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.

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games

platforms

Alternate name: Dungeon Bash

Dark Designs III: Retribution!

IIE 1991

Arx Libertatis

LIN 2011

The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown

IIGS 1987

Alternate Reality: The City

A800 1985

Swords of Glass

DOS 1986

Verlies

C64 1988

Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep

OCS 1994

Dark Designs IV: Passage to Oblivion

IIE 1994

Eye of the Beholder

OCS 1991

Dandy

SPC 1986

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

XBOX 2002-10-22

Bloodwych

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.

Parent group

Role-playing game

Child groups

Roguelike, Dandy-like

compare with these groups

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

MS-DOS		64
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