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Krimson cover art

Krimson

CryingPsycho · PM Studios, inc. · 2024-03-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 21, 2024 (Xbox One), Mar 21, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Mar 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.

98%
positive of 132 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (57 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 16,269 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 132 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 19 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620242026Week of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.992024-03-212026-09-182024-03-21 — best price $8.992024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-07-04 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-07-19 — best price $9.992024-08-19 — best price $7.492024-10-24 — best price $7.492024-10-28 — best price $7.492024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $7.392025-01-31 — best price $7.492025-03-03 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-11-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $5.002026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-14 — best price $5.002026-09-18 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
99.3%
earned "Welcome to Hell"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkActionHorrorPuzzleRhythmAbstractPlatformerAtmosphericPsychedelic

Census log

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

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