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CRYPTARK

83% positive of 912 Steam reviews

Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, PlayStation

Made by Alientrap.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

Action Roguelike
Twin Stick Shooter
Mechs
Roguelite
Space
Action
Strategy
Sci-fi
Bullet Hell
Adventure
Roguelike
Procedural Generation

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
Awesome premise. Awesome feel. But damn, did they get carried away with the opposing forces. The way you destroy a turret system so you can get close enough to destroy a shield, get swarmed trying to get over to destroy said shield, nearly die, and by the time you get there, repair systems have brought the turrets back online so you're basically having to start the process over except now you have to add an extra…
54 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Annoying to play, really just a test of your willingness to endure unfun game design. I thought I was doing something wrong for a while but this game is just every annoying modern roguelite lazy idea put together. Limited time to beat every mission but you can't be thoughtful or strategic because there are locked doors and systems protecting other systems all over so you traverse most of the ship anyway. So you…
3.5 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.
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