Terrible Lizards is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, and it gives players no weapons to fall back on when its dinosaur creatures give chase. Survival depends on keeping momentum, correcting jumps in midair, and linking movement skills into a route out.
The Xbox availability follows the game’s Oct. 29 PlayStation launch. In an Xbox Wire breakdown of its movement design, the developers explain how aerial steering lets players adjust their trajectory after takeoff. Overshoot a landing or drift sideways, and there is room to correct course before touching down.
That control gives less experienced platformers a chance to recover, while practiced players can use it to attempt harder jumps, find faster routes, or bypass parts of a sequence. Jumps can flow into slides, wall runs, clambers, ledge moves, and swings, turning a series of individual actions into one continuous escape.
Not every encounter is a straight chase. Some creatures pursue the player directly, while others bring down the surrounding environment or roam an open arena where players must complete objectives or find a way out. With no option to fight back, movement has to work across each kind of threat.
Between those high-pressure sections, the game makes room for exploration, collectibles, environmental puzzles, and caverns where finding a route is part of the challenge. Its story, hunt arenas, and New Game Plus content all sit around the same movement system, rather than reserving parkour for dedicated obstacle courses.
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