Crypt of the NecroDancer

23.04.2015
Critic 87/100
Users 77/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Can you survive this deadly dungeon of dance, slay the NecroDancer, and recapture your still beating heart? Or will you be a slave to the rhythm for all eternity?
In the main game, the player controls Cadence, the daughter of a famed treasure hunter who has gone missing. In searching for him, she falls into a crypt controlled by the NecroDancer, who steals Cadence's heart and forces her to challenge his minions to retrieve it. She is forced to fight through the crypt's dungeon with her actions tied to the beat of the music and her heart, so as to stay alive and defeat the NecroDancer. Near the heart of the crypt, Cadence finds one of the NecroDancer's minions named "Dead Ringer". She defeats him, revealing that it was her missing father and frees him from the NecroDancer's control, allowing him to help her defeat the NecroDancer. They take the NecroDancer's magical golden Lute and use it to kill him, and then use its power to resurrect Cadence's dead mother, Melody. However, they discover that the lute is cursed; Melody must keep playing it forever to sustain her life, but the lute will gradually consume her humanity just as it did to the NecroDancer. Melody enters the crypt in search of answers and a way to break the curse of the lute. When Melody reaches the end of the crypt, she uses the Golden Lute to resurrect the NecroDancer and find answers, but he attacks and Melody defeats him. The NecroDancer tries to flee but is cast into a crevice by Aria (Melody's mother) who was lying in a coffin with a dagger in her chest and is brought back to life by the Lute. Aria reveals that she knows how to break the curse of the lute, but was betrayed by the NecroDancer and left for dead. Intending to finish what she started, she begins her ascent out of the crypt in search of a shrine that will destroy the lute once and for all. When Aria reaches the shrine, she is attacked by the lute itself, which mutates into a large monster in an attempt to save itself from destruction. After defeating the lute's monster form, Aria sacrifices her life to destroy the cursed instrument, returning Melody to full life and allowing her to return to her family, who later bury Aria together.

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Descend through the Crypt of the NecroDancer as the one and only Hatsune Miku! With your trusty leek, iconic outfits, and dazzling dance moves, face down any enemy that comes your way with style.

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Crypt of the NecroDancer: Synchrony is a massive new content pack for Crypt of the NecroDancer! It adds online multiplayer (co-op and vs), three new characters, full mod support (and built-in mod portal), new items, enemies, traps, and more!

30.10.2025

Delve into the depths of the Crypt of the NecroDancer as the noble Shovel Knight! Use any shovel at hand to spring from enemy to enemy, unearth treasure, and dig shortcuts deeper into the dungeon. Bring every foe to justice... shovel justice!

02.02.2017

Crypt of the NecroDancer: Amplified is a DLC prequel for Crypt of the NecroDancer. Take control of the shapeshifting protagonist Nocturna to fight your way through electrifying new levels, boss battles, and more!

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The NecroDancer's back in a brand new rhythm game spinoff! Help Cadence navigate the modern world while repairing the rifts that have torn her life apart. Do rhythmic battle via rift mode, minigames, and boss battles! All to the beat of a brand new soundtrack from Danny Baranowsky & friends.

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You'll be able to play as five additional characters in this DLC for Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda. Play as Impa, Shadow Link, or Shadow Zelda from the Legend of Zelda series in addition to Frederick (the shopkeeper) and Aria (Cadence's grandmother) from Crypt of the NecroDancer. Each character has their own set of abilities - Impa can teleport behind enemies and Frederick comes back to life as a ghost! Take on All Character Mode's 21-floor dungeon and defeat Ganon with each character. Or, challenge yourself in Mystery Mode where all items and enemies are displayed as question marks!

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