Games like Courier of the Crypts
If Courier of the Crypts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hunt the Muglump, Cardful Planning and Diehard Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and mysterious. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Courier of the Crypts: Courier of the Crypts is a 2D puzzle adventure game where you have to survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Main tool to achieve the mission is a Magic Torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles - it must never run out!
Players who liked Courier of the Crypts also play
Steam players who put hours into Courier of the Crypts also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Hunt the Muglump
WHY THIS
Top pick for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Retro-inspired dungeon crawling adventure/puzzle
Cardful Planning
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Take the role of a brave little playing card on a card flipping adventure to save your captured companion. Solve puzzles and outwit enemies with 4 suit abilities as you make your way through the dungeon!
Diehard Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Third-strongest match for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Ranked #4 for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Trials of Azra
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Ranked #5 for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!
DemonCrawl
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Ranked #6 for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
DemonCrawl is a puzzle roguelite that combines the addicting gameplay of Minesweeper with hundreds of unique items, stages, and abilities!
Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Ranked #7 for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Disc Room
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Ranked #8 for Courier of the Crypts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
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Hammerwatch
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Reviewers of Courier of the Crypts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Crystal Caves
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Reviewers of Courier of the Crypts cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering teasures and evading countless hazards.
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Reviewers of Courier of the Crypts cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Reviewers of Courier of the Crypts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
The family of our protagonist -- Mikage Jin -- are descendants of a line of ninjas responsible for national security since the Edo era. Jin was born and raised to follow in the footsteps of his secret agent mother as a ninja in training. He's been ordered to infiltrate Touka Academy undercover...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Courier of the Crypts at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Courier of the Crypts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Emberheart Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Emberheart Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wizordum
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Courier of the Crypts. Shares Indie with Courier of the Crypts.
Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.
Crystal Caves HD
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Courier of the Crypts.
Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
Secret Agent HD
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Courier of the Crypts. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Monster Bash HD
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Courier of the Crypts. Shares Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Apogee's bash'em and smash'em adventure plunges Johnny Dash into the evil Underworld of Count Chuck, when his dog Tex is kidnapped by Count Chuck along with hundreds of other dogs & cats! Guide Johnny through the Count's gruesome schemes, rescue all the pets, and end this nightmare once and for all!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Diehard Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Disc Room
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Courier of the Crypts.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Courier of the Crypts.
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
Frequently asked about Courier of the Crypts
- How much does Courier of the Crypts cost?
- Courier of the Crypts is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Courier of the Crypts?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Courier of the Crypts are Hunt the Muglump, Cardful Planning, Diehard Dungeon.
- Who developed Courier of the Crypts?
- Courier of the Crypts was developed by Emberheart Games.
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