Press Kit
Everything you need to write about Level Crawl, without having to email anyone first.
In one sentence
Level Crawl is a free, turn-based pixel-art roguelike where you crawl 18 floors of a dungeon that is also a live TV show, hosted by an announcer who is openly rooting for the monsters.
Fact sheet
- Developer: James Schay, a solo developer
- Released: September 28, 2026 (browser). On the App Store for iPhone since October 13, 2026. Android is in testing.
- Platforms: any web browser, phones included, at levelcrawl.com; also on itch.io
- Price: free. No ads, no purchases, no account.
- Genre: roguelike dungeon crawler, turn-based grid combat, permadeath
- Rating: 13+ (App Store): swearing, crude humor, cartoon violence
- Art: Oryx Design Lab 16-Bit Fantasy and Sci-Fi (www.oryxdesignlab.com), plus the 1-Bit Pack by Kenney (CC0) for 1-bit mode
- Contact: levelcrawl@gmail.com
Description
Maybe the world ended. Maybe you were teleported. Honestly, nobody's sure how you got here, and the producers aren't taking questions. But here you are, a contestant on the most dangerous show on television, and the only way out is down: 18 floors across six zones, from the Sewers to the Studio itself, each ending with a boss.
Every move you make, the monsters make one too, so there's always time to think and no excuse for dying. You will die anyway. Death restarts the whole run. Along the way there are 8 starting classes (plus a new species and class halfway down), 100+ monsters, 200+ achievements (many rude, some secret), tamable pets, shrines, traps, Prize Crates, hidden rooms, and a Daily Dungeon where everyone plays the same run and compares their deaths on a leaderboard.
Streamers can turn on streamer mode and let Twitch chat vote on shrines, crates and floor twists. See For Streamers.
Features
- 18 floors, six zones, a boss on every floor
- Turn-based grid combat that works on a phone screen
- One life: death restarts the run
- Daily Dungeon with a worldwide leaderboard
- Twitch streamer mode with chat votes
- Free, no ads, no purchases, plays instantly in the browser
Clips
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Screenshots
Logo
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Coverage and videos
You're welcome to write about, stream and make videos of Level Crawl, monetized or not. Keys aren't needed because the game is free. If you'd like something specific (a longer clip, a quote, a build of the phone app), just ask.