From Press Release:
SWEDEN — APRIL 10, 2026 — CRG Studio today announced that Crystalfall, its free-to-play online steampunk action RPG, has officially launched in Early Access on Steam, allowing players worldwide to jump into the evolving world of engaging combat, loot-driven builds, and competitive endgame challenges.
The Early Access features:
- Three playable classes
- Five act campaign
- Early-stage endgame content
- Early-stage player trading
- Localization in 11 languages
Heading into launch, Crystalfall gained strong momentum during Steam Next Fest, ranking among the Top 50 most-played demos, generating 120,000 wishlists and over 72,000 demo downloads.
Set in a world shattered by a mysterious asteroid impact, Crystalfall drops players into a post-apocalyptic wasteland powered by volatile crystal energy. As mutated survivors, players will delve into dangerous dungeons, harvest powerful crystal shards, and chase legendary loot in a game built around deep customization, endless progression, and theorycrafting-driven builds. Inspired by genre staples like Path of Exile and Diablo 2, Crystalfall blends old-school ARPG depth with modern systemic design.
Crystalfall is designed for players who love build experimentation and long-term character progression. Its systems are layered and interconnected with a big talent tree allowing for broad strategic direction, while skills themselves are lootable and come with their own procedural skill trees. These skills can be further customized through rarity upgrades and socketable modifiers known as Skill Crests. Weapons and armor feature alpha and omega affixes that reshape base item properties, adding another dimension to build crafting.
The game uses a flexible character framework that allows players to shape their combat identity, whether combining pistol-and-shield setups, wielding dual steampunk staffs, or engineering entirely unexpected synergies between gear, skills, and passives.
The April 10 Early Access release expands that foundation into a fully free-to-play experience featuring multiple classes, expanded campaign content, and early endgame systems.
Competitions
Don’t miss out on Crystalfall’s in-game weekly challenges where you can win Credits to spend in game! The below weekly giveaways will be running the first three weeks of the Early Access launch. Winners will be announced on Mondays. In-game credits have no monetary value.
- Complete the five act campaign to participate in a prize giveaway! 20 players will be randomly selected from the weekly campaign leaderboard and receive 30 Credits each.
- Compete for points in the Endgame leaderboards! Earn points matching the tier of maps completed in the endgame. Top 3 winners will win Credits!
- 1. First place on the endgame leaderboard: 150 Credits
- 2. Second place on the endgame leaderboard: 100 Credits
- 3. Third place on the endgame leaderboard: 75 Credits
- Play the endgame to participate in the weekly leaderboard prize giveaway! 20 players will be randomly selected from the weekly endgame leaderboard and receive 30 Credits each.
Founder packs
CRG Studio has announced time-limited steampunk-themed Founder packs as well as several cosmetics available in the Shop for players who want to support the development of the game.
Founder packs come in five tiers ranging from iron, bronze, silver, gold to platinum and include portrait frame, in-game title, weapon effect and credits. Each tier unlocks additional cosmetics such as portal effects, item skins and pets.
Additional cosmetics include a Steampunk Diver Armor Pack, Vampiric Armor Pack, the Fishbowl and Gargoyle Pet, as well as back attachments such as wings, backpacks and tails. Additionally there are footstep effects, flask effects, and character effects available for purchase.
For more information, visit Crystalfall’s official website here.
Join the Crystalfall community on X and the official Crystallfall server on Discord!
About CRG
CRG studio was founded by ARPG enthusiasts Åke André and Daniil Sanders in 2021, based in north Sweden. Joined by Erik Olofsson, former Creative Director of Grinding Gear Games, the team has a track record of working on award-winning game titles such as Path of Exile, Pillars of Eternity and Magicka 2.
