Cryptark
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Cryptark is a 2D roguelike shooter that challenges players with boarding and neutralizing procedurally generated alien starships to earn income for their Privateering enterprise. Purchase improved equipment and weapons to tackle more dangerous targets, but be cautious as failure will result in a loss of investment and profit. The decaying alien arks will defend themselves from intruders with a wide arsenal of cyborg monstrosities, robotics, and security systems, all obstacles that must be surpassed to achieve victory, the destruction of the ship’s central System Core.
Game Discussion
Steam User 41
2D sci-fi shooter with roguelike elements, in which you play as a mercenary assaulting randomly generated spaceships, planning your equipment and tactics to destroy their core and claim your reward
✅Very enjoyable and well-executed shooting system
✅Lots of weapons (machine guns, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, energy weapons, etc.)
✅Good graphics
✅Huge dose of strategy means each boarding requires a precise attack plan—first, you identify the most dangerous systems, then systematically destroy them. + Large variety of enemies
✅Upgrade system, e.g., the equipment system, allows you to create a weapon set tailored to your preferred playstyle
✅ You can play with a friend, but only if you're on the same computer
❌No multiplayer mode
❌Difficult economy and unforgiving level randomness
❌Difficulty balance at times unbalanced
❌Too high a price for the game's content
✅✅ Verdict: Very Bad , Bad , Average , Decent , Good , Very Good (Rating scale for tested games)
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Steam User 4
CRYPTARK is one of the games I picked up while cleaning the "trash" catalogue in my Steam library. That catalogue is for games I didn't mean to play, for different reasons. Whilst I couldn't be bothered to review most of the ones I (begrudgingly) decided to play - as to clean my games library - CRYPTARK is, in fact, good! Plus, considering that I've got it for free, even greater. Fun game loop, well thought out game design, pretty polished. Recommended!
Steam User 2
It's fun. It's really fun when you get the best weapons during the run. There is one annoying thing about this game, and that's the enemies that can go through walls. If they game enemies followed the same laws of gameplay as you it wouldn't be that annoying. But the ones that go through walls build up to a point where you sometimes can't get back into the ship to do your mission. Other than that.... Still a fun game!
Steam User 3
The best part is how it rewards smart planning as much as reflexes. Every run is a mix of risk and improvisation, a perfect blend of tactics and chaos. The visuals are cool, figuring out how to get specific items and goals works well, overall it is a decent rogue like that does not hold your hand.
Steam User 2
Not bad of a game, fun, very challenging, and Jerma.....
And a tip use keyboard and mouse for some reason controller pov when scouting is smaller compare to left shift on a keyboard and mouse.
Steam User 2
Interesting! Cryptark is a 2D side-scroll action shooter with heavy strategy elements. You have to gear correctly (Battletech) and choose which systems you want to target (Shadow of Mordor). It's frustrating, but once you get the hang of it, it's really quite a fun game, more importantly, it makes your objectives clear and doesn't make you grind too much get 100% completion. It's not just a good game, it's thoughtfully designed.
Steam User 1
Doesn't seem to be fully optimised yet so performance isn't the best although I'm sure that will come in the future. On the other hand, Jerma voices the engineer guy. Nothing more needs to be said.
10/10 Jerma voices an NPC