5 Games like Crawl on PlayStation 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.