# Crome: Before Purgatory

Summer DB entity ID: dd3a0e30\-142c\-4992\-9d17\-2c00ee9534ee

Steam App ID: 980950

Inspired by the heyday of 8\-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience\. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless hoards of invaders and the mysterious force known as the "Death Comet" while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard\.  Prequel to the much anticipated Super Crome \(early access in 2019\)\.  OST all done by Jordan Dube and can be found at Features    9 uniquely handcrafted enemies\.    Dynamic waves to ensure a fresh and challenging experience\.    An ever changing boss fight\. The "Death Comet" grows stronger and acquires new attacks every time you fight them\.    Level up your ship with the more enemies you take down\.    Online leaderboard support\.    Achievement support\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Stumphead Games LLC

- Publisher: Stumphead Games LLC

- Release date: Jan 29, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/980950/ss\_4769ab6c6f83562d86d932d449ebfed053194d60\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700075555, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/980950/ss\_056b0c748ed0d1fc76f5c1d3829ba1d208a58e09\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700075555, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/980950/ss\_7807542e2c87a1ee03fc25626cd739aa273b4989\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700075555, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/980950/ss\_3fee7eeaa9e40fce59b548441ba48ae03e59b6d8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700075555, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/980950/ss\_b49d2ffa26cb2aee8920444e57e4facc1ac0c459\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700075555

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 50

- Steam positive reviews: 44

- Steam negative reviews: 6

- Steam positive percentage: 88%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:44:25\.966378\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:44:27\.17554\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:44:26\.881043\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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