Crawl (NSP, XCI) ROM

Crawl is a brawler indie 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. Crawl is a fast-paced arcade dungeon crawler for one to four players. Battle through randomly generated dungeons full of cruel traps and horrid beasts – all controlled by your friends! If one of them kills you, they take your place, and it’s their turn to crawl. It’s a race to gain enough XP and loot to face them all as they possess the flailing limbs of the hulking final boss!

GAMEPLAY

Crawl is a cross-genre game with roguelike, bullet hell, and brawler elements for up to four offline players and bots. The main player advances through randomly generated dungeons as a human hero while up to three other spirit players control the dungeon’s enemies and traps to kill the main player. The spirit player who kills the human hero swaps roles to become the next main player.

Players earn experience as they progress through the dungeon in both the human hero and the non-human spirit roles. Hero experience unlocks new attacks and spells, and spirit experience unlocks stronger enemies to possess. Each player’s human hero experience level, weapon, and stats progress is preserved between turns.

Crawl was designed to be more fast-paced and arcade-like than strategic and included genre-standard activities like collecting loot and upgradable weapons and magic items. Once player spirits possess “monster spawners” and traps in the active room, they cannot leave the form until they die or kill the main character.

The players and enemies grow progressively more powerful throughout a match. The game ends when a human hero reaches experience level 10, enters a portal, and defeats a final boss whose limbs are controlled cooperatively by the other players. Typical matches last about 30 minutes.

A NEW SPIN ON DUNGEON CRAWLING

• Every trap and monster can be controlled by your real-life buddies!
• Play solo or with up to 4 in local multiplayer.
• Vicious single-player AI, challenges to master, and items to unlock.

TURBOCHARGED ROLE-PLAYING

• Level up, increase your stats, and amass powerful weapons in each 30-minute game.
• Evolve your monsters from mere vermin into mighty demons and undead warriors.

EVERY BATTLE IS UNIQUE

• Explore randomly generated dungeons.
• Discover a huge variety of weapons, spells, and items.
• Master over 60 playable monsters!”