Tallowmere
A dungeon platformer with tactical shield blocking and endless runs
Chris McFarland · Released Mar 3, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 825
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Jan 5, 2022
What is Tallowmere?
You explore Lady Tallowmere's dungeons in this 2D action roguelike, fighting enemies, avoiding traps, and collecting keys to reach increasingly large and difficult rooms. You spend souls from defeated enemies to improve your stats and passive abilities.
For you if...
- +you enjoy learning enemy patterns through trial and error
- +you want shared-screen co-op for up to four players
Not for you if...
- −you dislike permadeath and starting over after a loss
- −you prefer combat without blood or dismemberment
What players say
90% of 825 reviews are positive
Players praise the randomized rooms, loot, and weapon variety. Some find the loop repetitive once they learn the mechanics.
Screenshots and trailer
Tallowmere system requirements
Minimum: Onboard, 2 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Tallowmere?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer
- Processor
- 2 GHz or faster; 32-bit or 64-bit CPU
- Graphics
- Onboard or dedicated GPU; 256 MB RAM; Shader Model 4.0
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 130 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- 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
Does Tallowmere have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Tallowmere run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 28
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 13+
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: Simplified Chinese, Polish, French, Russian, Italian, Turkish, German, Finnish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Spanish - Spain.
Does Tallowmere use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Action
- Indie
- Gore
- Action Roguelike
- 2D Platformer
- Hack and Slash
- Dungeon Crawler
- Perma Death
- Loot
- Fantasy
- Pixel Graphics
- Score Attack
- Singleplayer
- Local Co-Op
- 4 Player Local
- Controller
Recent updates
- Jan 5, 2022 · Android DLC: v352.10
- Oct 15, 2021 · Version 352.9
- Mar 5, 2021 · Version 352.6
- Aug 28, 2020 · Tallowmere – v352.5
- Aug 5, 2020 · Tallowmere – Minor fixes
1 DLC available.