Monster Crawl (2024)

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

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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.

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