Crawl

Crawl

Released Apr 2017

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

94% positive · 7,314 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $14.99
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Evaluation

Crawl launched into Early Access in 2014 and received a steady stream of feature updates throughout the Early Access period, adding new monsters, traps, artifacts, and systems roughly every few months. The game reached its full 1.0 release on April 11, 2017, with a substantial final update that added a new boss (Tezekcal), new playable monsters, a new game mechanic (Hymns), achievements, and Steam trading cards. The official soundtrack was released alongside the 1.0 launch. After the 1.0 release, the only notable post-launch activity was a Halloween seasonal event on October 16, 2020, which added cosmetic Halloween decorations and revealed a hidden "Nightmare Difficulty" ritual that was already present in the game. This was not a content expansion — it was a time-limited cosmetic event and a tip about an existing feature. There has been no developer communication since October 16, 2020, which is now over five years ago. There are no unreleased DLC items, no announced future content, and no roadmap. The sole DLC is the game's soundtrack, which released on launch day. Powerhoof has made no statements suggesting further development is planned. The game launched as a complete, feature-rich product at 1.0, and all evidence points to development having concluded at that release.
Evidence
Crawl 1.0 officially released with a major final content drop including a new boss, new monsters, new mechanics, achievements, and Steam trading cards. The soundtrack DLC was released simultaneously.
news post · Apr 11, 2017 source content shipped
high
The only DLC is the game's official soundtrack, released on launch day. No additional DLC has been released or announced.
dlc listing · Apr 11, 2017 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Apr 2017

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Powerhoof
Achievements
45
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Crawl is the dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through randomly generated dungeons full of cruel traps and horrid beasts- all controlled by the other players. If a friend kills you they take your place and it's their turn to crawl! It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to face them all as they control the flailing limbs of the hulking final boss!


A NEW SPIN ON DUNGEON CRAWLING
  • Every trap and monster can be controlled by your real-life buddies!
  • Play solo or with up to 4 in local-multiplayer.
  • Vicious single player AI, challenges to master, and items to unlock.

TURBO CHARGED ROLE PLAYING
  • Level up and amass a huge variety of weapons, spells and items in each 30 minute game.
  • Evolve over 60 unique monsters from mere vermin into powerful demons and undead warriors.
  • Play with Controllers, Keyboard or Mouse

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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