Amazon’s new shooter Crucible has been released on Steam. Here you will find everything about the new game, including the release, the heroes, gameplay, and the platforms of Crucible.
Crucible is a competitive hero shooter from Amazon Game Studios. You play as a pre-made hero with special skills and weapons. You primarily play against other players, but AI monsters also appear on the maps.
Crucible was released on May 20, 2020, for Steam.
Yes, Crucible is a free-to-play game that incurs no costs to play.
Currently, Crucible is only available on Steam for PC. According to developers, there are no plans for a release on PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, or Switch.
Crucible has an age rating of 12 years from USK.
Updates and News about Crucible
Update on Release (8:00 AM, May 21, 2020): After initial launch problems, a hotfix was issued at around 6:30 AM on May 21. You can now also download and play the game on Steam (link leads to Steam) in Europe.
Generally Interesting Info about Crucible
What is the gameplay like in Crucible? In Crucible, you play a mix of a hero shooter like Overwatch and a MOBA game like League of Legends. As our MeinMMO author Leya Jankowski already mentioned in her review, the game strongly resembles the dead hybrids like Paragon and Gigantic.
You gain experience points in the game and level up your heroes. To ensure that leveling up doesn’t distract from the game, you decide at the beginning of the game what happens at each level-up.
At launch, you play in one of three game modes and choose one of 10
crazy heroes, each with unique skills and weapons. The current game modes are:
- Core of Swarms: A 4vs4 mode. You shoot the dwellings of swarm creatures and collect the “hearts” that fall out. So you fight against other players and nasty monsters. The first team to collect three hearts wins.
- Alpha Hunters: This mode resembles Battle Royale. Eight 2-player teams fight for survival. The twist is that if your buddy dies, you can team up with another lone wolf again. However, when you reach the final 3 teams, your alliance ends, and there can only be one winner.
- Harvest Command: Two teams of 8 players compete here. It’s about capturing essence harvesters. This gives points for your team, along with kills. The first to reach 100 points wins.
What heroes are available in Crucible? Each of the 10 heroes, called Hunters in Crucible, has unique skills and a fixed kit of equipment. You cannot freely choose your weapons. The 10 hunters are:
- Earl: A hefty space trucker who takes a lot of damage
- Captain Mendoza: The generic shooter guy, ideal for beginners
- Tosca: An angry cat that teleports
- Ajonah: A sharpshooter with a grappling hook
- Bugg: A cute botany robot that breeds killer plants
- Summer: A tough melee fighter with flamethrowers
- Shakirri: An elegant duelist with sword and pistol
- Drakahl: A hefty beast that swings a big axe, even from a distance!
- Sazan: A command fighter who carries three guns and sneaks through the jungle
- Rahi and Brother: A duo of a big guy and his robot friend. They act as supporters.
On the official YouTube channel of Crucible, you will find videos about the individual heroes with explanations of the characters and gameplay.
How much will Crucible cost and how is it funded? Crucible is a free-to-play game. Anyone can download and play it. The game aims to earn money through season packs, which are packages with cosmetic content. You can also buy items from these packs, such as skins, individually. However, these things are not relevant for gameplay. There will be no loot boxes, i.e., packages with random content.
These are the system requirements for Crucible
The hardware specifications provided by the manufacturer are as follows:
Minimum Specs
- Processor – Intel i5-3570 or AMD FX-6300
- Graphics Card – GTX 660 or ATI Radeon HD 6950
- RAM – 8 GB
- Operating System – Windows 7 (64-bit)
- Hard Drive: 15 GB
Recommended Specs
- Processor – Intel i5-6500 (3.2 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
- Graphics Card – GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 570
- RAM – 8 GB
- Operating System – 10
- Hard Drive: 15 GB
