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Cryptmaster

Paul Hart · Akupara Games · 2024-05-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 03, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 03, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 03, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 03, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?

Cryptmaster is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 2276 reviews).

5
playing now
93%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (33 downloads)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (94 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Cryptmaster is a 2024 role-playing word game developed by Paul Hart and Lee Williams, and published by Akupara Games. It was released on Steam, GOG, and Itch.io on May 9, 2024 for Windows. The game is played by typing words on a keyboard.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 74 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (551 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.25-35%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.70 at GameBillet (2026-09-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 167 of 212 observed days · $5.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53153120242026Week of 2024-05-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-09-15 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1616May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 161 · peak 394Jun 2024 — avg 84 · peak 254Jul 2024 — avg 73 · peak 211Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 75Sep 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 50Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 39Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 54Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 101Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 174Mar 2025 — avg 20 · peak 64Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 78Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2025 — avg 47 · peak 147Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 123Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Jan 2026 — avg 19 · peak 52Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 35Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 58May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$11.242022-11-012026-10-142022-11-01 — best price $99.992024-06-04 — best price $22.482024-07-12 — best price $19.882024-07-26 — best price $20.812024-08-21 — best price $20.812024-09-30 — best price $18.742024-11-19 — best price $21.242024-12-18 — best price $21.242025-01-24 — best price $18.742025-03-06 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-06-14 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $12.212025-08-21 — best price $16.012025-09-09 — best price $18.492025-09-29 — best price $17.492025-10-23 — best price $18.892025-11-17 — best price $17.492025-12-04 — best price $18.492025-12-25 — best price $17.072026-01-23 — best price $13.112026-02-18 — best price $17.492026-03-09 — best price $12.412026-03-30 — best price $16.242026-04-25 — best price $24.992026-05-18 — best price $18.892026-06-04 — best price $16.242026-06-25 — best price $11.462026-07-23 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $16.252026-09-07 — best price $13.752026-09-19 — best price $16.252026-10-01 — best price $16.252026-10-13 — best price $16.252026-10-14 — best price $16.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3452026-06-01 — 17 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 16 pageviews2026-09-13 — 24 pageviews2026-09-17 — 19 pageviews2026-09-21 — 23 pageviews2026-09-25 — 17 pageviews2026-09-29 — 26 pageviews2026-10-03 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Blasphemer"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-05-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0084%28
PS5 (PlayStation)2799%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)633%29
PS4 (PlayStation)757%29

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

3DRPGFunnyTypingFishingSurrealLore-RichWord GameAction RPGFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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