Dinosaurs are scary enough when they’re standing still. Now imagine trying to escape one while jumping across platforms and running along walls. That’s the idea behind Terrible Lizards, a new first-person horror platformer from WDR Studios launching on October 29, 2026.

Instead of giving players powerful weapons to fight prehistoric creatures, the game puts movement at the center of the experience. You’ll need to run, jump, slide, and find your way through dangerous areas while avoiding dinosaurs that would rather turn you into lunch.

It’s a different approach to dinosaur horror, mixing the tension of being chased with the fast movement of a parkour game.

A Road Trip That Goes Very Wrong

Terrible Lizards takes place in the early 1990s. You play as a college student traveling along Route 66 when your car suddenly breaks down.

Looking for help, you enter a roadside attraction called Dalton’s Dinos. It sounds harmless enough. Roadside dinosaur attractions usually have giant statues, gift shops, and strange displays designed to attract tourists.

Unfortunately, Dalton’s Dinos has something much more dangerous waiting inside. The attraction becomes the setting for a game where surviving means staying on the move.

WDR Studios says it wanted to capture the feeling of American road trips and the dinosaur craze of the 1990s, then give those familiar ideas a horror twist.

It’s a fun setting for a game like this. A place designed to entertain visitors becomes somewhere you desperately want to escape.

Running Is Your Best Chance of Survival

Movement is the biggest part of Terrible Lizards. According to the developer’s official PlayStation Blog announcement, the game includes several ways to navigate its levels.

Players can:

  • Run and jump across obstacles.
  • Slide through narrow spaces.
  • Run along walls.
  • Grab ledges and climb between platforms.
  • Bounce between surfaces to keep moving.
  • Use tools to interact with parts of the environment.

The developers describe the movement as a mix of platforming and parkour. One interesting choice is how the game handles speed.

Rather than constantly building momentum like some parkour games, Terrible Lizards uses a more predictable movement system designed to help players react quickly.

Once you’re moving, the goal is to maintain a steady rhythm. That could make a big difference when a dinosaur is chasing you and there’s no time to stop and think.

Dinosaurs Meet Old-School Horror

WDR Studios says Terrible Lizards takes inspiration from modern mascot horror games, which turn familiar characters and places into something unsettling.

But instead of creepy toys or abandoned children’s attractions, the team chose dinosaurs. The developers were interested in the mix of excitement and fear that dinosaurs can create.

They’re fascinating animals, but the thought of being chased by one is also terrifying. The roadside setting brings those ideas together. It uses the familiar look of tourist attractions, dinosaur displays, and 1990s road trips to create a world that feels both playful and dangerous.

The team also wanted the game to focus on movement rather than simply walking through dark hallways waiting for something frightening to happen. Here, the danger comes from having to react and keep moving.

A New Studio Taking on an Ambitious Idea

Terrible Lizards is being developed by WDR Studios, a team that includes several first-time game developers. Studio director John W. Gelardi explained that many of the people involved previously worked in online content creation.

The team wanted to bring some of its favorite gaming ideas together into one project. That includes first-person action, precise movement, dinosaur horror, and a setting inspired by American nostalgia. It’s an ambitious combination for a newer studio.

Of course, we’ll have to see how everything comes together once the game launches. A strong movement system is especially important in a platformer, and horror can be difficult to balance when players are moving at high speed.

Still, the idea of escaping dinosaurs through a series of fast platforming challenges is an interesting change from traditional survival horror.

When Does Terrible Lizards Come Out?

Terrible Lizards launches October 29, 2026, with WDR Studios highlighting its PlayStation release in the latest developer announcement. If you enjoy dinosaur games, first-person platformers, or horror experiences that reward quick reactions, this one could be worth watching.

And if there’s one lesson to take away from the game, it’s probably this: The next time your car breaks down near a suspicious dinosaur attraction, maybe keep driving.