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Courier of the Crypts cover art

Courier of the Crypts

Emberheart Games · 2019-04-18

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Courier of the Crypts is a 2D puzzle adventure game where you have to survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Main tool to achieve the mission is a Magic Torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles - it must never run out!

94%
positive of 65 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

The crypts, once a sacred place of mourning, is now a place of corruption, where dark rituals are practiced, unbeknownst to the world outside.. Survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts in this puzzle adventure game. Your main tool to achieve the delivery is a magic torch, which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 23,699 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Humble Store (2016-05-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.192015-05-212026-03-262015-05-21 — best price $10.792015-06-17 — best price $10.792015-06-28 — best price $11.992015-10-29 — best price $9.592015-12-01 — best price $11.992016-02-05 — best price $10.792016-05-02 — best price $11.992016-06-23 — best price $10.792016-11-01 — best price $11.992016-12-22 — best price $10.192017-01-26 — best price $11.992019-03-28 — best price $19.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-08-12 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $12.792019-11-01 — best price $15.992019-12-03 — best price $15.992020-01-09 — best price $9.592020-01-22 — best price $9.592020-05-07 — best price $11.192020-07-09 — best price $15.992020-11-25 — best price $11.192021-01-05 — best price $15.992021-02-11 — best price $9.592021-07-08 — best price $15.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-04-26 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-07-02 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroPuzzleAdventureDifficultSingleplayerPixel GraphicsDungeon Crawler

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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