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The Tower on the Borderland
A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“A wonderful little game, it has a bit of a learning curve, inconsistent difficulty and somewhat janky gameplay but it's a good and very creative experience with a lot of soul and passion poured into it.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“The Tower on the Borderland is an ambitious independent horror title developed and published by DascuMaru that embraces the spirit of late-1990s survival horror while forging its own path through a bleak and mysterious setting. The game places players in the role of Erin, a…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I'm frustrated reading steam reviews because apparently I'm the only dunce that had this problem. I did not understand that soldiers can only be looted once a scripted enemy threat is dealt with. As a result I went through a good portion of the game including an entire boss…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
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Update notes 22/06/2024
Adjusted and sped up the player's melee attack But, also slightly lowered melee attack damage Sped up the player's climbing action Improved basic ghoul enemy's attack animation Various other player an
Update notes 15/06/2024
Slightly increased the player's run & melee attack speed Have tuned some of the later bossfights to be more difficult (more HP, stronger attacks) Fixed some small Map issues Fixed (again) issue with c
Update notes
- Split up more enemy sets so corpses fade out more quickly. - Addressed some issues which should resolve camera not restoring correctly after Piranesi story segments
Update notes 25/05/2024
Fixed bug with bosses not resetting properly (in particular final bossfights) Fixed bug with being able to use radio to dodge damage and stun enemies Turned on Vsync by default (would appreciate feedb
Update 23/05/2024
Added a .exe icon Slightly weakened the Ghoul enemies in the first area Added a controls textbox to the Radio scanner Added a safeguard to avoid player being locked in elevator (do report if issue sti
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Lovecraftian · Survival Horror · Souls-like · Metroidvania · 3D · Old School · Female Protagonist · Zombies · Stylized · Military · Action-Adventure · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Any (2015+) CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any (2015+) GPU Storage: 1 GB available space