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
73platforms
Alternate name: Dungeon Bash
IIE 1989
WIN 2016-08-10
IIGS 1987
AGA 2006
WWW 2012-03-12
3DS 2011-07-07
GEN 1991-03-29
C64 1988
DOS 1990
WIN 2013-08-12
9801 1988-07-10
PS2 2001-12-03
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.
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Games by year
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 | ||
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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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