Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve?
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Very Positive (750) - 90% of the 750 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Mar 3, 2015
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“Tallowmere is the only Rogue-like platformer I know that contains a rocket launcher. With a shield that can absorb attacks, infinite jump capabilities, and kittens you can sacrifice for extra health, the game brings forth unique mechanics that make what would otherwise be a typical dungeon-crawler, exciting and fun.”
4.5/5 – Indie Game Reviewer

“McFarland made the grand slam decision to implement co-op into the game. This brings Tallowmere out of the generic dungeon roamer category and into a hilarious adventure to share with up to three friends in local co-op.”
8.5/10 – APG Nation

About This Game

RAISE YOUR SHIELD

Indulge Lady Tallowmere. See how far through her lovingly violent dungeons you can delve in this 2D indie action roguelike-inspired platformer. New rooms are procedurally generated every time you play, meaning you'll have to be on your guard for every randomly-placed enemy, elite, boss, and treasure chest you'll come across.

Each room gets progressively bigger, harder, and more rewarding the further you go.

The concept is simple yet hard to master:

  • Raise your shield to block enemy attacks.

  • Lower your shield and strike your foes when the timing is right.

  • Jump or move to avoid traps, or use your shield to reduce damage taken.

  • Find the key to advance to the next room.

  • Collect weapons, outfits, headgear, and shields of various rarities to aid your journey.

  • Turn in souls from slain enemies to increase your base stats and passive abilities.

  • Stay alive as long as you can.

Brace yourself as you learn the quirks of each foe, trap, and room type so you can strive for that "one more run" high-score victory. Each dungeon is infinite in length so it's up to you to push your limits; local scoreboards and online leaderboards let you track your greatest efforts.

Play with keyboard (and optionally mouse buttons), or use your favourite gamepad/controller.

Tallowmere offers single-player and local co-op madness (up to 4 players sharing the same screen) for fun frantic couch gaming.

KEY FEATURES

  • Action roguelite platformer with randomly-generated levels, each room bigger than the last

  • Wreak havoc with trusty axes, hefty clubs, teleporting katanas, stealth-enabling emerald daggers, freezing ice wands, bouncing grenades, embroiling flamethrowers, and powerful rocket launchers

  • Find and equip outfits, headgear, shields, and more

  • Hunt for power with 7 tiers of item rarities ranging from Basic to Otherworldly

  • Learn to conquer multiple enemy types with elite variations, including fire mages, archers, leapers, conductors, ogres, flail knights, feelers, bloats, and zaeries

  • Satisfying combat with persistent bloodsplats and gibs

  • Tactical shield blocking

  • Infinite jumping

  • Deadly traps and obstacles to try and avoid, such as spinning pinwheels, acid clouds, and extremely pointy spikes

  • Coins, hearts, souls, and keys to collect from slain foes

  • Hardcore permadeath to keep your adrenaline going

  • Treasure chests to loot

  • Potions to keep you alive

  • Room events and bosses to master

  • Passive abilities for you to gain strength and then some

  • Coin-loving merchants

  • Difficulty settings to match your pain threshold

  • Challenge modes

  • Combat log

  • Soft savegame system (so you can quit and resume later) and personal high-score system with cross-platform Steam Cloud support

  • Global Steam leaderboards for speedruns and bragging rights

  • Dev console for cheats

  • Sacrificial kittens

You're not afraid... or are you?

To those who will be lured into Lady Tallowmere's dungeons: good luck.

LANGUAGES & TRANSLATORS

  • English

  • Finnish (Suomi) – Tomi Turkki & Olli-Samuli Lehmus

  • French (Français) – Christophe Braguy

  • German (Deutsch) – Spiffosi, sePL, & John Westfield

  • Italian (Italiano) – Luca Pattarini

  • Japanese (日本語) – Teyon Japan

  • Korean (한국어) – The Balance

  • Polish (Polski) – Maciej Ułanowicz

  • Portuguese-Brazil (Português-Brasil) – Lucas Videla

  • Russian (Русский) – Tycho Davidianus

  • Simplified Chinese (简体中文) – Kai Shao

  • Slovenian (Slovenski jezik) – Alen Korez

  • Spanish (Español) – Jose M. Gaspar

  • Turkish (Türkçe) – A. Ozkal

Note:

"Local Co-op" means you can connect up to 4 controllers and play with your friends in the same room sharing the same screen. Network/LAN co-op is not available.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Pixelated fantasy violence, blood, gore, decapitation, dismemberment, and animal cruelty.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
    • Processor: 2 GHz or faster; 32-bit or 64-bit CPU
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated GPU; 256 MB RAM; Shader Model 4.0
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 130 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Onboard or better
    • Additional Notes: Play with keyboard (and optionally mouse buttons), or use a controller. Successfully tested with Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, and Steam Controllers. XInput may need to be toggled in-game in some cases.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.12 or higher
    • Processor: 2 GHz or faster; 64-bit CPU
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated GPU; 256 MB RAM
    • Storage: 130 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Onboard or better
    • Additional Notes: Play with keyboard (and optionally mouse buttons), or use a controller. Successfully tested with Xbox 360, PS3, and PS4 controllers.
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 10.15 Catalina
    Minimum:
    • OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 16.04, or similar
    • Processor: 2 GHz or faster; 64-bit CPU
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated GPU; 256 MB RAM
    • Storage: 130 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Onboard or better
    • Additional Notes: Play with keyboard (and optionally mouse buttons), or use a controller. Successfully tested with Xbox 360, PS3, and PS4 controllers.
    Recommended:
    • OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 18.04, or similar

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