CRYPTARK on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

CRYPTARK is a action roguelike, action and indie game developed and published by Alientrap.
Released on June 20th 2017 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,807 reviews of which 1,489 were positive and 318 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified CRYPTARK into these genres:

Action Roguelike Action Indie Strategy Adventure Rogue-lite Twin Stick Shooter Space Mechs 2D Sci-fi Rogue-like Bullet Hell Procedural Generation Great Soundtrack Shooter Difficult Singleplayer Local Co-Op Co-op

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: XP/Vista/Windows 7
Processor: Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 700 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Lion 10.7.5, Yosemite strongly recommended
Processor: Dual Core 2.5 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB

Linux

OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit. S3TC is NOT required.
Processor: Dual Core 2.5 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025

Recently I've been on a kick of playing Rogue-genre games, and as Cryptark has been sitting in my library for a LONG time I decided to give it a whirl. I've gotta say that for the most part the game's pleasantly surprised me. If you like this review and you'd like to read other long-form reviews, or get in contact with me you can do so by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36761101-Miphnificent]*Clicking Here* for more content Cryptark takes a different approach to the whole "loadout cost" system that most other games utilize, where your cost of everything is tallied by how much of the stuff you've used. Cryptark instead charges you a flat value at the beginning of your runs into the derelict ships of the Alien Flotilla, and so you better use it or lose it. I've found this system to be very refreshing, as it makes sense for a corporation to charge you for all of the equipment you're taking into a run with you, though the fact you don't really get money back for unspent equipment is a little weird. Enemy variety is interesting, but the enemy variety in the game swings wildly between enemies that are extremely powerful and obnoxious to deal with, to enemies that basically do nothing to you except shoot weird purple goo at you. Leviathan's and Juggernaut's are good examples of this, as they're both meant to be big and bad enemies, but Leviathan's never once caused me problems, whereas Juggernauts were a constant pain. Cryptark as a game is a little bit short. I've played every single bit of content there is in under 10 hours, and unlocked every specific frame for use in the Rogue and Cryptark Excavation modes. One of the biggest complaints I've got for the game is the lack of frame variety whilst you're in the campaign, as there are obviously more available due to their appearance in the Rogue and Excavation modes, so having them in the story as optional upgrades which you find aboard some ships would add some much needed spice to the game. Cryptark's arsenal is varied but not particularly super interesting unless you're lucky enough to find a BUNCH of licenses for weird and cool weapons during your campaign run. Along with that, many of the weapons are just genuinely outclassed by others within the games available arsenal, making for a situation where you'll be asking yourself "Why would I bother using this weapon, when I could just continue using THIS one?", because even if you try to play stealthily later on the game becomes more frantic with requiring you to kill more and more things. Overall , I'd give Cryptark an 8/10, and would suggest you pick it up if it's on sale.

March 2025

Great fun game. I think maybe it can get a bit dull after playing it for a while but that may just be me. I will be playing more though, I keep coming back

Jan. 2025

Cool art, fun gameplay. Fair warning, this game is hard as balls!

Dec. 2024

This is a good ass game. You can complete it in an hour or two, sure, but it is worth the price. Gameplay is fast, action packed robot bashing fun. Like playing Armored Core with a light mech. And the customization options both give you awesome tools to hack some bots and also play into the planing. The game demands that you plan your path ahead and taunts you to put holes on that plan by giving you some extra cash and goodies so you are always thinking about what compromises you will take so you can get a sick weapon for your exosuit on the next raid. Every weapon, expendable equipment and armor point you put on your exosuit weights on your pocket, and you must be sure that you will have a profit at the end of a mission. You will need every penny and the best gear possible when you get to the last level of the game. So plan ahead, try out different combinations, learn the game so you can complete missions with optimized gear, and make every bullet count. I would wish you good luck, but you'll need more than that if you want to destroy the Cryptark.

Sept. 2024

A very enjoyable and strategic roguelike which is challenging without being absurdly difficult. The aesthetics are excellent and the gameplay is tight enough. I've mostly played this on the PS5, often in coop. Recommended, 8/10.

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14.99€

7.9

1,489

318

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Developer

Alientrap

Publisher

Alientrap

Release 20 Jun 2017

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