Tallowmere

Tallowmere

Released Mar 2015

Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve?

90% positive · 854 reviews
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Evaluation

Tallowmere launched on March 3, 2015 and received a series of content and feature updates over the following years, including new enemy types, shrines, weapons, and various gameplay systems. The most recent developer news post for this game is from October 15, 2021 (NEWS-2), which delivered a controller compatibility patch and noted that the developer was returning his focus to Tallowmere 2 — the sequel, which is a separate product on Steam. The developer explicitly stated "Just a quick controller-related patch here for Tallowmere. Then I'm back to working on Tallowmere 2!" This signals that active development on Tallowmere has wound down, with the developer's attention shifted entirely to its successor. The only DLC is the free soundtrack, released January 26, 2020, which is a cosmetic/audio add-on with no content implications. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content for Tallowmere, and no post-launch update cadence suggesting ongoing major content development — the 3 major_content posts in the scan are accounted for by the soundtrack release and early-era updates. The October 15, 2021 patch appears to be the last official communication from the developer regarding this game, and its framing strongly implies Tallowmere is in maintenance/legacy status while the developer focuses on Tallowmere 2.
Evidence
Developer released a controller compatibility patch and stated they are returning to work on Tallowmere 2, implying Tallowmere itself is no longer in active development.
news post · Oct 15, 2021 source development ending
high
Free soundtrack DLC released. Developer noted in a postscript that Tallowmere 2 is still being worked on, treating the original Tallowmere as a finished product.
news post · Jan 26, 2020 source development ending
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Chris McFarland
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

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.

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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