Cryptid Contingent

About the Game

Cryptid Contingent is a challenging rogue-like dungeon crawler about careful resource management and crafting powerful item combinations to survive your descent into the forest.

INSPIRED BY YOUR FAVORITE POPULAR MOBAS

Cryptid Contingent was designed to deliver the mechanical depth of modern MOBAs in a rogue-like package. Here, learning to exploit mechanics and break the game is not just expected, but it is required to prevail. Every failed run is an opportunity to learn, and there is much to learn.

DEVISE (STRANGELY) POWERFUL BUILDS

Enemies will often carry items that make them more challenging to defeat. However, defeating these enemies will grant you the opportunity to add those items to your arsenal! Unfortunately, your bag has limited space, so you'll need to make smart choices about which items to keep and which ones to leave behind.

A WEALTH OF CAREFULLY CRAFTED ITEMS

You will not find mountains of boring stat-bonuses here. Each of our 117 collectable items was designed with a purpose and to interact deeply with its siblings. Found an item that allows you to transform enemies into money? Great! Can you find a way to remove its cooldown?

NO HAND HOLDING HERE

Don't let the cute style deceive you! The forest is does not welcome the weak. Only those who spend their time efficiently, learn to exploit opportunity, and attend to details will survive. Many core mechanics in this game are not explicitly explained and are left for you to discover through experimentation and failure.

EXPLORE A BEAUTIFUL AND METICULOUSLY DESIGNED WORLD

Inspired by the flora and fauna found in the pacific northwest, this handcrafted environment is as breathtaking as it is unforgiving.

ENDLESS REPLAYABILITY

Whether it's your 10th, 100th, or 1000th hour of play, these deeply-connected systems and mechanics constantly produce novel situations that will test your knowledge, skills, and creativity.

MADE BY HUMANS

Artificial Intelligence was not used to create any part of this game. All art, code, music, sound effects, design choices, marketing materials, and everything else was made exclusively by human minds and hands, without the use of any AI tools.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

A deep forest lies before you, ready to be explored...