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Crypt Custodian

Kyle Thompson · 2024-08-27

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 27, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 27, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 27, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

Crypt Custodian is an Adventure game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 3140 reviews).

44
playing now
97%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (42 downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (1,263 ratings)
10h
to beat · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Crypt Custodian is a 2024 Metroidvania video game developed independently by Kyle Thompson and published by Top Hat Studios. A single-player video game played from the top-down perspective, it follows Pluto, a black cat who dies and is tasked with cleaning up the underworld. With his broom, Pluto must sweep up trash and fight enemies, make friends with other creatures, and escape the afterlife. Crypt Custodian features abilities, upgrades, power-ups, and collectible items that the player can purchase with in-game currency or obtain through exploration, defeating enemies, or solving puzzles. The map is separated into themed areas that are gradually unlocked as the story progresses. Crypt Custodian has three main difficulty levels, as well as several additional game modes.

Trailer

Crypt Custodian trailer thumbnail

Crypt Custodian - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

≈36,210 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 577 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~72/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 63k–141k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99-35%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.49 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 70 of 100 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52652620242026Week of 2024-08-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8782026-09-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 40 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 44 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 60 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 84 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 49 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 58 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 51 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 55 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 45 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10020Sep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 100 · peak 351Oct 2024 — avg 31 · peak 78Nov 2024 — avg 21 · peak 96Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 122Jan 2025 — avg 61 · peak 133Feb 2025 — avg 31 · peak 86Mar 2025 — avg 34 · peak 84Apr 2025 — avg 31 · peak 109May 2025 — avg 33 · peak 104Jun 2025 — avg 43 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 33 · peak 82Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 85Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 116Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 96Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 60Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 63Jan 2026 — avg 36 · peak 84Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 59Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 70Apr 2026 — avg 30 · peak 74May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 73Jun 2026 — avg 29 · peak 87Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 57
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992024-08-272026-10-142024-08-27 — best price $16.992024-11-13 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-17 — best price $19.992025-03-01 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $13.992025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-13 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $12.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $12.992026-06-07 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $12.992026-09-03 — best price $12.992026-09-08 — best price $12.992026-09-13 — best price $12.992026-09-18 — best price $12.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $12.992026-10-03 — best price $12.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

255142026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-03 — 38 pageviews2026-06-07 — 80 pageviews2026-06-11 — 25 pageviews2026-06-15 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-01 — 33 pageviews2026-07-05 — 51 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 23 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 21 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 38 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-26 — 31 pageviews2026-08-30 — 61 pageviews2026-09-03 — 27 pageviews2026-09-07 — 50 pageviews2026-09-11 — 26 pageviews2026-09-15 — 42 pageviews2026-09-19 — 31 pageviews2026-09-23 — 255 pageviews2026-09-27 — 240 pageviews2026-10-01 — 155 pageviews2026-10-05 — 156 pageviews2026-10-08 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Very Bad Cat"
48.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,2008%48
Steam (Steam)1,36712%48
PS5 (PlayStation)70533%49
Switch (Nintendo)890%0
PS4 (PlayStation)5735%49
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CatsCuteFunnyIndieActionAdventureNonlinearAction RPGHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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