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CRYPTARK cover art

CRYPTARK

Alientrap · 2017-06-20

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 20, 2017 (Linux), Jun 27, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2017 (Mac)

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

2
playing now
82%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Cryptark is a roguelike video game developed and published by Alientrap for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on June 20, 2017.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 49k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,952 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 41 of 62 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-10-072026-08-302015-10-07 — best price $11.042016-02-01 — best price $12.992016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-11-14 — best price $9.892017-03-27 — best price $9.892017-09-26 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $3.792019-05-30 — best price $4.492019-09-21 — best price $14.992020-01-09 — best price $3.742020-05-21 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-11-03 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-05-11 — best price $3.742022-11-11 — best price $3.742023-02-19 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $3.742023-10-10 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-02 — best price $14.992024-05-09 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-03-06 — best price $3.742025-06-05 — best price $2.992025-08-20 — best price $3.742025-10-09 — best price $3.742026-01-08 — best price $3.742026-04-10 — best price $3.742026-06-09 — best price $3.752026-08-09 — best price $3.752026-08-21 — best price $3.752026-08-30 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1102026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 0 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
11.1%
earned "Processed Ore"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,13819%27
PS4 (PlayStation)39015%28

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

Player tags

2DIndieMechsSpaceActionSci-fiStrategyAdventureRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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