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Dead Estate
NGL95
RPGDungeon Crawler
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreDark
Year 2020Dev Milkbar Lads · 2 Left ThumbsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Web
Dead Estate is here because of its players — they are who it won over. Hence the first place.
The 7 Best Dungeon Crawler Games (2026)
Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best Dungeon Crawler Games, sorted by NextGameLike Score: a 0-100 metric blending Steam reviews, IGDB ratings (community and critic), Metacritic, OpenCritic and the NextGameLike community votes into a single number. Unlike opinion-based editorial lists, this order is computed from real data and applies a Bayesian shrinkage adjustment so games with few reviews can't inflate the top of the chart. Dead Estate, Tiny Rogues and Lethal Company lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 88/100, out of 7 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 7 Best Dungeon Crawler Games (2026)”: Dead Estate (95.0/100). Close behind: Tiny Rogues and Lethal Company.
The Dungeon Crawler Games rated highest by critics and players that you should play
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 7 games catalogued
2
Tiny Rogues
NGL96
RPGDungeon Crawler
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreProcedural
Year 2022Dev RubyDevPlaytime ~4hOn PC
Tiny Rogues is carried by its players more than by its reviews. Enough for the podium: number 2.
3
Lethal Company
NGL90
RPGDungeon Crawler
Co-opOnlineSoloMultiplayerMelee
Year 2023Dev ZeekerssPlaytime ~8hOn PC
No argument here: Lethal Company wins over players and critics alike. It is the most reviewed of the 7: 507,400 Steam reviews. Enough for the podium: number 3.
4
Star of Providence
NGL92
RPGDungeon Crawler
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreProcedural
Year 2017Dev Team D-13Playtime ~3hOn PC · Linux
Players and critics agree on Star of Providence, which is rarer than it sounds in Dungeon Crawler Games. No other entry of the 7 has a higher share of positive reviews: 97%. That gets it into the top 10, at number 4.
5
Crypt of the NecroDancer
NGL87
RPGDungeon Crawler
SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMagic
Year 2015Dev Brace Yourself Games · Klei EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox
Crypt of the NecroDancer is one of the few Dungeon Crawler Games where players and critics say the same thing. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 87/100. Number 5, inside the top 10.
6
Content Warning
NGL80
RPGDungeon Crawler
Co-opOnlineMultiplayerMeleeNarrative
Year 2024Dev Philip · LandfallPlaytime ~3hOn PC
Content Warning is one of the few Dungeon Crawler Games where players and critics say the same thing. It is the newest on the list (2024), and has already earned its place. That gets it into the top 10, at number 6.
7
Dungeons of Dredmor
NGL77
RPGDungeon Crawler
SoloMagicMeleeRangedCasual
Year 2011Dev Gaslamp GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
No argument here: Dungeons of Dredmor wins over players and critics alike. It is the oldest game in the ranking (2011) and still here. Number 7, inside the top 10.