Terrible Lizards, a first-person horror platformer about escaping runaway dinosaur animatronics, is available now on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass. Its Xbox store listing shows a price of $24.99, with a launch sale price of $19.99 at the time of writing. Canadian pricing is not shown in the sources we checked.

The game comes from developer WDR Studios and publisher Digital Pajamas. It arrived on October 29, 2026, and Xbox Wire ran a design article from the game director on October 30, 2026 explaining why movement is the whole game.

What is Terrible Lizards about?

It is set in 1992 at Dalton’s Dinos, an abandoned Route 66 roadside attraction in the New Mexico sun. The staff have vanished, a voice on a telephone begs you to find a missing child, and your car has died miles from anywhere.

Then the dinosaur creatures start hunting you. Collectible tapes, notes and recordings fill in the story behind the attraction, and there is a New Game Plus mode.

Can you fight the dinosaurs?

No. The developers chose not to give players weapons, so every encounter is solved by moving. Xbox Wire’s article says some chases are direct, some collapse the environment around you, and some drop you into an open arena where you complete objectives or find an exit while a monster roams free.

Between those moments the game offers regular platforming, exploration, environmental puzzles and larger caverns. The director wrote that the team did not want “six hours of constant sprinting”.

How does the movement work?

The moves list is jumps, slides, wall runs, clambers, ledges and swings. According to the director, the aim was tight controls like those in Titanfall, Call of Duty and Overwatch, with platforming on top, in the spirit of Neon White.

One feature stands out: aerial control. After you jump you can still adjust your path before landing, which helps newer players correct mistakes. Skilled players can use the same freedom to make harder jumps, find faster routes and sometimes skip parts of a section. The developer describes this as a low skill floor and a high skill ceiling.

Where can you play it and what does it cost?

  • Xbox Series X|S, plus Xbox Game Pass
  • PC Game Pass is also listed on the Xbox Wire page, and the Xbox store lists PC as a platform
  • List price on the Xbox store: $24.99 (US), on sale at $19.99 at the time of writing
  • Rating on the Xbox store: ESRB Teen, for violence and blood

Prices

The US price shown on the Xbox store is $24.99, reduced to $19.99 during the launch sale at the time of writing. The sale end date was not given beyond the store countdown, so prices can change at any time. Canadian pricing is not shown in the sources we checked, so look at the Canadian Xbox store before buying. Game Pass members can play it as part of their subscription, but the sources do not state which Game Pass tiers include it on which platform, so check your plan.

Who it suits

Horror fans who dislike combat. You never fight back, which keeps the tension high. If you like being hunted rather than shooting, this is built for you.

Platformer players. The game is built around rhythm and chaining movement. Fans of Neon White style speed will see what the director is aiming for.

Newer or cautious players. Aerial control forgives mistakes, so you do not need to be strong at first-person platforming to finish it.

Game Pass subscribers. You can try it without paying the list price, which is a good way to test a niche horror idea.

What is still unknown?

The sources do not give a full length in hours, a Canadian price, or details of which Game Pass tiers cover it. We also have no review scores to share.

What to do next

Open the Xbox store or Game Pass app to see the current price in Canada and whether it is in your plan, then read the full developer article on Xbox Wire.