Crypt of the Serpent King
Fair · Roguelike · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $1.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.6h 4.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.24/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 319 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Crypt of the Serpent King is a medieval first-person hack'n'slash dungeon crawler with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fighting underworld creatures along the way, all while avoiding traps and collecting loot!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DX9 with Shader Model 3.0, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
36 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 72 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 47 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Mortal Sin ($14.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeons of Edera ($14.99, scores 19).
More about Crypt of the Serpent King
2 of the 215 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 109 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 4, 2.6 times as much.
The drop-off
11% start to 3% 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
What players say
The idea of labeling a game as "bad" is entirely subjective. It all comes down to personal standards of quality. That doesn't necessarily mean this game is objectively good or bad when compared to major blockbuster franchises such as Call of Duty, God of War, Grand Theft Auto, and many others. Crypt of the Serpent King is nowhere near blockbuster status, but it certainly managed to entertain me and capture my...
2 more reviews
This game is hard to describe in a good light, so I'm not going to try. Ultimately, it feels like licking bricks - and not the tasty kind either. When you're done, your tongue will be sore, and your mind will be empty, but at least you'll maybe have a little smile on your strangely small face. If you're a fan of pain, or super shredded, oiled up goblin dudes, then maybe give it a try!
As the any% record holder (verified by stream) I feel privileged to have beaten this game betterer than anyone else.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Crypt of the Serpent King scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/528730/crypt-of-the-serpent-kingReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.