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Krimson

Krimson

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.

Released Mar 21, 2024 Developer CryingPsycho Publisher PM Studios, inc. Platforms Windows Precision PlatformerRhythmHorrorPsychological Horror2D Platformer
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

98.5%positive132 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The best way I can describe this game is "an experience". It will occasionally be frustrating, player-hostile, and tedious. But when everything comes together, it is very fun. It is essentially a platformer where the level elements react to the song's rhythm. The music, the…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“What a hidden gem! Absolute cinema! Not as hard as it looks!”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

12achievements
23.0%median completion
5.8%rarest: Conquered Hell
99.3% of players 64.5% of players 53.1% of players 37.0% of players 35.6% of players 28.5% of players 23.0% of players 10.9% of players 8.6% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 5.8% of players 99.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
99.3%Welcome to Hell — Die for the first time
64.5%Many more to come — Die 50 times
53.1%Red Circle — Complete Circle 1
Rarest badges of honor
5.8%Conquered Hell — Achieve all the Trophies
7.0%Hell is mine — Complete Circle 4 without dying
7.2%Bleeding Eyes — Complete Circle 3 without dying

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 29, 2024
Krimson Update 1

Hey everyone! I have two news today! Steam Version received its first update! fixes: Fixed the achievements Made some adjustments to collision boxes in level 424 and 212 The "Finish Circle X without d

Apr 05, 2024
KRIMSON OST RELEASED!

SOUNDTRACK IS RELEASED!! GET IT ON STEAM! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2884220/Krimson_Soundtrack/ With a 33% discount in the first week, you can get it for 6.69$ (There's a 666 reference and a

Feb 21, 2024
Release Date Announcement!

Welcome mortals and hell friends, The hour of revelation is nigh as we prepare to descend into the rhythm hell of Krimson. Prepare thy souls! Krimson will be rhythmically bouncing into your seances on

Jun 24, 2023
Krimson Next Fest Demo - Take on the challenge!

We're delighted to share a new demo of Krimson for Steam Next Fest, a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn moving through a hellish worl

Jun 23, 2023
Krimson Next Fest Demo playthrough!

We're delighted to share a new demo of Krimson for Steam Next Fest, a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn moving through a hellish worl

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsPrecision Platformer · Rhythm · Horror · Psychological Horror · 2D Platformer · Platformer · 2D · Dark · Psychedelic · Atmospheric · Action · Abstract (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements12
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: AMD / Intel CPU running at 2.8 GHz or higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA graphic card, with at least 2GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.1 support: AMD Radeon HD 7870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or newer is recommended. Storage: 800 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible sound card