Dungeon Crawler

Game genre theme

A scenario where the player navigates labyrinthine "dungeons" in search of treasure and evil to vanquish. Used frequently in older RPGs, especially early video game RPGs, and is often treated as a sub-genre of them as such.

538
games
73
platforms

Alternate name: Dungeon Bash

Originates from the P&P RPGs but gained fame on computer gaming side due to their simplicity, both in making and playing.

Not all dungeon crawlers are set in proper dungeons.

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Parent group

Role-playing game

Child group

Roguelike

Games by year

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The first Dungeon Crawler video game was released in 1974.

ASCII, Sir-Tech and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

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Platforms

MS-DOS 64
Linux 63
Windows 38
Apple II E 26
NEC PC9801 23
Mac OS X 21
C64 21
Amiga 18
Mac OS Classic 17
NEC PC8801 16
NES 14
PS Vita 13
Sharp X1 12
Atari ST 10
MICRO 7 - FM7 10
PSP 10
MSX2 9
Amstrad CPC 8
PLATO 8
X68000 8
Nintendo DS 7
SNES 6
PS2 6
FM Towns 6
PC Engine CD 6
PS3 5
C128 5
MSX 4
BSD 4
Apple IIGS 4

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