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Crawl

  • 4+players
  • PC
  • Xbox
  • Switch
Teen

Pixel Graphics · Dungeon Crawler · Action Roguelike

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - 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 take on the hulking final boss!

  • Same-screen play on PC. Steam lists 4-player local. Xbox lists 4-player local play. Nintendo lists 4 players on one console. Not confirmed on Xbox and Switch.
  • Online play is not confirmed.
  • One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
1 copy with Remote Play Together

How it plays

Is it good

95%

Overwhelmingly positive on Steam

of 5,600 reviewsRead on Steam (opens the store in a new tab)

  • “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.”
    PC Gamer

From its Steam store page, where the publisher chooses the quotes.

Steam Deck Verified

Every way to play together

Steam lists local multiplayer for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts and console play are not confirmed yet.

Play modes here come from the Steam, Xbox and Nintendo store listings, which give no player limits. Console play modes are not confirmed yet. How we check facts

Quick facts

Developer
Powerhoof
Platforms
PC, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
Released
  • Apr 11, 2017 on PC
Controllers
Full controller support on PC, PlayStation controllers too
Languages
Text in 1 language, voices in English
Age rating
Teen (ESRB): Violence, blood, partial nudity, crude humor

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Answers

Updated

Can you play Crawl on one screen?
Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen versus on PC. Not confirmed yet on Xbox and Switch.
One of 1,795 local multiplayer games on PC
Do you need two copies of Crawl?
No. On one screen, one copy is enough.
What platforms is Crawl on?
PC, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
Does Crawl work on Steam Deck?
Yes: Steam rates it Verified for Steam Deck.
Is Crawl free?
No, it's a paid game.

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