The Tower on the Borderland

Name: The Tower on the Borderland
Rating: 8 (71 reviews)

Developer / Publisher: DascuMaru

May 20, 2024

Visual

third person
3D

Structure

exploration
interconnected map
item gated
non linear
boss gated

Features

equipment

Themes

gothic
isolation

Summary

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.

Last updated August 17, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Steam
- Demo

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- non linear
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- isolation
- 3D
- Differences
- ability gated
- action
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MV Temperature
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- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- boss gated
- isolation
- Differences
- remake
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Publisher: François Linck Games

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- exploration
- interconnected map
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- boss gated
- equipment
- 3D
- Differences
- ability gated
- action
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- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
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- boss gated
- Differences
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- pixel
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MV Temperature
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- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- boss gated
- gothic
- 3D
- Differences
- action
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100%

Positive

24 reviews

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- Similarities
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- boss gated
- Differences
- pixel
- side scroll
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- boss gated
- Differences
- pixel
- side scroll
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Publisher: team BitClub

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- Similarities
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- boss gated
- Differences
- pixel
- side scroll
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- boss gated
- gothic
- Differences
- unofficial
- pixel
- side scroll
- action
- Semi-Linear
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- third person
- boss gated
- equipment
- 3D
- Differences
- ability gated
- combo combat
- gore
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- item gated
- non linear
- boss gated
- Differences
- Early Access
- ability gated
- pixel
- side scroll
- action
- Sci-Fi
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80%

Mostly Positive

187 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- interconnected map
- non linear
- boss gated
- equipment
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- side scroll

The Tower on the Borderland

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