Dungeon crawlers sorted by release date
Dungeon crawlers are RPGs in which the player has to explore one or more dungeons, fight monsters one after another, looting treasure, advance to higher levels and so on. Usually, dungeon crawlers have simple storylines and linear progression. A lot of roguelikes can be described as dungeon crawlers.
Popular dungeon crawlers are Diablo, Legend of Grimrock, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder.
Popular dungeon crawlers are Diablo, Legend of Grimrock, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder.
Most popular dungeon crawl games
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
DOS19813.9/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...
Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds
DOS19823.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.2/5
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
Oubliette
DOS19833.3/5
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5
DND
DOS19844.1/5
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS19844.1/5 Artificial Intelligence Design
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
Telengard
DOS1985freeware3.4/5 Avalon Hill
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
DOS19853.5/5 Epyx
The Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a series of classic role-playing games developed by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These games were among the earliest examples of computer-based RPGs and were influential in shaping the genre.The "Temple of Apshai Trilogy" was notable for its depth of gameplay and intr...
Gauntlet
DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
Larn
DOS1986freeware3.9/5
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware3.7/5
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
The Bard's Tale
DOS19874/5 Interplay Productions
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown was developed by Interplay Productions and published by Electronic Arts for DOS and other systems. The game takes place in the fictional city of Skara Brae, which is overrun by monsters and under the control of the evil wizard Mangar the Dark. Your goal as the player is to assemble a party of adventurers t...
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
Moraff's Revenge
DOS19883.7/5 Moraffware
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom
DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software
Bloodwych
DOS19893.8/5
Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
DOS19893.8/5 Kogado Software Products
Demon Stalkers
DOS19893.6/5 Micro Forté
Gauntlet 2
DOS19894.1/5 Atari
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS19903.9/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
DarkSpyre
DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate
DOS19904.2/5 Interplay Productions
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected4.1/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investigating a castle where the Cosmic Forge, a powerful magical pen capable of rewriting reality, was once used by a mad king ...
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus
DOS19914/5 Horror Soft
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the Elvira series of games, each of one based on the popular movie/TV personality Elvira.