Fit check
Is Krater worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want real-time squad management in a dungeon-crawling RPG
- Co-op groups seeking dedicated online missions and cooperative bosses
- Explorers who prefer randomized dungeons alongside 60+ handcrafted locations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a low-stakes campaign may not want permanent injuries and character death
- Those preferring direct control of one hero may find squad management and character upkeep too involved
- Players looking only for online multiplayer may not want a game centered on an offline campaign
Our take on Krater
Permanent injuries and character death can alter a squad’s progress, making team survival a defining part of the campaign.
What is Krater?
In a distant, ruined Sweden, Krater is a dungeon-focused role-playing game with combat unfolding in real time and viewed through a traditional strategy-game lens.
Lead freelance teams across underground passages, caverns, settlements, and city zones, battling foes, pursuing missions, collecting salvage, and making equipment, weapons, objects, and abilities. Its open world contains procedurally varied underground areas and happenings, over 60 individually built sites, and more than 200 quests. Team members develop stronger attributes, new skills, and added gear, yet lasting wounds or death can occur.
The main story is playable without an internet connection; optional online play provides co-op missions and boss encounters. Three groups struggle over the Krater, an impact scar that opens into the buried remains of an extinct civilization.
How Krater plays
- 01Squad-Based Combat
- Real-time battles require managing a team of freelancers from an RTS-style viewpoint.
- 02Open-World Exploration
- The world combines randomized dungeons and events with more than 60 handcrafted locations.
- 03Quest-Focused Campaign
- The campaign includes 200+ quests across settlements, tunnels, caves, and urban areas.
- 04Persistent Characters
- Team members develop new abilities, equipment, and statistics while facing possible permanent injuries or death.
- 05Offline And Co-Op
- The main campaign can be played offline, while dedicated online missions include cooperative bosses.
- 06Extensive Crafting
- Crafting covers items, weapons, gear, and abilities.
Krater compared to similar games
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense, loot, pets, leveling, and character customization, while Krater centers on real-time squad management, dungeon exploration, crafting, and questing. Krater also includes an offline campaign and separate co-op missions rather than focusing on tower defense.
Krater: platforms & release
Is Krater worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want real-time squad management in a dungeon-crawling RPG. Skip it if: players seeking a low-stakes campaign may not want permanent injuries and character death.
Where can I download Krater?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Krater's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Krater on?
Windows and macOS.
