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Crypt Custodian (2024)

Kyle Thompson

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

4.00 from 64 ratings

194 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 62 backlogged · 44 wish listed

How long? Main story 11h · with extras 11h · 100% 14h (from 15 logged playthroughs)

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 afterworlds janitor... forever! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Details

Developers
Kyle Thompson
Publishers
H2 Interactive Co., Ltd., Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action
Events
The Top Hat Studios Showcase, Guerrilla Collective 2024, Best Indie Games Summer Showcase 2024, The Mini Indie Showcase August 2023, Guerrilla Collective Showcase 2023
Steam
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Release dates

  • Aug 27, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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GOTY 2024 by LarsFrukt · 38 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
18
4 stars
30
3 stars
15
2 stars
0
1 star
1
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Community All Reviews Statuses

killerstar

Status killerstar Sep 20, 2025

With the melancholy music and the sad themes, I was constantly crying through the first hour or more. I tried to explain to my girlfriend why it was so hard to play and I started sobbing. I could barely tell her that it was about a dead cat in the afterlife. She gave me a tissue. I'm tearing up as …

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With the melancholy music and the sad themes, I was constantly crying through the first hour or more. I tried to explain to my girlfriend why it was so hard to play and I started sobbing. I could barely tell her that it was about a dead cat in the afterlife. She gave me a tissue. I'm tearing up as I write this.

I don't know why it affected me so much.

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Gangreen

Status Gangreen Sep 1, 2025

Jury is still out for me on this. Everything is quite nice but not compelling. The art style is great. Top down Metroidvania elements are refreshing from standard side-scrollers. Combat has some nice feeling to it but not very deep. But the world, nor the story, nor the promise of upgrades is really grabbing me. I think I need to …

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Jury is still out for me on this. Everything is quite nice but not compelling. The art style is great. Top down Metroidvania elements are refreshing from standard side-scrollers. Combat has some nice feeling to it but not very deep. But the world, nor the story, nor the promise of upgrades is really grabbing me. I think I need to give it a little more time and then decide.

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