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Crypt Custodian

Kyle Thompson · 2024-08-27

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
97%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
10h
to beat · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 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 17% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 62k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99-35%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99-35%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 38 of 64 observed days · $1.00 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

3012026-08-11 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$11.992024-08-272026-08-302024-08-27 — best price $16.992024-10-26 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $16.992024-12-12 — best price $15.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-01-17 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $15.992025-03-19 — best price $15.992025-04-10 — best price $15.992025-04-30 — best price $19.992025-05-16 — best price $19.992025-06-03 — best price $14.992025-06-14 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $19.992025-09-09 — best price $19.992025-09-27 — best price $12.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $13.992026-01-06 — best price $19.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $13.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-11 — best price $12.992026-04-01 — best price $12.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $12.992026-05-24 — best price $11.992026-06-05 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-24 — best price $11.992026-08-14 — best price $12.992026-08-28 — best price $12.992026-08-30 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

100122026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 62 pageviews2026-06-05 — 45 pageviews2026-06-08 — 57 pageviews2026-06-11 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 58 pageviews2026-06-17 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 30 pageviews2026-07-02 — 35 pageviews2026-07-05 — 51 pageviews2026-07-08 — 31 pageviews2026-07-11 — 42 pageviews2026-07-14 — 39 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-16 — 38 pageviews2026-08-19 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 76 pageviews2026-08-26 — 31 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.

Player tags

CatsCuteFunnyIndieActionAdventureNonlinearAction RPGHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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