employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

Crystal Dynamics

Is this your company?

Crystal Dynamics reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)

Ron Rosenberg and Scot Amos

53% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Crystal Dynamics has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Crystal Dynamics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

65 reviews
2.0
Dec 14, 2025

Not a good company to work for.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are fairly good. Projects and the people themselves actually working on the game are great to work with, it a shame leadership is not the same.

Cons

This is not a good company to work for. Poor leadership who pretend everything is going great but don't care about their staff, This company has been on a decline since The marvel avengers game they failed in. They continuing to quietly do layoffs while trying to promote themselves as a good company to work for. Salaries are definitely lower than the average for bay area studios. There is zero loyalty to employees, I've seen them layoff someone who was basically the assistant to head of the company for 7 years, They have even laid off head of Operations who had been with them for 25 years! HR dangles the possibility of salary raises to senior employees to keep them at the studio longer but they never deliver. Overall I don't recommend this place even with the state of the industry,

5.0
Sep 22, 2020

Best Studio I've Ever Worked For

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Senior Staff and Leads really give a damn about the studio. Amazing Benefits. Reasonable work schedules. Integrated WFH infrastructure instantly when lockdown occurred.

Cons

Some internal structural systems could be changed. Time mismanagement on overall project delivery.

5.0
Nov 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful happy people to work with, make you feel like a close friend/family in the workplace. Amazing campus with a fancy gym. Free snacks in the kitchen with espresso/cappuccino machine. Lots of sunlight from the ceiling windows. Very chill relaxed place to focus and work hard.

Cons

Can't really think of any, i loved this job. Crunch time required working 10-12+ hours daily including weekends. Rarely had 2 days off to relax but i didn't mind, i enjoyed what i was doing.

Viewing 10 - 12 of 65 Reviews

Glassdoor has 73 Crystal Dynamics reviews submitted anonymously by Crystal Dynamics employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Crystal Dynamics is right for you.