History Main / TempleOfDoom

* Fittingly, [[PopolVuh Mayan Religion]] has one in the form of Xibalbá, an underworld city inhabited by sinister deities and protected by monsters and booby-traps.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' has the Hidden Temple, which is loaded with all kinds of traps involving arrows, poison gas, boulders, swinging blades, and an homage to the Indiana Jones puzzle that used stone tiles engraved with letters. Although a few of the puzzles are necessary to locate the Hidden City during the level 11 quest, most of the incentive for visiting the Hidden Temple lies in the traps themselves, which provide quick stat gains if you can keep your HP above zero, with the caveat that you'll gain no items, currency, or familiar experience like you would from adventuring somewhere with monsters to fight. The Ancient Buried Pyramid is another TempleOfDoom, this time filled with monsters that impede your progress in solving the puzzle in the lower chambers. [[AffectionateParody It's worth noting that these two examples are located in a jungle and a desert, respectively.]]

* The Shrine of Storms from ''DemonsSouls'' fits this trope to a T, especialy the second stage. Deadly falls everywhere, explosive sphers of energy, arrow traps when you least expect them, enemies positioned in such a way that you can't see them until it is too late and invisible enemies that ambush you and are more than happy to backstab you when you are busy dealing with other enemies. Also, did we mention the place is pitch dark in some places?
** ''DarkSouls'' has Sen's Fortress, full of swinging axe blades, arrow traps, and the classic rolling rock of doom.

* ''{{Uncharted}}''. Since it's ''Franchise/TombRaider'' without the mammaries, it has all the same temples and nearly as much doom.

* Not only does ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' have the trope namer, but it also has the ancient idol resting place from the beginning of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', the temple of the Grail in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and the eponymous ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. [[note]]Plus the attractions based on them at DisneyThemeParks.[[/note]]

* The Indiana Jones sequence in ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' is (fittingly) set inside one.

* Some FightingFantasy gamebooks featured such a place. Actually, one of the books is titled ''Temple of Terror''.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': Many a dungeon crawl fits (and possibly made) the trope. Don't get old-school gamers started on the ''TombOfHorrors'' and ''TabletopGame/TempleOfElementalEvil'', both of which might as well have been called the Tomb of Doom and the Temple of Elemental Doom.

* FunOrb's "Tomb Racer".

* Thwomp Ruins from ''VideoGame/Mario Kart 8''. Overlaps with RuinsForRuinsSake, since it's not clear what the Thwomps are doing there in the first place.

** Oldschool Temple in Something. The graphics come from the Pyramid Levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and the Labyrinth Zone from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. The music is a remix of Marble Garden Zone Act 1 from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3''. The level is filled with large pits in the first half and Thwomps and spikes in the second half.

[[caption-width-right:261: Also called the main characters' special graveyard.[[note]]Clockwise from top-left: ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}: [[VideoGameRemake Zero Mission]]'', ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', ''VideoGame/{{La-Mulana}}'', ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}''[[/note]]]]

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': Many a dungeon crawl fits (and possibly made) the trope. Don't get old-school gamers started on the ''TombOfHorrors'' and ''TempleOfElementalEvil'', both of which might as well have been called the Tomb of Doom and the Temple of Elemental Doom.

* ''{{Uncharted}}''. Since it's ''TombRaider'' without the mammaries, it has all the same temples and nearly as much doom.

* If it wasn't for this trope, everyone's favorite ''TombRaider'' would have enormously less to do for a living.

* Sword Man's stage from ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' is a Cambodian temple-like arena featuring [[Lethal Lava Land lava]].

* Not only does ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' have the trope namer, but it also has the ancient idol resting place from the beginning of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', the temple of the Grail in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and the eponymous ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. [[hottip:*:Plus the attractions based on them at DisneyThemeParks.]]

* ''JourneyQuest'' contains the [[{{Templeofdoom}} Temple Of All Dooms]] as a storage for the Sword of Fighting. It seems to follow the trope, though it's weak to CuttingTheKnot.

* The Temple Stage in the Famicom/NES version of ''Salamander/Life Force'' and the PCEngine version of ''{{Gradius}} II''.

* There's such a level in BujingaiSwordmaster. However it's partially averted, since the temple itself is full of light and looks quite normal, if it weren't for some traps and the demons all around.