Underplayed Gems

Monster Crawl (2024)

Monster Crawl cover
Developer
Purple Button
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Indie, RPG
Rating
5.0 of 5, 17 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A frantic, arcade-style dungeon crawler where you quickly slaughter monster hordes and build relic combos between increasingly challenging runs.

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What players say

Players consistently call it a satisfying love letter to Gauntlet, with procedural maps and a huge variety of relics and builds. Some find the unlock system tedious for forcing unwanted classes, but most praise the gradual difficulty curve and the brutal late-game challenge.

Screenshots

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