Games like Crypt Crawler
If Crypt Crawler is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Universe of Death, Pixel Three Kingdoms: Zombie Dungeon and Blue Dynasty:Town Defense — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Crypt Crawler: Descend 16 monster-filled levels to close the gate to the Underworld in this top-down tower defense dungeon crawler. Gather resources, discover blueprints, and build defensive towers to slice, dice, zap, and explode undead hordes. Play solo or 2-4 player local co-op.
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The Universe of Death
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
Hand-drawn isometric Diablo style rogue like with Elden Ring style controls, and it's also a tower defense. Level up in run to try new skills and builds, level up between runs to increase your stats to begin each run stronger. Acquire loot and give old loot to your towers and mercenaries.
Pixel Three Kingdoms: Zombie Dungeon
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
"Pixel Three Kingdoms - Zombie Dungeon" combines various random elements such as dungeons, exploration, auto-chess, hero and equipment draws. Choose a hero as the lord to assemble your army lineup, and all gameplay elements are generated by the program in the dungeons.
Blue Dynasty:Town Defense
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
Blue Dynasty is a Medieval ARPG/Strategy game that blends TD and Hack and Slash genres with Rogue Lite mechanics. Dominate the map by strengthening your equipment, but remember there is no shield stronger than the city walls. If you are looking for challenging discoveries, the dungeons await you.
Goblinfall: Defend Da Fort
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crypt Crawler.
Goblinfall: Defend Da Fort is a chaotic 1-4 player co-op defense game. Team up to protect the goblin fort from endless pig invasions! Manage ammo, extinguish fires, swap crystal upgrades, and survive the panic in a fantasy world!
ActionSteam ↗Hordeguard: Winds of the North
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
Leap into the heart of a Viking fantasy siege where tower defense meets action combat, strategy, and co-op survival. Gather what you can, raise your defenses, fight beside your friends, and hold the line against an unending horde.
SteakOut
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
A 4 player 2v2 co-op Wild West restaurant and combat game about earning reputation through teamwork, cooking, and gunfights.
Satarichi: Heroes De Caelum
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Join the fight for Caelum in this cooperative action RPG for up to 4 players. Control legendary heroes in real-time combat as you explore an epic world based on Satarichi's original novel. Enjoy the adventure with friends locally or through Remote Play Together.
Haamupeli: Wrath of the Iku-Turso
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Crypt Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Haamupeli: Wrath of the Iku-Turso is a fantasy-themed action RPG adventure game about vanquishing an ancient threat. Recruit allies, find powerful items, develop your character and interact with the game world and its inhabitants to archieve your goals.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crypt Crawler at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crypt Crawler.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crypt Crawler.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crypt Crawler.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crypt Crawler.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Crypt Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crypt Crawler.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crypt Crawler.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Crypt Crawler.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Nightmare House: The Original Mod
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crypt Crawler.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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Frequently asked about Crypt Crawler
- How much does Crypt Crawler cost?
- Crypt Crawler is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Crypt Crawler have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Crypt Crawler supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Crypt Crawler?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crypt Crawler are The Universe of Death, Pixel Three Kingdoms: Zombie Dungeon, Blue Dynasty:Town Defense.
- Who developed Crypt Crawler?
- Crypt Crawler was developed by Wild Domain.
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