Cryptis similar games & best alternatives

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Cryptis

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Shoot, slice, and shred your way through hordes of the undead in Cryptis, a retro-inspired boomer shooter combining modern visuals with '90s gameplay. Embrace the chaos, slaughter your enemies, and leave nothing left standing!

What works

  • Free to play
  • Smooth and satisfying movement
  • Solid gunplay and weapon variety
  • Great retro-inspired visuals and art style
  • Engaging soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay length
  • Limited enemy variety and repetitive combat
  • Lack of story or narrative depth
  • Some bugs and performance issues reported
  • Boss fights can be cheesed and lack challenge

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Monument

  • Cervus Blade

  • Putrefaction 2: Void Walker

  • ELDERBORN

  • Thymesia

  • Bloodhound: First day in hell

More expressive

Games that feels like Cryptis but with more self-expression and customization

  • VOIN

  • Pumpkin Jack

  • Forgive Me Father 2

  • SUCCUBUS: Prologue

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Witchfire

More story-driven

Games that feels like Cryptis but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

  • Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

  • Scars Above

  • Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition

  • Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Cryptis but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Voidborn

  • BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

  • The Brookhaven Experiment

  • AMID EVIL

  • Impaler Gold

  • Akimbot

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • 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).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Cryptis: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Creativity, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026