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Crypt of the NecroDancer cover art

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Brace Yourself Games · 2015-04-23

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ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 02, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 10, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 08, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 30, 2016 (iOS)

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an Action, Indie and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 26510 reviews).

57
playing now
95%
positive of 27k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (166 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (581 downloads)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (3,439 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend · from 47 critics
25h
to beat · completionist 100h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a 2015 roguelike rhythm game created by Brace Yourself Games. The game takes fundamental elements of a roguelike dungeon exploration game and adds a beat-matching rhythm game set to an original soundtrack written by Danny Baranowsky. The player's actions are most effective when moving the character set to the beat of the current song and are impaired when they miss a beat, so it is necessary to learn the rhythmic patterns that the various creatures follow. The mixed-genre game includes the ability to import custom music, and the option to use a dance pad instead of traditional controllers or the keyboard. The game was released for Linux, OS X, and Windows in April 2015, being co-published by Klei Entertainment, for the PlayStation 4 and Vita in February 2016, for the Xbox One in February 2017, and for Nintendo Switch in February 2018. Crypt of the NecroDancer Pocket Edition, developed for iOS, was released in June 2016.

Trailer

Crypt of the NecroDancer trailer thumbnail

Crypt of the Necrodancer - Launch Trailer

≈217,113 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 57 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 547 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 663k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 104 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82682620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 826 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

156512026-09-15 12:00 — 79 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 109 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 112 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 88 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 156 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 120 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 72 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 101 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 95 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 65 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 100 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 76 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 62 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 117 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 110 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 87 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 107 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 103 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 72 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 106 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 124 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 85 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
53594Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 157 · peak 1,827Nov 2014 — avg 269 · peak 720Mar 2015 — avg 167 · peak 352Jul 2015 — avg 235 · peak 367Nov 2015 — avg 294 · peak 863Mar 2016 — avg 277 · peak 512Jul 2016 — avg 372 · peak 874Nov 2016 — avg 336 · peak 860Mar 2017 — avg 247 · peak 405Jul 2017 — avg 520 · peak 1,291Nov 2017 — avg 388 · peak 689Mar 2018 — avg 232 · peak 512Jul 2018 — avg 280 · peak 476Nov 2018 — avg 211 · peak 418Mar 2019 — avg 171 · peak 355Jul 2019 — avg 300 · peak 591Nov 2019 — avg 203 · peak 351Mar 2020 — avg 169 · peak 313Jul 2020 — avg 173 · peak 271Nov 2020 — avg 148 · peak 231Mar 2021 — avg 132 · peak 301Jul 2021 — avg 147 · peak 239Nov 2021 — avg 116 · peak 213Mar 2022 — avg 117 · peak 203Jul 2022 — avg 178 · peak 340Nov 2022 — avg 166 · peak 346Mar 2023 — avg 135 · peak 252Jul 2023 — avg 132 · peak 192Nov 2023 — avg 123 · peak 224Mar 2024 — avg 141 · peak 307Jul 2024 — avg 172 · peak 299Nov 2024 — avg 127 · peak 238Mar 2025 — avg 169 · peak 290Jul 2025 — avg 358 · peak 798Nov 2025 — avg 167 · peak 393Mar 2026 — avg 97 · peak 161Jul 2026 — avg 112 · peak 179Aug 2026 — avg 102 · peak 156
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.242015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-11-10 — best price $14.992016-01-17 — best price $5.992016-06-10 — best price $4.992016-11-17 — best price $3.742017-03-21 — best price $3.742017-09-18 — best price $3.792017-12-25 — best price $14.992018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-10-08 — best price $14.992019-06-06 — best price $2.992019-11-25 — best price $14.992020-04-13 — best price $2.992020-09-12 — best price $14.992021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-06-07 — best price $14.992021-10-23 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-06-20 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-23 — best price $2.992024-05-16 — best price $2.992024-09-11 — best price $2.992025-01-15 — best price $2.992025-05-05 — best price $2.992025-09-18 — best price $2.992025-12-10 — best price $2.992026-04-20 — best price $2.992026-08-04 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $2.992026-09-08 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

243792026-06-04 — 109 pageviews2026-06-08 — 118 pageviews2026-06-12 — 132 pageviews2026-06-16 — 117 pageviews2026-06-20 — 96 pageviews2026-06-24 — 109 pageviews2026-06-28 — 148 pageviews2026-07-02 — 127 pageviews2026-07-06 — 243 pageviews2026-07-10 — 101 pageviews2026-07-14 — 107 pageviews2026-07-18 — 101 pageviews2026-07-22 — 113 pageviews2026-07-26 — 104 pageviews2026-07-30 — 117 pageviews2026-08-03 — 86 pageviews2026-08-07 — 98 pageviews2026-08-11 — 116 pageviews2026-08-15 — 100 pageviews2026-08-19 — 91 pageviews2026-08-23 — 86 pageviews2026-08-27 — 100 pageviews2026-08-31 — 106 pageviews2026-09-04 — 105 pageviews2026-09-08 — 171 pageviews2026-09-12 — 118 pageviews2026-09-16 — 135 pageviews2026-09-20 — 121 pageviews2026-09-24 — 108 pageviews2026-09-28 — 116 pageviews2026-10-02 — 80 pageviews2026-10-06 — 99 pageviews2026-10-10 — 152 pageviews2026-10-13 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
41.2%
earned "In The Zone"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort14 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2014-07-30, latest 2025-12-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32,0380%61
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)5,3681%51
Xbox One (Xbox)5780%44
Switch (Nintendo)220%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%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

2DRPGIndieMusicActionRhythmDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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