Ruby and The Lost Crystals

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Ruby and The Lost Crystals is a single player casual platformer game with fantasy and mystery themes. It was developed by Ruby's Team and was released on July 20, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

Ruby and the Lost Crystals is a calm third-person puzzle adventure where you swap between two characters with unique abilities to solve magical puzzles, activate mechanisms, and explore the ruins of a forgotten civilisation. A solo adventure with dual-character gameplayYou control: Ruby, a young girl who can physically interact with the environment: push blocks, turn capstan, activate pressu…

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Audience ScoreBased on 30 reviews

atmosphere3 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Charming and relaxing art style with a cute and appealing visual design.
Engaging and enjoyable puzzle mechanics that offer a good balance of challenge and satisfaction.
Calm and peaceful atmosphere supported by excellent background music, creating a soothing experience.

Lacks a save feature and settings menu, forcing players to restart progress upon exiting the game.
The game is incomplete with an abrupt ending and some puzzles causing soft-locks requiring restarts.
Some issues with unclear developer intentions, fast or over-explanatory dialogue text, and occasional optimization problems such as FPS drops.

gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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24%
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The gameplay features engaging puzzle mechanics with balanced difficulty, involving object interactions and cooperative actions between characters that evoke titles like Portal and The Talos Principle. While not groundbreaking, the well-designed mechanics offer a pleasant and peaceful experience with potential for more complex puzzles. However, some players find the gameplay somewhat brief and not very demanding.
- “The main character Ruby and her alien partner Sapphire can jointly activate remote switches and exchange items to reroute light beams, open doorways, activate elevators, etc. The mechanics reminded me of a mixture of Portal and The Talos Principle, including 'screens' that stop Ruby and Sapphire targeting objects outside their immediate area.”
- “I enjoyed the puzzles; nothing groundbreaking, but it seems like the developers have built a nice set of mechanics that could be combined to make some really interesting puzzles.”
- “The main character Ruby and her alien partner Sapphire can jointly activate remote switches and exchange items to reroute light beams, open doorways, activate elevators, etc. The mechanics reminded me of a mixture of Portal and The Talos Principle, including "screens" that stop Ruby and Sapphire targeting objects outside their immediate area.”
- “So I'm a bit confused as to how people have over an hour of gameplay when I completed the first big crystal then couldn't play past that. I can't really say that I'm for or against it despite it being pretty easy gameplay.”
- “The object interaction mechanics are pretty interesting, and the puzzles strike a great balance—not too easy, not too hard.”
story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story shows promising potential but currently feels underdeveloped and somewhat generic, with basic plot elements and dialogue that could be more concise. As this is an early prototype, users are curious to see how it will evolve and be completed.
- “Overall, seems interesting and the story also seems to have potential, curious to see where it goes from here.”
- “Hopefully it gets finished so we get to activate the portal and see where the story goes.”
- “Also, I feel like the story is empty, thrown together just to try to say there even is a story.”
- “The game story is to locate and activate four large crystals to power up an intergalactic 'gate', but this prototype suddenly announces that it has ended after the second crystal is powered up (to be fair, there are quite a few nice puzzles to solve to reach this point).”
- “I think a lot of the dialogue could be cut shorter and the story itself is a fairly generic puzzle mystery so far.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are praised for their cute, solid, and relaxing art style that perfectly fits the game's calm puzzle theme. However, some users miss customizable graphic settings and find elements like motion blur less appealing. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the serene atmosphere despite minor optimization issues.
- “Graphics are really solid and adorable; I absolutely love the art style—it's cute and fits the theme perfectly.”
- “I like the art style, and the puzzles are enjoyable and relaxing.”
- “The game's art style is truly quite relaxing and the music has such a serene feel to it; it nails the calm and relaxing puzzle game without letting your mind wander.”
- “I miss the graphic settings though, I'm not a big fan of the motion blur.”
- “The graphics are cute, but the game is not 100% optimized.”
- “Not graphics, controls, or music.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
The music in the game is generally praised for its peaceful and serene quality, complementing the relaxing art style and gameplay. However, some users found the music volume too loud and noted that certain ambient noises during puzzles can overshadow the music. Overall, the soundtrack effectively enhances the calm atmosphere without being distracting.
- “It's beautiful to look at, the music is peaceful, and the gameplay isn't very demanding.”
- “The game's art style is truly quite relaxing and the music has such a serene feel to it; it nails the calm and relaxing puzzle game but not to the point your mind wanders.”
- “Obnoxious ambient noises associated with some puzzles that threaten to occlude that music that was so much a part of this.”
- “Music was too loud.”
- “Obnoxious ambient noises associated with some puzzles threaten to occlude the music that was so much a part of this.”
- “Not graphics, controls, or music.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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25%
The atmosphere is widely praised for being calm, peaceful, and engaging, enhanced by excellent background music that creates a relaxing yet captivating environment ideal for puzzle-solving.
- “The background music is excellent; it creates a relaxing yet engaging atmosphere that's perfect for puzzle-solving.”
- “This world has such an atmosphere to it that it just grabs you for some reason.”
- “The atmosphere is calm and peaceful, and the puzzles are never frustrating.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is generally well-optimized with stable performance and no major issues, though it is not perfectly optimized. Overall, it runs smoothly throughout.
- “Performance: stable overall; it ran fine all the way through without major issues.”
- “The graphics are cute, the writing is a little too over explanatory, and it's not 100% optimized.”

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Ruby and The Lost Crystals is a casual platformer game with fantasy and mystery themes.

Ruby and The Lost Crystals is available on PC and Windows.

Ruby and The Lost Crystals was released on July 20, 2025.

Ruby and The Lost Crystals was developed by Ruby's Team.

Ruby and The Lost Crystals has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its atmosphere but disliked it for its gameplay.

Ruby and The Lost Crystals is a single player game.

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