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Crypt Custodian

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

What works

  • Fluid and responsive gameplay
  • Engaging exploration and progression
  • Emotional and charming story
  • Excellent quality of life features
  • Beautiful art and music

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can feel easy late game
  • Some bosses lack challenge
  • Map navigation could be smoother
  • Shorter game length
  • Limited variety in enemy design

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Catmaze

  • LunarLux

  • CrossCode

  • BioGun

  • Chained Echoes

  • Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Less intimate

Games that feels like Crypt Custodian but with less focus on close relationships

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Lone Fungus

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • FOUNTAINS

  • Haiku, the Robot

  • Evoland Legendary Edition

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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Crypt Custodian: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026