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.
512
games
69platforms
Alternate name: Dungeon Bash

IIE 1991

LIN 2011

IIGS 1987

A800 1985

DOS 1986

C64 1988

OCS 1994

IIE 1994

OCS 1991

SPC 1986

XBOX 2002-10-22

C64 1990
The first video game about Dungeon Crawler was released in 1974.
ASCII, Sir-Tech and Electronic Arts has published most of these games
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.
Not all dungeon crawlers are set in proper dungeons.
Parent group
Role-playing gameChild groups
Roguelike, Dandy-likecompare with these groups
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Platforms
MS-DOS | ![]() | 64 | |
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Linux | ![]() | 62 | |
Windows | ![]() | 36 | |
NEC PC9801 | ![]() | 23 | |
Apple II E | ![]() | 23 | |
Mac OS X | ![]() | 21 | |
C64 | ![]() | 18 | |
Amiga | ![]() | 17 | |
Mac OS Classic | ![]() | 17 | |
NEC PC8801 | ![]() | 15 | |
NES | ![]() | 14 | |
PS Vita | ![]() | 12 | |
Sharp X1 | ![]() | 11 | |
MICRO 7 - FM7 | ![]() | 10 | |
PSP | ![]() | 10 | |
Atari ST | ![]() | 10 | |
MSX2 | ![]() | 9 | |
X68000 | ![]() | 8 | |
Nintendo DS | ![]() | 7 | |
Amstrad CPC | ![]() | 7 | |
PS2 | ![]() | 6 | |
FM Towns | ![]() | 6 | |
PLATO | ![]() | 6 | |
SNES | ![]() | 6 | |
PCE CD | ![]() | 6 | |
PS3 | ![]() | 5 | |
C128 | ![]() | 4 | |
BSD | ![]() | 4 | |
MSX | ![]() | 4 | |
Apple IIGS | ![]() | 4 |