My Top 16 Dungeon Crawler-ish games (Great for Solo) as of 2023 

First time watching one of your reviews. A great list, and great discussion. I really liked how you framed each of your discussions - “Dungeon Crawler Feel”, etc., as well as “This might be your number one if…”, “Why it is not further up the list,” and the like. I wish more reviewers had such structure. I do a lot of solo gaming, and I like dungeon crawlers. You gave me a lot of inspiration. Thanks.

Great list! I'm glad I found your channel.

Nice list well explained, look forward to more content

Great list, thanks for the video!! I love your rating system as well!

Nice collection. Thank you for the explanations!

Great video! You definitely have a similar dungeon crawler interest to me. Great breakdown and great list!

Great video, really informative. I appreciated your approach and rating style!

This is exactly the kind of video I was looking for. Thank you for all the suggestions and descriptions.

Really appreciated the format of this video. Subscribed

absolutely nice review👍 I totally agree on your opinion and I’m about to get some new games ranked high on your review

Great video. Especially love the breakdown at the end of each game explanation. There are some very loose interpretations of what a dungeon crawler is, but overall enjoyed your picks. I love the original Massive Darkness and Keep the Heroes Out is one I’m going to keep an eye out for.

Great video! I don't mind that you included a lot of "not really a dungeon crawler"s because I'm just looking for a certain type of gameplay and all the included games do have that. I'm also happy to see so many games I've never heard of!

Great overview of the games, thank you so much.

What a great thorough review. 👍

You did an amazing job. Thank you so much for doing such great work!

That was an amazing video! Having the games all set up,instead of just describing them Great Job!

Great reminder of a great variety of games. Thank you.

Great list and great video, one subscriptor more from Spain 😊

great video! thanks for making it

Muchas gracias por la lista, excelente material de consulta

Fantastic video, I love the explanations for each games and I like that you sat outside the box a little bit. Well done!

Great overview. Thanks for sharing! Have you ever tried Sword and Sorcery?

Thanks for posting, I liked your video. I see some are saying there are some games on the list that are not dungeon crawlers. I say your list is great and keep posting what you want.

Thank you!

A good list. I got rid of One Deck dungeon... too fiddly for me. The steam app solves this. Also, I found Dragonfire too grindy and sold that one also. A few others worth consideration: Darkest Dungeon, Altar Quest, Bag of Dungeon, Dungeoneer, DungeonQuest, Oathsworn. Its a great time to be a gamer who likes dungeon crawls... there are so many good ones available and coming out soon. I also enjoy / collect Adventure games so I'd enjoy your take on those.

solid list thanks

Great job. I like your grading system. Gave me some new ideas. Thanks.

I really liked your clearly delivered and measured speech. The material is well absorbed for a non-English-speaking person. Thank you for this approach to submission. I appreciate it.

Masmorra is my top #1 and one of the reasons is that I don't need to manage monster minis - I can use just dice system

Gosh, thanks for sharing! So much goodstuff. I currently have Dungeon Alliance and Mage Knight. I'm totally going to back the 2nd edition of League of Dungeoneers (choosing this over Dungeon Universalis for some reasons). Going to get Dungeon Saga soon. I'm really looking for the dark, immersive, old-school dungeon crawlin' feelz :)

Very nice list. I've never considered Roll player, but that setup with the monsters looked intresting. I'll probabky purchase Massive darkness once it's available in my country, there is a lot I like about it.

Great video my friend

Great. I have rarely seen such a good overview of selected dungeon crawlers. What I particularly liked: All crawlers were compared using a fixed scheme of important criteria. In addition, the reasons why the game could be number one for me personally and why it didn't land in first place for you. Very informative. Thank you!!! I subscribed to the channel immediately. RU-vid content with useful content. Very nice.

I was surprised to not see Clank! in the list. Clank Catacombs looks even better. Love the format! Thank you.

Thank you for this amazing video good sir

I just got a Massive Darkness 2 bundle, so I am excited to get into that game!

Thanks for the list; I'm adding Horrified and Keep the Heroes Out as possible future purchases.

Marvel United is my favourite game due to the ease of play and variety of heroes and villains, but I wouldn't think to call it a dungeon crawler. Massive Darkness 2 is my favourite dungeon crawler. Great video!

Good job. I like the list. I am not big on dungeon crawler games but I would like to try some of these. I have played the rise of Cthulhu "pandemic" and I love it. I am a H.P. Lovecraft fan. It has very easy play but hard to win even on easy. Solo is loads of fun. Keep up the good work.

Just bought Massive Darkness 2 on your recommendation! I'm playing an Oathsworn campaign with my brother, but wanted something for solo play. Thank you for the excellent video!

I bought and played Massive Darkness 2 and the campaign extension Heavenfall and I think it's a perfect mix between fun and achievement, it's way more fun than gloomhaven, and you get a way better progress feeling. If you like dices, great heros synergies and getting a whole bunch of loot then buy it eyes closed. The heros asymetry is just sooo good, it makes you wanna try them all ! I've been playing solo and 3 players, always fun ! Last but not least, the fact that you can play it one shot mode or campaign mode makes it playable in so much different configurations (family, Friends, solo)

Wow. Thanks for the great content. I echo your thoughts on the few games on the list that i tried (Gloomhaven JOTL, Imperial assault, Zombicide,). Anythoughts on Bloodbourne? I will consider Massive Darkness for my next purchase, but Bloodbourne and Assassins Creed BoV look interesting as well.

I hear a lot of Sheldon Cooper in your voice. Nice job with the video!

Appreciate a solo friendly review. I am hunting for something new.

Awesome list. Massive Darkness 2 is my #1 Dungeon Crawler as well! Horrified is fantastic, my wife even likes it! Have you seen Dark Ventures: Battle of the Ancients? You might like it.

This channel deserves way more subscribers.

Amazing work!!! I use to watch a lot of "top...", and by far it is the most professionnal one! Perhaps you should give an eye to all CTG games. They are all in my favourites solo games (TMB and Victoruml are great adventures and Cloudspire is my favorite -it is a king of tower defense- but it is difficult to master and to put on the table).

Thank you for this breakdown! I've been looking for a true solo RPG to get started on, so that Mage Knight looks right up my alley. A quick search on your page doesn't reveal much; have you played the Pathfinder Card Game? I've also been looking at that recently, and am very curious to know how it feels

Awesome format! (..even so I'm not entirely agree ;)) Thanks

Nice list man!!! really good stuff, I will check it out Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia and Horrified. I will suggest to check: Tales from the red dragon inn, Valor & Villainy and, for a heavy DC, Darklight Memento Mori... but is hard do find :P

Thanks for the video! Would this list be the same if not based on solo play? Thanks.

Thanks for the video. I really want Massive Darkness 2. I like that you didn't just pick "pure" dungeon crawlers

One Deck Dungeon is put together so well, but it's still so freaking difficult.

Great list! Good to see the Dragonfire & DND Board Games so high. I would add Dark Souls, Warhammer quest to the list. Well done.

Thanks

Hi there,I have the feeling that "Roll player" it's a good game but half game with out the expansion...the same told me for the "Mage Knight" without the "lost legion".Descent it's in my classic list with runebounds versions.Nice work and thank you for the video!...Have you tried "Claustophobia" ?

Just wondered if you'd tried Untold Legends? If not, give it a go - it would be on my list, but - to be fair - I haven't played a lot of the ones on your list!

Thanks. Do you try Uprising ?

Have you tried Set A Watch? I think it might be up your style.

Nice list. Keep the heroes out for me 's little less drungeon crawler. Got also some tower defence in it. Bloodborne is interesting to. And for 1vs1 Claustrophobia. For the rest i think i whould join all on the list.

Fantastic video, I really like your classification and rating

Seeing that you rated Cthulhu Death May Die high up on the list, have you tried Deep Madness and Arkham Horror the card game? Both are very challenging and thematic game.

Happy to see dungeon alliance on this list!

Good ranking system

Mage Knight 🔝🔝🔝👊🏼🇧🇷 Great Vídeo...

I have Zombiecide Black Plague along with wild west version and sci-fi versions with as many expansions and stuff as possible. Want to get more of the Marvel Zombies if possible. My husband and I got Massive Darkness 2 about month ago. Next time we play we plan on adding some difficulties cause we are winning too easily. Nightmare track and whatever else.

What game comes with that Dice Roller Tower? Or it's a standalone add-on? Where do you get it?

Massive Darkness 1 was a huge let down and I never even bothered with MD2 kinda wish I looked at it now.

Hexplore it or euthia should probabbly be on the list as they are more of a dungeon crawler, especially better solo.

huh didnt expect KtHO, dont really classify it as a dungeon crawler more of a coop defense game but its one of my favorites

If we are picking Horrified then I would place Alien above it. Basically the same game but it fits the Alien film well and can be tense with 5 players. Otherwise there are some amazing App games such as Lord Of The Rings Journey In Middle Earth that would fit this list. I thought the App would be annoying but it's pretty great and the App for Descent isn't bad either. I would have to agree with game designer Paul Grogan,of Gaming Rules,that Mage Knight is the number one game of all time. Nothing comes close. There are some fantastic campaigns that have been made for the game,such as The Betrayal,as well. Even Gloomhaven falls short. But you are right that it's not really a dungeon crawler. As for my number one that would be Sword And Sorcery. The production is up there with Descent and the AI driven enemies are some of the best out there. Can be very strategic at times but it's fun enough to get into fairly easily. Plus I love how you can level up during the mission. It does need the expansion campaigns to really shine but it can be very satisfying finishing a mission. Plus the stories aren't bad even if they are cliche.

Have you tried Oathsworn?

Shadows of Brimstone! Best dungeon crawl ever

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Interesting that you did not include the Dungeon Saga games or the Swords and Sorcery games, Talisman, or HeroQuest games.

What do you think about the Tiny Epic Dungeons Boardgame?

Arkham horror the card game actually a great one good for solo too

16 seems oddly specific. What would #17 have been?

How League of Dungeoneers would score in comparison with those other games?

hello,,i hope you can help me with this,, theres is board that i cant remember im not sure if its a dungeon crawler or a story base,, the game has weird character and Arts like Feudom, the game has weird colors too its just sharp red,orange,purple etc etc, and the map is kinda messy, u control asymmetric characters ,, and the theme is dark

How come Descent Legends isn't on the list? You didn't like it or prefer Journeys?

Honorable mention to the Flesh Light, it's not a dungeon crawler but has a similar deep delve feel to it 🤪

Interesting that you put fun and accomplishment as two mutually exclusive categories :) For me fun comes from accomplishment, intellectual satisfaction and creativity in problem solving. No fun for me from watching a random game play itself or decisions being easy and obvious.

I've played the first 4 or so scenarios of massive darkness 2 and while I enjoyed the system, the game is just way too easy with no difficulty scaling options.

What is 'AP' as a game description? Thanks

Ok I have issues with you putting Marvel United Horrified Warcraft wrath of the lich king On the list none of those are dungeon crawlers. (Also marvel United would be ranked much much higher if you had included x-men United and expansions) You are missing amazing dungeon crawlers that blow away all these Midarra Shadows of brimstone Dungeon universalis Also missing Arena - the contest Bardsung Chronicles of Drunagor

Interesting list, I really dislike D&D adventure games and can't believe anyone would rate it abouve Gloomhaven.. ;) Anyway, my no. 1 dungeon crawler is Shadows of Brimstone!

I am a bit surprised that so many of these games aimed for bright colours. A dungeon needs to be dark and gritty in my opinion. You can make the heros/players brighter, so they stand out, but I pretty much prefer a design like Zombiecide

Nice video Mage knight ease of play should be 1/5 though, king of analysis paralysis and 30 min planning each attack. No way its 3/5.

Love this video. We like the same games. My top 1 zombicide (undead or alive an BP) 2 cthulhu death may die 3 massive darkness 2 4 mice and mystics 5 horrified 6 adventure tactics 7 resident evil 2 8 bloodborne 9 mansions of madness 10 one deck dungeon Really love the pandemic games!! My all time favourite series, so should be my number 1. 😁

I can tell you’ve not played Machina Arcana - it’s one of the best dungeon crawls ever made!

No Hero Quest?

What about heroquest?

Really? No "Marching Order?"

What is AP?

Interesting list, but there are too many games on it that are definitely NOT dungeon crawlers in any way, shape, or form - so the title of the video is a bit misleading.

Bardsung? Nobody? ;)

Mage Knight is NOT a dungeon crawler it's a puzzle game for me. Sadly :( i thought it was like a might and magic game with exploration and stuff but NOPE time limit

Uh- many of these games aren't dungeon crawls. If it's not in an enclosed space and you're not moving from one room to the next, it's a different genre.

You can not talk about dungeon crawling games and not include the heroquest!! It's also good for solo gaming!! It's the definition of dungeon crawling 😉