<s>
Crawl	B-Application
is	O
a	O
brawler	B-Application
indie	O
game	O
by	O
Australian	O
developer	O
Powerhoof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
and	O
bots	B-Application
in	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
advance	O
through	O
randomly	O
generated	O
dungeons	O
with	O
one	O
player	O
as	O
the	O
hero	O
and	O
the	O
others	O
as	O
spirits	O
who	O
possess	O
traps	O
and	O
monsters	O
in	O
the	O
environment	O
to	O
kill	O
and	O
thus	O
replace	O
the	O
hero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
release	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
in	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
full	O
release	O
for	O
those	O
three	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2017	O
and	O
a	O
release	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawl	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cross-genre	O
game	O
with	O
roguelike	O
,	O
bullet	O
hell	O
,	O
and	O
brawler	B-Application
elements	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
offline	O
players	O
and	O
bots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawl	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
fast-paced	O
and	O
arcade-like	O
than	O
strategic	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
genre-standard	O
activities	O
like	O
collecting	O
loot	O
and	O
upgradable	O
weapons	O
and	O
magic	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawl	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Powerhoof	O
,	O
a	O
two-person	O
indie	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Melbourne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
their	O
version	O
of	O
four-player	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
combined	O
with	O
the	O
Japanese	O
bullet	O
hell	O
genre	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
developers	O
designed	O
a	O
pixelated	O
version	O
of	O
Gabe	O
Newell	O
as	O
an	O
in-game	O
boss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
greenlit	O
"	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
within	O
twenty-four	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
expected	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
issue	O
pertaining	O
to	O
Powerhoof	O
's	O
taxes	O
and	O
formation	O
as	O
a	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
version	O
released	O
for	O
computers	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
console	O
version	O
was	O
planned	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
placed	O
Crawl	B-Application
in	O
a	O
trend	O
of	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
functionality	O
amongst	O
indie	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
Nathan	O
Grayson	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
premise	O
with	O
Dungeonland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reviewing	O
a	O
prerelease	O
version	O
,	O
Estrada	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
issues	O
with	O
gameplay	O
pacing	O
,	O
lackluster	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
and	O
opportunities	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
hold	O
up	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
