Crypt Custodian
BANGER · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $11.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Aug 2024.
- Length
- 9.7h
- Value
- $1.24/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 40% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 35% ($12.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 40% ($11.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GT 220 (1024 MB), Radeon HD 4650 (1024 VRAM), or equivalent, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
March 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $11.99. 19 discounts in the 2 years on record. They run about 35 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $11.99 at 40 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
At full price it scores 77. The current cut is what makes it a 87.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Hollow Knight ($14.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Islets ($19.99, scores 68).
The math says it holds its tier up to $13.00, and you are being asked for $11.99.
82 from critics against 97 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
4 of the 390 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 159 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
96% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
17 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 10:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Very charming metroidvania, even if on the easy side. A bit short, but the level design is solid.
Amazing art style, simple yet good story, repetitive yet fun gameplay. All around was worth the money and experience, will be checking out the developers other games for sure after this one.
Another absolute classic from this studio, I loved Islets, and I loved this. Sheepo is on my wishlist and I can't wait for Well Dweller!! If you enjoy Metroidvania style games, you'll love Crypt Custodian. Challenging, but not crazy hard, nice vibe throughout, satisfying boss fights. Great stuff, keep up the good work.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Crypt Custodian scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2394650/crypt-custodianReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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