Is Crystal Mines II on Steam?

No. Crystal Mines II is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Crystal Mines II on?

Crystal Mines II is available on Atari Lynx.

When did Crystal Mines II release?

Crystal Mines II was first released on December 31, 1992.

Crystal Mines II

Dec 31, 1992PuzzleAtari Lynx

Crystal Mines II — frequently asked questions

Is Crystal Mines II on Steam?: No. Crystal Mines II is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Crystal Mines II on?: Crystal Mines II is available on Atari Lynx.
When did Crystal Mines II release?: Crystal Mines II was first released on December 31, 1992.

About Crystal Mines II

Great treasure still lies deep in the abandoned Crystal Mines. But over the years, underground demons have made them deadly. Guide your robot through the mines, destroying demons and gathering great wealth. Or fail, and become history. Crystal Mines II is an update of the gameplay in its predecessor; in a nutshell, overhead puzzle-solving best described as Chip's Challenge meets Boulder Dash, with a touch of real-time elements thrown in.

Summary via IGDB.

Crystal Mines II on Wikipedia

Crystal Mines II is a puzzle video game designed and programmed by Ken Beckett for Color Dreams. It was licensed to Atari Corporation for the Lynx handheld system. The game is a sequel to Crystal Mines for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Both releases are similar to Boulder Dash, a genre which has since become known as "rocks and diamonds" games.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari Lynx
Developer: Color Dreams
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$12

Complete

$19

Sealed

$37

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1992
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Lynx prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A deep, genuinely difficult Boulder Dash descendant — and one of the best-value cartridges on the platform.

Color Dreams developed it and Atari published it in 1992. Over 150 levels of dig-and-collect puzzling with a robot miner, and it is substantially meatier than its price suggests.

Do not confuse it with Crystal Mines II: Buried Treasure, a separate 1999 Songbird Productions release that is a different product at a different price — and which, unlike this one, is on Evercade.

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 1 megabit (128 KB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Catalogue part number PA2105

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Worth knowing

Fifty mazes, upgradeable nails, and end-of-round bosses. EGM #35 documents the structure: fifty mazes to escape, power-ups that upgrade your nails — the digging tool — and a boss at the end of each round before the next maze begins.

Before you buy

Among the cheapest games in the library despite being one of the better ones. The name collision is the real trap: check whether a listing is the 1992 Atari release or the 1999 Songbird one.