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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I hate this game. I rarely get through the tutorial without getting hit. That's how bad I am. Turns out IRL musical skills do not translate into rhythm games. This annoys me so much I need to KEEP PLAYING to prove…”
“Great game so far. The soundtrack and gameplay are great. Recommending if you like rouge-like or rouge-lite dungeon crawlers (you can play both ways). Its challenging but very satisfying. Also, I recommend playing with…”
“This game makes me smile when I'm in a bad mood. Huge recommend”
24 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Great game so far. The soundtrack and gameplay are great. Recommending if you like rouge-like or rouge-lite dungeon crawlers (you can play both ways). Its challenging but very satisfying. Also, I recommend playing with…”
“The soundtrack goes unreasonably hard”
“Played this tons on console. Gotta love this game. Rhythm, roguelite, killer beats at their finest.”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Great game so far. The soundtrack and gameplay are great. Recommending if you like rouge-like or rouge-lite dungeon crawlers (you can play both ways). Its challenging but very satisfying. Also, I recommend playing with…”
“Love rhythm games but man does this one test my patience (In the good way)”
“challenging and fun <3”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“this is a game i have a feeling i'd have 1000 hours in at some point it tickles my noggin very much”
“this is a game that is not hard to enjoy, hard af to master (skill ceiling is sky high), rewarding to play and get better and the music customization makes it infinitely replayable. Highly recommend to any rougelike…”
“Crypt of the NecroDancer is one of those rare games where the concept sounds gimmicky but completely delivers — moving to the beat while managing enemy patterns is genuinely satisfying once it clicks, and that moment of…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Roguelikes are usually not my thing but this one is fantastic. It's frequently 90% off and you could get hundreds of hours of gameplay from it. Partially because it's quite hard, but there also is quite a lot of…”
“this is probably one of the only games in existence where the advice of "get good" could actually apply great game, difficult but fun, actually peak OST (including the remixes), like i could listen to it for years and…”
“I like this game. I bought it because it looked fun, I haven't played that many rhythm games and it had an enormous discount (every now and then it's 90% off). I then also bought the Synchrony and Amplified DLCs. I…”
24 of the 102 reviews raise this · 21 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate this game. I rarely get through the tutorial without getting hit. That's how bad I am. Turns out IRL musical skills do not translate into rhythm games. This annoys me so much I need to KEEP PLAYING to prove…”
“This game is INCREDIBLY difficult, but I know it's good.”
“It's a lovely game, I'm sure. Unfortunately I only get to experience the first area over and over because it's too hard.”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is way too hard to play, so much so that it's not fun.”
“interesting idea and great soundtrack but absolutely not for me. there's a class that doesn't rely that much on timing and rhythm but even that was a terribly frustrating experience. selling almost a dozen different…”
“Overrated and terrible indie game with almost no redeeming qualities. I have absolutely no idea who loves this game if they ever played an actual roguelike. At first glance, the gameplay is just baffling. Then you…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I can confidently say this is the hardest game ever created. It's near impossible to 100% the achievements. I'm missing only 8 achievements and I don't think I'll ever get them. But it's still one of the most fun and replayable games, let alone rhythm games, I've ever played.…”
— a player, Steam review · 539 hrs played“a team fortress 2 deathrun map based off this game convinced me to try it & it was totally worth it. banger soundtrack which is important for a rhythm game, deceptively simple but hard to master gameplay & mechanics that really get you thinking about every move you make. I'm…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“This game is hard but fun at the same time it's a dilemma You have to move by following the rhythm/ beat of the music, and also observe how the monsters move and attack to kill them effectively. The aim is to get to the bottom of the crypt and kill the bosses. You get to know…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:02 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Crypt of the NecroDancer: Supporter Upgrade
Hi folks! This is our last update of 2025, can you believe that? If you've loved Crypt of the NecroDancer, and want to show our team a little extra support in a special way, we've just dropped the Cry
Shovel Knight digs into the Crypt!
Shovel Knight makes a double appearance!See him in both Rift AND Crypt of the NecroDancerFolks, when I tell you the team has been cooking, I mean we’ve been cooking up a full course menu.For course on
Happy 10 Years of Crypt! 🥳
Ten years ago, we unleashed a game so groovy, it woke the dead (literally!). Crypt of the NecroDancer has been keeping your fingers tapping and your hearts pounding for a whole decade! That's right, w
Bonus 10% off for Crypt Fans - Rift of the NecroDancer is out now!
Is today even real?! After 3+ years of pouring our hearts into each beat, and a DECADE after launching Crypt of the NecroDancer, we've hit the launch button! 💸10% off until Tues Feb 11 https://store.s
Synchrony Weekly Challenge: Play as a Wyrm from Rift!
To celebrate today's launch of Rift of the NecroDancer, the fan-turned-developer behind Crypt's Synchrony DLC created a very special mod for this week's Weekly Challenge: WEEK 48: WYRM A Rift between
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Rhythm · Female Protagonist · Difficult · Rogue-like · Great Soundtrack · Pixel Graphics · Dungeon Crawler · Indie · Music · Local Co-Op · RPG · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 61 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://necrodancer.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, service pack 3 Processor: 2GHz Memory: 1000 MB RAM Graphics: 512MB VRAM Storage: 1600 MB available space