Crystal Wars
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Description
Full strategy battle in just a few minutes. Outsmart your rival on a crystal map that's never the same twice. Capture all neighbouring cells, encircle territory, cut supply lines and bomb-chain explode. Customize a new map the way you like it and play!
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Vertex Noord
Publisher
Vertex Noord
About
Real strategy — Fast. Fun. Fresh.
Crystal Wars is a turn-based territory strategy played on crystal maps that vary in shape and challenge. Every match deals a fresh Voronoi board — the geometry IS the strategy, and no two battles ever play out the same.
One click can flip everything: a flood-fill swallows a whole color cluster, an encirclement seals off all free crystals in an instant and claims them whole, a bomb chain redraws the map.
Made a bad move? See it, learn it, deal a new map, a new difficulty, a new color — change everything and go again.
Core Mechanics
- Flood Fill — one click captures every connected cell of the same color, allowing you to move forward faster
- Encirclement — wall off free territory and claim it all instantly
- Supply Lines — cut your opponent off from their base; isolated cells become easy prey and can be stolen from the enemy
- Bomb Chains — surround a bomb cell to set off chain reactions that reshape the battlefield
- Energy Crystals — capture one, get an extra turn and get ahead of the enemy
Game Modes
- Tutorial — 6 interactive steps; you're playing in under a minute and learning everything you need to know
- Quick Game — Easy, Medium or Hard: pick your challenge and take the win
- Campaign — 24 hand-crafted levels across 5 chapters, from your first capture to genuinely tricky maps that take real time to crack
- Custom Game — our special battle mode where you can set the map size, obstacle, bomb and energy density, visual presets and color palettes
- Auto-battle — sit back and watch two opponents carve up the map on their own — oddly relaxing ASMR
- Two Players — play with a friend on the same device
- Live Multiplayer — quick online matches, Blitz or Standard, also with your own map settings
Map Styles
6 crystal rendering presets — from clean Minimal to refractive Opal — and 48 color palettes across 4-, 5- and 6-color tiers. Electric borders, Time Warp slow-motion, screen shake and sparkle VFX make every capture land. Pick any settings before you play.
Features
- 7 game modes — there's definitely one for you
- 24 achievements to track your progress
- 8 languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
- Free demo — try it right now
About the Developer
Crystal Wars is made by Vertex Noord — a father-and-daughter team of two.
Wishlisting helps a two-person team more than you'd think — thank you.