Action · April 11, 2017
Crawl (2017)
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
Action releases from 2017
180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Pixel Graphics · 296
- Local Multiplayer · 237
- Dungeon Crawler · 237
- Action Roguelike · 200
- 4 Player Local · 186
- Indie · 153
- Local Co-Op · 140
- Action · 125
- Multiplayer · 122
- Rogue-like · 119
- RPG · 99
- Lovecraftian · 82
- 2D · 77
- Great Soundtrack · 76
- Fantasy · 60
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 7.0k Steam reviews | Top 49% in Action |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14% |
| Metacritic | 76/100 | Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 5 h average | Top 76% for session depth among Action |
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Shared/Split Screen
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play Together
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.0k reviews
6.7k positive · 352 negative
Metacritic
76/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.5/10
Curator recommendations
5.5k
Press Quotes
“The concept – a dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters – is as brilliant as it is elegantly simple, and it’s got oodles (or blob monsters, as it were) of style to back it up.” Rock Paper Shotgun “Grab three friends and gather round; this is a dungeon crawl you won't forget in a hurry.” US Gamer “Crawl takes its inspiration from the arcade cabinets of old and plays exactly like a distilled, quarterless version of those experiences.”…
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
5h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
1h
Current engagement
Achievements
45
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Apr 11, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Powerhoof |
| Base price | $2.99 |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · [email protected] |
Content Notes
Crawl contains cartoon pixel-art blood and violence, horror and occult themes such as pentagrams, and some humanoid monsters are depicted naked/semi-naked.
Editions & Packages
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