Escape Lizards has some flaws, but it's a good game overall and perhaps the closest you're going to get to Super Monkey Ball on Steam. A few other reviews were justifiably hacked off with some camera issues, but the dev has recently fixed this and added tons of miscellaneous graphical and camera options to boot, as well as altering gameplay mechanics and rebalancing the entire game. Thumbs up there. This is the only marble game I've found where you tilt the game world rather than your ball, hence the emulation of Super Monkey Ball. Obviously it isn't quite up to that lofty standard, but a lot of effort has gone into Escape Lizards and the core gameplay certainly works. You move through the levels by tilting the floor, and also have the option of flipping the environment at 90 degree angles at any point, which makes for some interesting and tricky paths through levels. If you're a speedrunner or love messing around with absurd shortcuts through levels, you'll probably love this mechani...
Escape Lizards
- Release Date:
- Apr 10, 2017
- Developer:
- Egodystonic Studios
- Publisher:
- Independent
- Platforms:
- Windows
Game Tags
About This Game
Over 100 Levels of Puzzle Platforming Fun
Escape Lizards is simple to learn, hard to master. The aim of the game is simple: Tilt the platforms to roll your lizard egg from the start point to the finishing bell at the end of the level.
However, things are never as simple as they seem! Soon you'll need to master hopping, world-flipping, and other gameplay mechanics (all fully tutorialized) over increasingly complex and tricky challenges!
Ready for a new Challenge?
Using either an XBOX controller or a keyboard, you'll guide your precious egg over ramps, slopes, twists and turns to get to hit the finishing bell across even the most trecherous of levels. As you improve, you'll progress through the worlds and be able to complete harder challenges and tougher puzzles. As well as simply manipulating gravity, you'll use a plethora of secondary abilities to complete levels, such as hopping and world rotations, all tutorialized. Each level also has hidden vulture eggs to knock-off on the way too, allowing you to unlock over 20 new skins for the lizard egg.
Whether you're looking for a new challenge or simply want a game that won't back down from turning up the heat, Escape Lizards has what you're looking for!
- Over 100 challenging and unique levels
- Original platformer mechanics
- Automatic Steam friend integration shows you friends' times for each level
- 11 distinct worlds
- 44 Steam achievements
- Over 20 unlockable egg skins
- Fully configurable controls, camera modes, and graphics settings (including FPS cap and FOV).
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User Reviews
Was making this game $2 out of the blue intentional? I don't know. It doesn't matter though. I could have sworn it was around $15 when I first saw it mentioned in a rockpapershotgun article about 'new games on steam you probably didn't notice,' and its 'supermonkeyball-like' gameplay was what made me keep it in my wishlist. Welp bringing it down to $2 did just that and I can safely say that this game is SUPER quality, even if the main menu, choices of fonts, and other various things would have you think otherwise. First things first, the options menu is better than most games nowadays, even some AAA ones, including essential things for a PRECISION PLATFORMER such as this. Joystick deadzones, camera adjustments, frame rate caps(or lack thereof), are all present. Hats off. Second, and more importantly. The gameplay here is really dope for fans of Super Monkey Ball. You navigate your perfectly-spherical egg to a bell instead of a gate at the end of the level. The bell, like the gate, ...
It's a fun puzzle game, but I would prefer a bit more camera smoothing.
Wait for a camera fix.
Fun super-monkey ball game. Levels are pretty diverse with no level being the same. Sidenote: A few levels are poorly designed but overall are good. There are two levels that have unobtainable coins.
Game is looked alright, mostly played by my niece. I feel like the game would feel better on portable device.
This is a good game and I would say that it is fair for the price. If you are looking for another game or just something to mix it up from other genres Escape Lizards presents a unique (on PC) genre. I've played a fair amount and I can say that the game is engaging. The gameplay is solid, the camera is wonky as other people have mentioned. The level design seems to be mixed. I love some of the levels and feel they are fair but also challenging but I question the design stand point of some of the levels. I am not a completitionist by any means, however in this game you are presented with different medals for beating levels by x time. I consistently try to get gold and most of the levels allow this, albiet with difficulty. I like a great challenge and it presents it. The primary problem I have with the level design is that certain levels expect you to cheat and skip 90% of the course. There are no other alternative to getting gold without cheating on these levels. There are several suc...
System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows Vista SP2
- Processor: 2GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660Ti
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or Higher
- Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
FAQ
How much does Escape Lizards cost?
Escape Lizards costs $6.99.
What are the system requirements for Escape Lizards?
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista SP2 Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or Higher Processor: 3GHz Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space
What platforms is Escape Lizards available on?
Escape Lizards is available on Windows PC.
Is Escape Lizards worth buying?
Escape Lizards has 88% positive reviews from 8 players.
When was Escape Lizards released?
Escape Lizards was released on Apr 10, 2017.
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