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Crypt Custodian

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4.8/5

( 22 Reviews )

4.8

22 Reviews

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Crypt Custodian
Description
    Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania/zelda-like about cleaning up the afterlife.  You play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has just died, and landed in the afterlife's palace. After a brief and disastrous meeting with the Afterlife Guardian - Kendra - you are banished from the palac...
Genre:
Adventure - Metroidvania - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Story Rich, Role-playing, show 10 more... Atmospheric, Exploration, Puzzle, Funny, Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Amazon Luna, Puzzle Platformer, Metroidvania, Cats
Critics reviews
88 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
70/100
God is a Geek
9/10
TheSixthAxis
9/10
User reviews

4.8/5

( 22 Reviews )

4.8

22 Reviews

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Product details
2024, Kyle Thompson, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, Intel Pentium E2180 (2 * 2000), AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e (2 * 2300), or equivalent, 4...
Time to beat
9.5 hMain
10.5 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
11.5 h All Styles

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Description


 
 
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania/zelda-like about cleaning up the afterlife. 

You play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has just died, and landed in the afterlife's palace. After a brief and disastrous meeting with the Afterlife Guardian - Kendra - you are banished from the palace and sentenced to clean... FOREVER!! 

Explore the vast grounds that surround the palace, battle beasts with your trusty broom, and gain new abilities to expand your map. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and… organize an ambush to break back into the palace! 

 

A Charming Cast Of Characters

Meet and befriend all the other bad ghosts who live outside the palace. Learn how they died, and what caused them to face eternal banishment! And then head on over to the local haunt- The Sinner’s Inn- to chat with the ghosts you meet, and upgrade your gear.

Tons of Upgrades

Complete puzzles, battle epic bosses, and clean your way through ruined dungeons in order to collect new upgrades and abilities. Customize your play style by mix-and-matching your upgrades, and use the abilities you collect to expand your world.

A Lively Interconnected World

Traverse a vast landscape with secrets hiding at every corner. Form your own path and discover the afterlife’s many secrets at your own pace. 

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Time to beat
9.5 hMain
10.5 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
11.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Metroidvania - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Story Rich, Role-playing, show 10 more... Atmospheric, Exploration, Puzzle, Funny, Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Amazon Luna, Puzzle Platformer, Metroidvania, Cats
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Company:
Kyle Thompson / Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc., H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
Size:
456 MB
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Critics reviews
83
Top Critic Average
88 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
PC Gamerby Shaun Prescott
70/100
A charming meowtroidvania.
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God is a Geekby Lyle Pendle
9/10
Crypt Custodian is a sensational top down Metroidvania, with compelling combat, loads of upgrades to experiment with, and of course cats!
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TheSixthAxisby Adrian Burrows
9/10
With an engaging lead, amusing story, crunchy combat, thrilling platforming, and a fascinating world to explore, Crypt Custodian is a near purr-fect metroidvania. Litter-ly one of the best I've ever played.
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Posted on: February 2, 2025

tailen

Verified owner

Games: 555 Reviews: 3

Beautiful story, funny characters

I enjoy these kinds of puzzle metroidvania type games with stylised animations and good stories. This reminds me of Death's Door, Tunic, Bastion, etc. But I like the exploration and collection parts more than combat. I don't like the frustration of having to play the same part over and over because the enemies are too strong. I bought this game because Kyle posted a comment on Steam saying it had variable difficulty settings and accessibility options. Due to these I had a great time playing this game and hunting down all the collectibles. I hadn't expected the story to tug so hard at my heartstrings just from collecting the pictures of each character, but it is a beautiful and emotional story till the end, on top of being a great game.

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Posted on: February 3, 2025

ezez33

Verified owner

Games: 141 Reviews: 7

Charming Top-down Metroidvania Adventure

I found this to be a charming top-down Metroidvania with smooth, responsive gameplay and adorable characters. It starts off strong with snappy controls and a solid foundation, but over time, the repetitive design and lack of variety in environments began to hold it back for me. That said, the Metroidvania elements are well-executed, and the game respects your time. While the level design and boss battles are above average, they didn’t quite suit my preferences. Despite its flaws, I think fans of the genre will enjoy it, as it’s one of the better top-down platformers out there.

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Posted on: April 21, 2025

misanthropes

Verified owner

Games: 93 Reviews: 1

Simple and cute metroidvania

Indy metroidvania, with lots of differents biomes. Wordbuilding is not bleak, lots of cute sides caracters : quite refreshing if you're bored of the usal "doom and gloom everywere" metroidvania tropes. Appart for 1 or 2 bosses, you will not struggle to much.

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Posted on: September 21, 2025

Permito

Verified owner

Games: 179 Reviews: 1

Another Kyle Thompson banger

No amount of money is wasted on this product. Incredibly charming, great gameplay, smart checkpoint placement, runs smooth as butter on a laptop with no dGPU. Peak fun. Buy now or forever banish.

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Posted on: July 11, 2025

Joeytad

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

Crypt Custodian

Fun metroidvania, good movement and gameplay. interesting story so far. nice artstyle. very big map

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