Crypt Custodian (Official GOG Installer)

2024 · Kyle Thompson

Crypt Custodian is an Indie Metroidvania that was developed by Kyle Thompson and published Top Hat Studios for PC and Consoles on August 27th, 2024. This is the Official GOG Installer for the game. Description - Wikipedia Crypt Custodian is a 2024 Metroidvania video game developed independently by Kyle Thompson and published by Top Hat Studios. A single-player video game played from the top-down perspective , it follows Pluto, a black cat who dies and is tasked with cleaning up the underworld. With his broom, Pluto must sweep up trash and fight enemies, make friends with other creatures, and escape the afterlife. Crypt Custodian features abilities, upgrades, power-ups , and collectible items that the player can purchase with in-game currency or obtain through exploration, defeating enemies, or solving puzzles. The map is separated into themed areas that are gradually unlocked as the story progresses. Crypt Custodian has three main difficulty levels , as well as several additional game modes . Crypt Custodian is Thompson's third indie game, after Sheepo (2020) and Islets (2022). The game was released on 27 August 2024 for PC (via Steam ), Windows , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X/S . A physical edition for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch was released on 29 August 2025. Crypt Custodian received generally favorable reviews. Reviewers praised the charm, narrative, characters, artwork, music, and worldbuilding , but they criticized the difficulty scaling and repetitive area design. It was described as a good introductory game to the Metroidvania genre. Gameplay Crypt Custodian is a single-player video game of the Metroidvania and action-adventure genres. It is played from the top-down perspective . [ 1 ] The game follows Pluto, a black house cat who dies and is sent to the afterlife, where he is tasked with cleaning up the underworld by a bullfrog named Kendra. [ 2 ] With his broom, Pluto must sweep up trash and fight various enemies and spirits, with the ultimate goal of breaking into Kendra's castle and escaping the underworld. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] To help in his journey, Pluto must also befriend the creatures he meets along the way, [ 3 ] who have roles ranging from passers-by to shopkeepers that can be purchased from. [ 2 ] Through interactions and conversations with these other characters, the player is able to learn more about their stories and backgrounds [ 4 ] and eventually must recruit them as aid in the quest to storm Kendra's castle. [ 3 ] A player fighting the Stone Golem boss in Crypt Custodian Crypt Custodian features collectible items, including photographs illustrating character backstories and Jukebox Discs that allow the player to control the in-game music . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Charms can show the player previously hidden paths or increase their health or attack speed. [ 3 ] The game also has twenty-four passive upgrades the player can unlock (and which require the use of ability upgrade points to equip), as well as special attacks. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These items, points, or power-ups can be found hidden throughout the map, obtained by defeating enemies, earned by solving puzzles, unlocked through rescuing cat spirits trapped in vases, or purchased through garbage, the in-game currency. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Garbage can also be used to buy hints, including for directions to help with navigating the map. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The map consists of many small islands that make up more than ten themed areas; previously inaccessible portions of the map can be explored as the player unlocks new movement abilities, generally through boss fights . [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Throughout the map, shrines in the form of wells perform various functions, such as allowing the player to save their progress , restore their health, and teleport. [ 4 ] To decrease the difficulty level of the game, the player can choose to increase their total health or disable fall damage. [ 4 ] Crypt Custodian has three main difficulty levels , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] as well as additional game modes including Boss Rush, which allows the player to replay boss fights at varying levels of difficulty; Shuffle Mode, which randomizes collectibles for increased challenge; [ 5 ] and a Speedrun mode. [ 2 ] Development Crypt Custodian was developed by Oregon -based [ 8 ] American indie game developer Kyle Thompson and published by Top Hat Studios. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Thompson began creating games at age 12, with Game Maker . [ 11 ] He created flash games as a teenager, and, around that time, learned of the Metroidvania genre and enjoyed it and its exploratory nature, later citing An Untitled Story (2007) and Knytt Stories (2007) as early favorites and influences. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He resumed game development around ten years later, and, formerly a creative freelancer, now makes games full-time. [ 10 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Crypt Custodian is Thompson's third indie game in four years, after Sheepo (2020) and Islets (2022). Since his previous two games were both