Crypt of the NecroDancer Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Exceptional soundtrack quality praised
- Addictive rhythm-roguelike gameplay hybrid
- Challenging but fair difficulty balance
- Distinct character playstyles and variety
- Extremely difficult gameplay for most
- Steep learning curve frustrates new players
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 26,522
- Positive
- 25,32395.5%
- Negative
- 1,1994.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,021,239
- Estimated revenue
- $30,298,373
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 322.97%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,439
- Estimated revenue lost
- $36,561
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 323% Avg playtime 0.8h | 726.7% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 545% Avg playtime 56.3h | 92185.4% Avg playtime 87.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 18.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,451.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,079 total
Organic purchasers96989.8%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations11010.2%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,078 total
First impression0-2h14313.3%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h43240.0%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h16915.7%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+33431.0%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.3%
Global baseline 92.0%
24 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 26,522 total.