Cryptark

Cryptark
Cryptark	2017
Gunhead	2023

Cryptark is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view, top-down view and scrolling shooter, action and roguelike game in the Cryptark series.

General information

Official Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
EA app (unavailable)		No longer sold since June 13, 2022.^[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Content\Config-33.cfg^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cryptark/Config-33.cfg
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Cryptark/Config-33.cfg

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Content\SavedGames\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cryptark/SavedGames/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Cryptark/SavedGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
EA app
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

General input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Mouse Speed option.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse Smooth option.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support
Motion sensors support
Connection modes

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Button Prompts
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Main control settings.
Combat control settings.
Movement control settings.
Cursor settings.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Music, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Co-op Requires 2 controllers.
LAN play
Online play		See the Local play glossary page for potential workarounds.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GS ATI Radeon HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5	10.10
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GS ATI Radeon HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.15+
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GS ATI Radeon HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lee Vermeulen on Twitter: "Happy to announce after 2.5 years of dev, Cryptark launches June 20th on PS4 / Steam! https://t.co/4n7pnFvYsg https://t.co/WbTWTXfp23" - last accessed on 2017-06-08
↑ Upcoming Changes to the EA Origin Catalog - last accessed on 2025-08-20

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[release-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lee Vermeulen on Twitter: "Happy to announce after 2.5 years of dev, Cryptark launches June 20th on PS4 / Steam! https://t.co/4n7pnFvYsg https://t.co/WbTWTXfp23" - last accessed on 2017-06-08

[2] Upcoming Changes to the EA Origin Catalog - last accessed on 2025-08-20

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Developers

	Alientrap Games
macOS (OS X)	Ethan Lee
Linux	Ethan Lee
Engines
Windows	XNA
OS X, Linux	FNA
Release dates
Windows	June 20, 2017^[1]
macOS (OS X)	June 20, 2017^[1]
Linux	June 20, 2017^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view, Top-down view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Action, Roguelike
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Cryptark