, 2018 · Update 1.3 - "The Combover" has ARRIVED!
- Dec 6, 2016 · Juicemancy & Controller Support HAVE ARRIVED!
- Apr 13, 2016 · Patch 1.1.4 (Quality of Life) is Live!
1 DLC available.
