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Courier of the Crypts

84% positive of 26 Steam reviews

Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Emberheart Games.

About the game

Courier of the Crypts is a 2D puzzle adventure game where you have to survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Main tool to achieve the mission is a Magic Torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles - it must never run out!

Tagged by players

Difficult
Retro
Adventure
Pixel Graphics
Dungeon Crawler
Puzzle

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What players say

Recommended
WARNING! This is not a cute casual pixel indie game! It is a hard survival, almost horror, game. You must manage your resources, you can't kill everything. You must avoid enemies and traps, solve puzzles and manage your torch fuel. You will rage when you die 5 times in a row in some boss fight. But it is quite satisfying when you finally finish a hard map. The graphics, ambient sounds and music are awesome! Buy it…
3.7 h played when written. 51 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Awesome game: atmospheric, immersive & challenging (but fair), with fantastic pixel-art & level design. My favorites are the hard to find artifacts and the even harder to find secrets = very rewarding. It's hard to belive that this is a one-man-show... 10/10
7.2 h played when written. 32 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Super well made and polished game, I just found the core gameplay to be a bit too repetitive and tedious after only an hour of playing. according to the stats screen I was 27% done with the game at about the hour mark so its also rather short. I have seen in the trailer and by skimming through youtube videos that there are moments of the game that do seem to mix up the gameplay a bit and look interesting, but in…
1.3 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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