Dead Lasso: Temple Of Shadows
Chilling Moose Games · 2026 · Metroidvania, Puzzle Platformer, Exploration, Side Scroller, 2D Platformer
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Mostly Positive75% · 12
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About Dead Lasso: Temple Of Shadows
You're Ed Lasso, world-renowned adventurer and rootin'-tootin' cowboy with a lasso that never misses and a thirst for trouble that never quits. When whispers of the Lazarus Stone, a relic said to pack the raw punch of forgotten gods, reach your ears, you saddle up and charge straight into the Temple of Shadows, a sprawling, trap-riddled labyrinth buried beneath forgotten jungles.Deep within this forgotten labyrinth of crumbling platforms, lethal traps, and shifting shadows, mysterious glowing sacks of golden dust are scattered across the ruins. Collect them all to awaken the Lazarus Stone and claim its legendary power. Master new abilities as you find the power-up relics: Dash across chasms, Glide with your lasso, soar with triple jumps, blast through walls with bombs, scale sheer cliffs, swim through flooded chambers, and more.With 190 hand crafted rooms, you explore a vast, interconnected temple filled with secrets, hidden paths, and one very strange tentacle-dwelling cowboy who’s a little too happy about his situation. Dodge enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and chain your growing moveset in true Metroidvania style as you unravel the temple’s deadly mysteries.Will you claim the Rune… or become another ghost in the shadows?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players praise this budget-friendly Metroidvania for its excellent value, charming non-violent gameplay, satisfying upgrades, and clever map design that allows multiple traversal paths. However, some report serious technical issues including progress tracking glitches that can prevent game completion and graphics corruption from switching between windowed and fullscreen modes, though these problems don't appear universal across all systems. Despite its low price and solid core experience, the technical problems remain a significant concern for those affected.
This would be a nifty micro Metroidvania at only five bucks, but it has a few critical glitches. It's utterly terrible at keeping track of your progress, so there's a good chance you won't even be able to finish the game, and repeatedly switching from windowed to full screen mode causes the graphics to irreversibly blur until you can't see anything whatsoever. I can't recommend this game until it gets some patches to restore basic functionality.2 found this helpful
Played on 512 Steam Deck without issues. This is a fantastic great time! So much value for your money. Just get it. I liked this game!1 found this helpful
There are games that you can buy for 10, 20, 30, 40 (I'm sure you get the picture) times what this cost (less than $2AUD) that don't come close to the quality of gameplay that is on offer here! Such a great little search-action game that looks great, feels fantastic to play, and even concludes in a way that you're ABSOLUTELY not expecting (or, at least, I wasn't). One of 2026's hidden gems, for sure!1 found this helpful
Lovely little bite sized metroidvania!1 found this helpful
This game is AWESOME!!! But I just can't give a thumbs up to a game with an achievements that is broken, especially one that you find out is broken so late in the game--its the one for collecting all of the golden sacks, which should register right before you finish the game.
Perfect little filler metroidvania that works without hero aggression or fights and brings fun platforming besides impactful upgrades. I believe you can traverse the caves in different order depending on which upgrades you find first. There often are several paths to different sections of the map. The map itself is okay, although markers for the teleporters would have been helpful. Backtracking at the end was a slight minus for me, but hey, such a thing comes with the genre and the game is beatable in roughly 2 hours , so who would bring that to the table? I think, it is worth the little price asked for a short and straightforward MV experience.
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