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WDR Studios LLC · 2026 · Windows

Steam: 82 % positive of 1,213 reviews, as of Nov 12

Terrible Lizards is a horror parkour game set against the backdrop of an old Route 66 attraction… with something dark and sinister lurking below. To escape, you’ll need to move fast, navigate challenging terrain, and uncover what Dalton’s Dinos is really hiding. You’d better start running.

24 games that play like Terrible Lizards and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Oakwood, Finding Frankie and Outlast.

Player tags

  • Horror
  • Dinosaurs
  • Platformer
  • Atmospheric
  • Action-Adventure
  • Exploration
  • 1990's
  • Psychological Horror
Map region: Psychological Horror
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Steam reviews

What players say

Players mostly like the dinosaur designs, atmosphere and parkour, but many find the game repetitive, buggy and too long in its later chapters.

Most players who recommend the game praise its dinosaur designs, the eerie museum opening and the parkour movement, which many find fluid and fun when it works. The chase sequences, creature encounters and live-action tapes also earn praise. Many players complain about performance, with frame rate drops in later chapters, unreliable parkour jumps and ledge grabs, and clipping through walls. Some find the cave sections dull and the middle and final chapters repetitive, and a few feel the story is muddled or the ending rushed. Reviews from the last year and recent ones lean more negative than the older helpful reviews, mainly about bugs and the repetitive second half. Steam's totals are still strongly positive.

Praised

  • Dinosaur creature designs

    Players single out the dinosaur models and monster designs as striking and memorable, especially the creatures seen in the museum and park.

    Many players
  • Fluid parkour movement

    Players find the parkour controls smooth and fun, with running, climbing and sliding that chain well when they respond as intended.

    Many players
  • Atmosphere and creepy museum opening

    The eerie abandoned dinosaur park and museum opening are often named as the strongest part, with good sound, music and tension.

    Many players
  • Live-action tapes and voice acting

    Players enjoy the live-action footage and the audio logs, which many describe as well acted and helpful for building the story.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Performance and frame drops

    Players report stuttering and frame rates falling to around 30 fps in later chapters, forcing them to lower graphics settings.

    Many players
  • Bugs, clipping and soft locks

    Players describe clipping through walls and beams, getting stuck, failed rendering and soft locks that force restarts.

    Many players
  • Repetitive gameplay and cave sections

    Players find the middle and later chapters repetitive, with puzzle rooms and chases that repeat and cave levels that feel dull.

    Many players
  • Unreliable parkour jumps

    Players say jumps overshoot, ledges are missed or grabs fail, which makes some sections feel unfair and cause repeated deaths.

    Some players
Who it suits
Players who enjoy parkour, dinosaur horror and a story-driven experience with mascot-horror elements, and who can accept some bugs and performance issues.
Who should skip it
Players who want a scary horror game, or who are bothered by repetition, frequent bugs and poor performance; those should wait for patches or a sale.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with longer playtimes more often complain about repetition in the later chapters and the cave sections, while those who finish quickly tend to focus on the opening and the creature designs.

Summarised by AI from 72 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Nov 12, 2026.

Momentum

Terrible Lizards on Steam: reviews over time

+466 Steam reviews in the 8 days to Nov 12, about 58 a day.

82 % positive.

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By gameplay

Plays like Terrible Lizards

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  4. Twisted Tower91 % positive of 2,168Shared: Horror · Platformer · Action-Adventure
  5. BLOOD MALL: RETAPED93 % positive of 330Shared: Horror · Dinosaurs · Action-Adventure
  6. The Upturned99 % positive of 2,503Shared: Platformer · Action-Adventure · Exploration
  7. Clawed52 % positive of 809Shared: Horror · Dinosaurs · Action-Adventure
  8. Zoonomaly77 % positive of 966Shared: Horror · Action-Adventure · Exploration
  9. Death Park81 % positive of 182Shared: Horror · Exploration · Psychological Horror
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On the map

Where Terrible Lizards sits on the map

Games that play alike sit close together on our game map. The faint dots are other games nearby.

  1. Oakwood
  2. Finding Frankie
  3. Outlast
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1
  5. Little Nightmares
  6. Dark Deception
  7. It Steals
  8. Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
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By look

Looks like Terrible Lizards

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. A Story About My Uncle92 % positive of 12,190
  2. Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic86 % positive of 11,137
  3. Oakwood86 % positive of 529
  4. Wanderer83 % positive of 831
  5. Vertigo Remastered92 % positive of 1,339
  6. Hired 2 Die82 % positive of 169
  7. My Friendly Neighborhood95 % positive of 2,539
  8. DESOLATE68 % positive of 6,247
  9. Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist92 % positive of 10,210
  10. Keep Digging78 % positive of 2,960
  11. First Class Trouble78 % positive of 3,113
  12. Darwin's Paradox!86 % positive of 953

At a glance

What games like Terrible Lizards have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Terrible Lizards: Horror (21 of 24), Action-Adventure (9) and Psychological Horror (9).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2026, none of them after Terrible Lizards (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: The Upturned (99 % positive of 2,503).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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