Hours played
How long do people play Crypt of the NecroDancer?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 9 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 4 hours and 25 hours.
First 2 h
83% recommend
2–5 h
96% recommend
5–10 h
96% recommend
10–20 h
98% recommend
20–50 h
98% recommend
50–100 h
99% recommend
100–200 h
98% recommend
200–500 h
98% recommend
500 h and up
98% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 26,600 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Crypt of the NecroDancer hold up?
It holds steady: between 96% and 99% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
Is Crypt of the NecroDancer better now than at launch?
Its Steam reviews began in July 2014. Of those posted in the first 30 days, 99% recommend it; of those posted in the last 12 months, 92% do.
Jul 2014
99%
≈ 596 reviews
Now
92%
≈ 954 reviews
One token is 2% of the reviews first posted in its first 30 days, and in the last 12 months. Each counts with the verdict it carries today, so a review its author has since changed shows the new one. The biggest comebacks and falls.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Crypt of the NecroDancer tell you?
13% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 83% of those recommend it. After the window, 97% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 51% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 2 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 10 came while a refund was still possible and 10 after the window had closed.
Seal
Crypt of the NecroDancer holds up
Holds up
At least 96% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/crypt-of-the-necrodancer#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/crypt-of-the-necrodancer/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Crypt of the NecroDancer: Holds up. At least 96% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played."></a>Everyone's copy
10 of 36 copies here were never launched
In 36 libraries here. 10 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 4.7 h. 1 finished it.
How far players get
The trail thins out
Launched it 100%
Earned its most common achievement 41%
Earned a typical achievement 0.6%
Steam's global achievement stats, as shares of players who launched it. They are not a finish rate.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 1.0% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 103: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.