Games like Crypt Runner
If Crypt Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadows of Chroma Tower, Giga Lich and Expedition: Into Darkness — 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 Runner: Navigate dangerous crypts, defeat enemies, and gather loot in this extraction dungeon crawler. If you die, you lose it all. Extract alive to bring your spoils back to your base camp. Visit NPCs, upgrade your town, and gear up for another crypt run.
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Steam players who put hours into Crypt Runner also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Shadows of Chroma Tower
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Top pick for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crypt Runner.
Choose your faction and fight for control of the Tower! Shadows of Chroma Tower mixes together the best features of Dungeon Crawlers and ARPGs. Choose between steel, wit and magic to face hordes of enemies and huge bosses in PvE dungeons while participating in Asynchronous PvP modes.
Giga Lich
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crypt Runner.
This is a single-player PvE extraction dungeon crawler where combat is king, and resources are limited. Explore the dungeon to utilize powerful equipment and souls-like combat to overcome the dungeon's guardians.
Expedition: Into Darkness
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Brave forbidden dungeons in a quest for knowledge and treasure in this medieval PvE co-op extraction looter. Craft weapons, customise gear and join forces with up to four allies. Survive the ruins together—or lose everything you carry.
Into the Fire
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Ranked #4 for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Race an exploding volcano in this high-risk extraction survival. Rescue survivors, manage scarce resources, survive fire anomalies, and carve escape routes through ash and lava. Bring them back alive, before the island buries you.
Greed or Grave
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Ranked #5 for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crypt Runner.
Greed or Grave is a indie co-op extraction RPG game where you must descend into the depths of the dungeon to plunder its secrets. Escape with the loot or lose it all in the darkness. But don't worry, upgrade your gear and try again.
Mistfall Hunter
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Mistfall Hunter is a dark fantasy extraction ARPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your way through can you return with a full haul. Good luck, Gyldhunter.
Mom, I'll Be Home Late
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Ranked #7 for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
A PvE-Cozy-Extraction-Roguelite about the moment when you should really be heading home. Gather loot, grow stronger, survive a world that keeps getting more dangerous — and bring your backpack home.
Gig Crawler
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Ranked #8 for Crypt Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
WardCorp is hiring. The pay is good. The dungeons are not. Co-op extraction roguelite, every contract hits different!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crypt Runner.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Crypt Runner.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crypt Runner.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Crypt Runner.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crypt Runner.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Crypt Runner
- What games are most similar to Crypt Runner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crypt Runner are Shadows of Chroma Tower, Giga Lich, Expedition: Into Darkness.
- Who developed Crypt Runner?
- Crypt Runner was developed by Midnight Raven Games LLC.
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