Crypt Custodian Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-10-05
Review summary
  • Charming cozy metroidvania experience
  • Excellent metroidvania game design
  • Large map encourages exploration
  • Map navigation and design poor
  • Boss rush achievement excessive
  • Frequent crashes with HRESULT error
Crypt Custodian header

Categories

MetroidvaniaZelda-like Dungeon DesignTop-Down PerspectiveBullet-hellBoss RushExplorationCats

Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
3,189
Positive
3,09697.1%
Negative
932.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
231,852
Estimated revenue
$4,634,721
Game price
$20
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
90.92%
Estimated copies lost
654
Estimated revenue lost
$13,073
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
90.9%
Avg playtime 1.1h
141.4%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
282.9%
Avg playtime 11.5h
92994.8%
Avg playtime 15.8h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day1.3 rev/day
Last 30d2 rev/day
Quarterly69.4 rev/qtr
Days covered768.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
980 total
Organic purchasers88990.7%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations919.29%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
980 total
First impression0-2h353.57%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h24024.5%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h57558.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+13013.3%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
9.69% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
98.9%
Global baseline 96.2%
95 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,189 total.