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CRYPTARK
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Review written for update 0.25 Fun little space mech shooter Where you fly in to disable old alien ship security systems so that big companies can salvage the derelicts for valuable parts and materials. Each mission will have you running against the clock and your ammo count as…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This is a hidden gem in the limited time free games. This sci-fi action game actually has more strategic elements than actions. The key to success is to make good plans. You can pause the game anytime and take your time to think. So the game pace can be either fast or slow, up…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“I want to like this game and there are many parts of this game that I enjoy, but there are too many parts that frustrate me. As for what I like: the combat is satisfying, the strategy involved in deciding what ship systems to destroy makes for engaging planning, the art…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Achievement Fix - 1.25
Hey all, We finally fixed a issue with achievements that some new players were having on Windows. On opening Cryptark next time, any artifacts you already got will pop up as Steam achievements. Sorry
GUNHEAD, the FPS sequel to Cryptark, is out now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/704000/GUNHEAD/ Enjoy! Let us know any feedback or issues in the Steam forums or our Discord ! - Lee
CRYPTARK Update + free on Steam for 48 hours!
Hey everyone! We've made Cryptark free on Steam for the next 48 hours (free to own forever!): https://store.steampowered.com/app/344740/CRYPTARK/ Send to anyone you think would like complex roguelite
GUNHEAD Releasing November 8th! Demo out now!
Our FPS jetpack roguelite sequel to Cryptark finally comes out November 8th! Demo out now https://store.steampowered.com/app/704000/GUNHEAD/ Check out our release date trailer: Let us know any thought
GUNHEAD lives! Gameplay Video of Cryptark's sequel
GUNHEAD is alive! And coming out this year! Our FPS roguelite sequel to Cryptark is finally almost ready. After a long time of no news... We just released a gameplay overview video showing one of the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Action · Indie · Strategy · Adventure · Rogue-lite · Twin Stick Shooter · Space · Mechs · Sci-fi · 2D · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | http://www.cryptark.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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