# Crystal Quest Classic

Summer DB entity ID: 52dadbf7\-2af2\-4fcd\-a196\-818b5ac401b6

Steam App ID: 497510

When you start the game you find yourself on a field sprinkled with crystals and other goodies\. Your job is to collect all the crystals while avoiding the mines – not to mention the 12 breeds of nasties and their bullets that soon turn up to try and stop you\. Once you collect all the crystals, an exit at the bottom of the screen opens up so you can escape\. Sounds simple? All the best games are – the depth of gameplay emerges from the simplest of pretexts\.  Crystal Quest Classic is a revival of the 1987 award winning video game\. The original was played on almost every Macintosh computer in existence before being ported to the Apple IIgs, Amiga and the Game Boy – followed many years later by a reawakening on the Xbox360\. It had so many firsts including being the very first color game on the Macintosh\. Crystal Quest was one of 5 titles included in Macworld Magazine’s “Game Hall of Fame” and got 5 out of 5 mice from MacUser Magazine\.    “Crystal Quest cost me some of the best hours of my life\. Nice to see it back and nice conversion\. It looks, feels, and sounds just the way I remember it\.”  – Bob “Dr\. Mac” LeVitus   There are bonuses, smart bombs and mines\. There are also 12 achievements that you can earn\. Some are harder than others\.  This is an early game designed by Carmageddon creator Patrick Buckland, with all the art and sound effects just as he created them\. And yes, the level exit sound is Patrick\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Game Mechanics LLC

- Publisher: Game Mechanics LLC

- Release date: Nov 23, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497510/ss\_34a186d59949f2c8131e0b708831ad62ff894e62\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1679272953, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497510/ss\_abd65bb435a680b935c6c3e7079306cafd59b892\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1679272953, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497510/ss\_ef70cd3e0ba965b7bafe512fcfa627a09a8682c1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1679272953, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497510/ss\_c9bb53427ee12e0005a37ca21bf4dd38db7b5471\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1679272953, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497510/ss\_d43535a2802389b36d287e889bf063e50aadba5e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1679272953

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 36

- Steam positive reviews: 31

- Steam negative reviews: 5

- Steam positive percentage: 86.11111111111111%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/52dadbf7-2af2-4fcd-a196-818b5ac401b6/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/52dadbf7-2af2-4fcd-a196-818b5ac401b6/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T12:44:02\.733657\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T12:44:04\.018007\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T12:44:03\.884738\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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