PS5 RPG Crystar Drops to $1 on PlayStation Store
A 95 percent discount brings the 2018 action RPG to $1 during a broader PlayStation Store sale, with the same price offered for PS4.
Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Gaming
The PlayStation Store is offering Crystar, a PS5 role-playing game, for $1 after a 95 percent discount. The same $1 price is available for the PS4 version as part of a larger store sale that runs until November 21.
Why it matters
The deep discount lowers the cost of entry for a game that was originally released in 2018 and has since come to several other platforms. Readers who missed the title at launch now have a low-risk opportunity to try it.
The PlayStation Store lists the PS5 version at a 95 percent discount to $1, and the PS4 version carries the same price. Critic and player scores differ, with a 68 Metacritic score at release against a user score of 88 across more than 1,700 reviews.
The players
Gemdrops
Gemdrops is the developer behind Crystar, an action role-playing game set in the afterworld of Purgatory.
Spike Chunsoft
Spike Chunsoft is a Japanese video game publisher known for role-playing and visual novel titles, and it co-published Crystar.
The details
Crystar was developed by Gemdrops and published by FuRyu and Spike Chunsoft, and it was first released in 2018 as a PS4 exclusive before coming to PC in 2019 and Nintendo Switch in 2022. The discount is listed as part of the broader PlayStation Store sale and is one of the store's best-selling offers.
Timeline
2018: Crystar released as a PS4 exclusive.
2019: Crystar released on PC.
2022: Crystar released on Nintendo Switch.
2025: Crystar PS5 version released.
November 21: The $1 discount ends.
Culture Shift
Steep seasonal discounts on PlayStation Store back-catalog titles, such as this 95 percent cut on a game first released on PS4, reflect a broader pattern of publishers re-pricing older games to reach new players. Crystar's multi-platform history from PS4 to PC to Switch to PS5 shows how such titles now circulate across generations of hardware.
Players can buy the PS5 or PS4 version of Crystar for $1 while the PlayStation Store sale runs. The discount ends November 21, so buyers who want the lower price need to purchase before then.
The takeaway
Sales like this give players a low-cost way to try older role-playing games they may have passed over. Checking the PlayStation Store during seasonal events can turn a niche title into an affordable purchase.
What happens next
The $1 PlayStation Store discount on Crystar ends on November 21.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Comicbook.
