The Game Census
Crawl cover art

Crawl

Powerhoof · 2017-04-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 19, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2017 (Linux), Apr 11, 2017 (Mac), Apr 11, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

13
playing now
95%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Crawl is a brawler video game by Australian developer Powerhoof. Up to four players and bots in local multiplayer advance through randomly generated dungeons with one player as the hero and the others as spirits who possess traps and monsters in the environment to kill and thus replace the hero. The game received a Steam Early Access release for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms in August 2014, and a full release for those three as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in April 2017 and a release for Nintendo Switch on December 19, 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 183k–439k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,312 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.78 at Nuuvem (2015-08-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 35 of 55 observed days · $0.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3842026-08-06 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.782015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.952015-04-13 — best price $6.992015-07-15 — best price $6.402015-12-20 — best price $9.992016-06-13 — best price $9.992016-12-15 — best price $7.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-24 — best price $5.092018-04-20 — best price $14.992018-07-09 — best price $14.992018-09-03 — best price $7.502018-09-24 — best price $14.992019-01-15 — best price $14.992019-08-21 — best price $7.492020-01-21 — best price $4.492020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-05-15 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-12-12 — best price $2.992023-05-05 — best price $7.492023-10-09 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $14.992024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $2.992024-12-12 — best price $2.992025-04-23 — best price $2.992025-08-09 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-03-11 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4482026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 24 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-16 — 36 pageviews2026-06-19 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 37 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-31 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 29 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
39.4%
earned "A Taste For Revenge"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,8110%45
PS4 (PlayStation)1,1163%46
Xbox One (Xbox)6380%45
Switch (Nintendo)1180%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionFantasyRogue-likeLocal Co-OpMultiplayerLovecraftian4 Player Local

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Children of MortaCitadel: Forged with FireForgotton AnneShadows: AwakeningEternity: The Last UnicornDream AloneWarhammer: ChaosbaneApsulov: End of Gods

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗Reddit ↗Discord ↗