The best Dungeon Crawler games 2023

Dungeon crawler board games are derived from dungeon crawl scenarios in role-playing games. A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games where heroes navigate a maze environment (a "dungeon"), fight various monsters, avoid traps, solve puzzles, and loot all the treasure they can find.

Dungeon crawlers are tactical, cooperative, explorative.

So dungeon crawlers are tactical-combat, cooperative game with player(s) against environment (player vs. environment) or overlord game with exploration and a story-based goal (e.g. escape, kill a monster).

Common elements of dungeon crawler games:

  • Character progress/Leveling.
  • Equipment/loot
  • Solving puzzles
  • Random events
  • Traps

List of the best dungeon crawler games 2023

This list was last updated on December 4, 2023. We compared 284 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Cthulhu: Death May Die

    All details for the board game Cthulhu: Death May Die and similar games

    Nominated for 6 awards and won 1.

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    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 90 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!80€ atAmazon.de
  2. Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

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    Nominated for 11 awards and won 3.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  3. Mansions of Madness: Second Edition

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    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 120 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  4. Karak

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth

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    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  6. Zombicide: 2nd Edition

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    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!83€ atAmazon.de
  7. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

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    Nominated for 13 awards and won 5.

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Hard to learn
  8. Zombicide: Black Plague

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    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  9. Chronicles of Avel

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    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 90 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  10. Gloomhaven

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    Nominated for 22 awards and won 10.

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Hard to learn
    👍 Good price!143€ atAmazon.de

    Video reviews for Gloomhaven

    • YouTube Review for the game "Gloomhaven" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
    • YouTube Review for the game "Gloomhaven" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  11. Nemesis

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    Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.

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    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 90 - 180 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  12. Arcadia Quest

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  13. Mini Rogue

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  14. Arcadia Quest: Inferno

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  15. Zombicide: Invader

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    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  16. Descent: Legends of the Dark

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    Nominated for 2 awards.

    🔥 Deal: 37% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for Descent: Legends of the Dark
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 120 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
    🔥 Great price!77€ atAmazon.de
  17. HeroQuest

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for HeroQuest
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  18. Zombicide: Green Horde

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    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  19. Claustrophobia

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    Nominated for 5 awards.

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    • 2 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  20. Stuffed Fables

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    Nominated for 4 awards.

    More details for Stuffed Fables
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 90 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Easy to learn

    Video reviews for Stuffed Fables

    • YouTube Review for the game "Stuffed Fables" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  21. Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape

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    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  22. Star Wars: Imperial Assault

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    Nominated for 11 awards and won 2.

    More details for Star Wars: Imperial Assault
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Star Wars: Imperial Assault

    • YouTube Review for the game "Star Wars: Imperial Assault" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  23. Catacombs (Third Edition)

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 90 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  24. Four Against Darkness

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    • 1 Players
    • 45 - 75 Minutes
    • Easy to learn
  25. One Deck Dungeon

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    Nominated for 4 awards.

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    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  26. Catacombs

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    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  27. Warhammer Quest: Shadows Over Hammerhal

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • Easy to learn
  28. Wonder Book

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 90 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!62€ atAmazon.de
  29. Space Hulk (Fourth Edition)

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    • 2 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  30. Conan

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    Nominated for 4 awards.

    More details for Conan
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Conan

    • YouTube Review for the game "Conan" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English

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