12 Games like Crawl that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Crawl does: procedural generation, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Crawl on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. They part company on tone: this one brings punishing difficulty.

On paper it is what Crawl is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, procedural generation and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds single-player focus and pixel art. They part company on tone and combat: this one brings punishing difficulty and ranged combat.

If Crawl worked for you because of procedural generation, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and co-op play. They part company on tone and combat: this one brings punishing difficulty and magic-based combat.

On paper it is what Crawl is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, procedural generation and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on single-player focus and pixel art. The distance is in tone and combat — its own ground is punishing difficulty and ranged combat.

What brings it close to Crawl is procedural generation, melee combat and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on tone and combat: this one brings punishing difficulty and magic-based combat.

What brings it close to Crawl is procedural generation, melee combat and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on tone and game mode: this one brings strong narrative focus and a mythological setting.

On paper it is what Crawl is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, procedural generation and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: punishing difficulty and ranged combat.

The genre is the same as Crawl’s, and with it exploration and discovery, procedural generation, and melee combat. Both also lean on pixel art. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is cozy, relaxing feel and historical setting.

On paper it is what Crawl is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, procedural generation and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings magic-based combat and historical setting.

It comes from the same genre as Crawl and shares procedural generation, melee combat and offline play. To that it adds pixel art. They part company on tone and combat: this one brings punishing difficulty and ranged combat.

The genre is the same as Crawl’s, and with it procedural generation, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings punishing difficulty and ranged combat.