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 46
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)
If you have any questions about my reviews, feel free to ask. I'm happy to answer them. All reviews are my own!! Best regards, King Viking Bezimienny, Polish Game Reviewer
Steam User 3
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 2
Very nice and simple game. Playing with a controller is a little weird, but you get used to it.
My only issue with it is the front. It is hard to read on Steam Deck’s screen.
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 4
**Played on Steam Deck
CRYPTARK isn’t usually the kind of game I go for, but I decided to give it a shot anyway, and I’m glad I did. The visuals are cool, and the overall chaos of each mission makes the game a blast to play.
The game doesn’t hold your hand much with tutorials, so a lot of the fun comes from learning through trial and error and figuring out the best strategies on your own. Things can get overwhelming fast, and you’ll definitely get smoked a few times, especially when resources start getting expensive, but that tension is part of what makes it so enjoyable.
I also appreciated the game length. Right when I started wondering how much longer it would go on, I ended up beating the Cryptark, which felt perfectly paced. There also seems to be a solid amount of replayability, even though I personally don’t replay many games, im sure some of you will.
Steam User 2
Good game, great artstyle, AMAZING music! But i would like there to be a option to build a mech from scratch. Also some of the achivements are bugged even in 2026.
Steam User 1
There should be more games like this. The combination of resource management, active objective prioritization, and hectic combat made this game a blast.