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Chumini: Tiny Army
Developer Guilloteam
In this cute and colorful survivors-like, summon an army of tiny Chuminis to battle waves of forest demons. Each Chumini has its own movement patterns: it's up to you to manage this merry mess to create an unstoppable force! From the Steam store page
92 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Aug 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
50 positive · 4 negative
95% range 82–97%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 50 | 4 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 30 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
53 of 57 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
93% recommend · 50 yes, 4 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 54 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (101 of 106 positive).
Players praise the game's unique twist on the survivor-like genre, where you command an army of cute creatures instead of using traditional weapons. [1][2][3] Many reviewers find the game addictive and well-polished, with a charming art style and excellent music. [4][5][6] Some players report issues with balance and bugs, including a soft-lock that prevents progression. [7][8]
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Representative posts
- [7]
It's not labelled as Early Access, but from the balancing it should probably be that. The chuminis also all play somewhat the same. "Get them to touch your enemies." They spawn/move in different patterns, but the abilities don't make them feel unique enough, and are in general rather underwhelming. Especially since your highest CD abilitiy will be reset back to its full cooldown if you cast the low-cooldown ones. So …
- [1]
This is a great Survivors game. I know, it looks like something you'd find yourself forced to watch at 6am with your 18 month old baby. Don't be turned away by the bright colourful pink, purple. yellow cbeebies style animation and colours... look beyond and you have a very well made Survivor. Instead of running around guns blazing, slashing, burning, you way through you dodge around and protect yourself …
- [4]
A fun little vampire survivor like, punching well above its weight ! This little game is addictive and truly worth the (dirt cheap) price. Do not except new industry-breaking-level mechanics, it's just well done and with style. The gameplay feels nice, it's rewarding and simple enough, the art is cute and the music quite stellar. Props to the devs ! Absolutely worth it, you should really give it a shot (demo is free …
- [3]
It is true the 'survivors-like / bullet-heaven' genre is pretty crowded, however I think dismissing this one just on that basis misses the boat a bit. Coming in under $5, this one does provide solid value (for some) and has a few minor twists: 1) It's one of the few "non-weapon" games. While the chuminis function "like" weapons, for the most part you control them indirectly. 2) Partly as a result of that, this game …
- [2]
Chumini: Tiny Army is a fun little vampire survivor / bullet heaven game with a slight change of concept: you're not firing bullets. Instead, you're building an army of tiny creatures sort of resembling colorful gummy bear fruit gum candies. Each Chumini color has its unique movement pattern. Some stay close to you, others go rampant till you call them back. Some are cheerful, others are sad. It's such a fun mix of …
Summarised from 34 of the 94 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
93% of the 54 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Chumini: Tiny Army. The complaint that keeps coming up: some players find the game unbalanced or too easy. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 92 · most liked firstBringing another cool #indiegame #giveaway #raffle! Enter to win a #Steam key for upcoming #BulletHeaven Chumini: Tiny Army: ❤️Like and 🔁repost ➡️Follow me and @guilloteam.bsky.social 💬Tell us what you like about this game Optional: wishlist to support the devs Winner on 30/01!
neutral · AI labelView post →We're very excited to announce the first content update for Chumini: Tiny Army! This small update will include a brand-new map, new enemies and bosses to discover! It will release on June 8th, along with a 25% discount for the game! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Calling content creators! We’re launching Chumini: Tiny Army, a charming survivor-like game about summoning tiny creatures, and we’d love to collaborate with creators who enjoy indie games! Interested in covering the launch? Please reply or DM us! #IndieGame #GameDev #ContentCreators
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey! Chumini: Tiny Army released 3 days ago, and I'd like to share some numbers! We released the game with 6.5k outstanding wishlists, and currently have over 30 reviews and 800 units sold! 🎉 Thank you very much! #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Working on our next game Chumini: Tiny Army, we are planning to use the Playtest feature on Steam. Anyone seeing this who'd like to share their experience about said feature? 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #steam #playtest
neutral · AI labelView post →Played for a bit, noticed a bug, put in discussion board.... not even a day later patched and responded to by devs... 10/10 would support active devs again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New and reworked illustrations for each Chumini upgrades are coming in Chumini: Tiny Army! ✨🖌 Woo-hoo! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
neutral · AI labelView post →We're currently working on the final features of our playtestable version of Chumini: Tiny Army! If you want to help us make our small game better, please sign up for playtests on Steam! 🙏 And wishlist it, you know the drill 💌 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3310000/... #indiedev #gamedev #steam
neutral · AI labelView post →Cooking something special for our game Chumini: Tiny Army 👀 Here's a bit of teasing before the announcement! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →On January 30, day of the release of Chumini: Tiny Army, we'll be making YOU win Steam keys! ✨ For each 100 people on our Discord, we'll be adding another key! Join us: discord.gg/aC38msx3fn #indiedev #gamedev #steam #giveaway
neutral · AI labelView post →We're currently working on a metagame progression via permanent upgrades for our Chumini: Tiny Army! Visuals are not final, but it's getting there! 🎉 #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →The #BulletHeaven Festival is now live on Steam! You can find Chumini: Tiny Army there, and plenty of other games within the genre! Find it here 👉https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BulletHeaven3 #indiedev #gamedev #steam
neutral · AI labelView post →Our game Chumini: Tiny Army is a summon-based survivor-like! You build an army of tiny cute creatures with each its own pattern and ability! You can play the demo during the #steamfest 👉 s.team/a/3310000 #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →1 day left before Chumini: Tiny Army demo release on Steam! 🎉We hope you'll like it! And thank you very much to everyone who playtested our game and gave feedbacks! It helped a lot! #indiedev #gamedev #steam
neutral · AI labelView post →Very pleased to announce that our latest Ludum Dare entry, ‘Chumini: Tiny Army’, will be released on Steam on March 2025! It's a short survivor's game featuring tiny cute creatures instead of spells or weapons. Stay tuned! #gamedev #indiegame #ludumdare
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out Chumini Tiny Army, a cute action roguelike horde survival indie game via this their official Steam store page at store.steampowered.com/app/3310000/... #chumini #chuminitinyarmy #indiegame #roguelite #actionroguelike #hordesurvival
neutral · AI labelView post →Chumini: Tiny Army Another neat game by @guilloteam.bsky.social! Build a lil army from 12 diff chumini types, each with their own unique behavior, to help you survive 20 min in this #endlesshorde #indiegame. Cute #handdrawn art & fun to run around with your lil army! #indiedev #survivorslike
positive · AI labelView post →Calling all Streamers! Want to get early access to a FULL playtest version of Chumini: Tiny Army to stream for your viewers? 😊 Slide into out DMs and we'll get you set up a Steam Playtest Key and Stream kit! 💌 #indiedev #twitch #youtube #stream
neutral · AI labelView post →There's currently a giveaway on our Discord to win Steam Keys for our upcoming game Chumini: Tiny Army! Winners will be randomly picked on January 30 at 4pm CET, 2 hours ahead of the release 🎉 Join us! discord.gg/aC38msx3fn #indiedev #indigame #steam #giveaway
neutral · AI labelView post →We are giving away 20 Steam keys on our Discord for the Playtest of Chumini: Tiny Army! Join us there if you want a key 👉 discord.gg/aC38msx3fn You can ask us for a key even if you've registered for the playtests on Steam, but haven't yet been granted access. #indiedev #gamedev #playtest #steam
neutral · AI labelView post →Hyped for the indie game Smorgasbord tonight. Gonna be playing @guilloteam.bsky.social's Chumini: Tiny Army (cute vampire survivors-like), Sleepy Castle's Escape from Ever After (Paper Mario inspired anti-corpo game) and @strangescaffold.bsky.social's Space Warlord Baby Trading Sim (Its own thing).
positive · AI labelView post →This is a great Survivors game. I know, it looks like something you'd find yourself forced to watch at 6am with your 18 month old baby. Don't be turned away by the bright colourful pink, purple. yellow cbeebies style animation and colours... look beyond and you have a very well made Survivor. Instead of running around guns blazing, slashing, burning, you way through you dodge around and protect yourself with...well... errr... spuds with legs. Each Chumini has its own unique abilities and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review Edited: The music is top-notch, and the graphics are decent. You have one of two strategies. You can either maneuver around the map, rescuing the Chumini. Or, you can sit still and hope that your little monsters will protect you. The first option seems logical, avoid the swarm of enemies while collecting small amounts of XP. The second option is far more dangerous. But if you manage to survive long enough, you'll end up with a lot more XP. XP is also the currency for the game, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i can honestly say i've never played a game truly like chumini Tiny army ive played a bunch of bullet hells and heavens but this one is unique for it's play style and art. i've spent countless hours playing the demo finally getting to play the full version is awesome!! you can get so many hours of game play from this game because there is so many different ways to play it wanna be on the defense and protect yourself go for it!!! wanna be risky and non of your minions fight by your side do it!!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A true summoner survivor with some fun characters. Chumini: Tiny Army youtu.be/pPgOFZ5-r28 #indiegames
positive · AI labelView post →We had a lot of fun with the Ghost Keeper early access!! We're swapping over to another early access preview of an adorably chaotic looking game called Chumini Tiny Army. Thanks to @guilloteam.bsky.social for the key!!
positive · AI labelView post →Chumini: Tiny Army is a fun little vampire survivor / bullet heaven game with a slight change of concept: you're not firing bullets. Instead, you're building an army of tiny creatures sort of resembling colorful gummy bear fruit gum candies. Each Chumini color has its unique movement pattern. Some stay close to you, others go rampant till you call them back. Some are cheerful, others are sad. It's such a fun mix of graphics and mechanics. Like many of these type of games, there's also meta…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little vampire survivor like, punching well above its weight ! This little game is addictive and truly worth the (dirt cheap) price. Do not except new industry-breaking-level mechanics, it's just well done and with style. The gameplay feels nice, it's rewarding and simple enough, the art is cute and the music quite stellar. Props to the devs ! Absolutely worth it, you should really give it a shot (demo is free so no excuses/worries)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Truly addictive. You'll want to start a new run as soon as you finish the previous. The mark of a wonderfully crafted game! Not to mention the great combination of an ultra-cute universe and challenging gameplay. Well done! Note for those who have played the demo: the full game lives up to its promise, with lots of extra Chuminis, deeper synergies, and additional replayability with different difficulty levels. Go for it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does nothing new, does nothing well
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique for bullet hell. Fun to play, Simple. Couldn't ask for more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun and cute game! Very similar to other Survivor type games however you have cute little Chumini's helping you clear all the monsters away! The Chumini's all have different abilities and things that they add to your build! The permanent enhancements are great and all add different values depending on what you are looking for! The GuilloTeam did an amazing job! Cannot wait to see what other games they come up with or what other changes they will bring to Chumini: Tiny Army!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fancy know more about Chumini: Tiny Army? Check it out on #Steam! Pro Tip: demo available! store.steampowered.com/app/3310000/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Chumini Tiny Army, the survivors-like but you fight with a squad of adorable chuminis, by @guilloteam.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3310000/...
neutral · AI labelView post →We just release a big update to Chumini's Demo! ✨ It includes: - a visual overhaul - more meta-progression - QoL improvements - unique Boss upgrades Play it here, and wishlist it to support our work 👉 s.team/a/3310000
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not labelled as Early Access, but from the balancing it should probably be that. The chuminis also all play somewhat the same. "Get them to touch your enemies." They spawn/move in different patterns, but the abilities don't make them feel unique enough, and are in general rather underwhelming. Especially since your highest CD abilitiy will be reset back to its full cooldown if you cast the low-cooldown ones. So either wait for them all at the same time, or never use the high-cooldown ones.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All the demos were so fun! We're swapping over to Chumini: Tiny Army by @guilloteam.bsky.social ! This game is a released game and it's super fun. They recently put out an update and we're gonna check it out. #giftedkey store.steampowered.com/app/3310000/...
positive · AI labelView post →I had a lot of fun with this game. I don't play a lot of these types of games but I was instantly drawn into this one when I realized you'd have an army of weird lil guys instead of more traditional weapons. The different combinations of them make for varied gameplay and the difficulty really ramps up over time. The art style is super cute. Very fun game to kill some time and waves of enemies!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is true the 'survivors-like / bullet-heaven' genre is pretty crowded, however I think dismissing this one just on that basis misses the boat a bit. Coming in under $5, this one does provide solid value (for some) and has a few minor twists: 1) It's one of the few "non-weapon" games. While the chuminis function "like" weapons, for the most part you control them indirectly. 2) Partly as a result of that, this game makes me think about movement and space a bit differently, particularly when…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10 out of 10. Feels fresh in my endless library of vampire survivor-likes. The little dudes you pick are pretty much your projectiles. Feels nice seeing the enemy NPC's getting rekt by collision damage. :) Lots of different little guys to summon, too, all with different effective playstyles. For example, you can summon a bunch of little shy dudes that run from you when you get close and deal damage to enemies they run into, red guys stick to an enemy till they're dead, etc. tldr - Well worth…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun little roguelite
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was actually very fun to play! Was like an easy cozy version of Vampire Survivors to me. I almost wish there was more to it but to be fair I spent an unreasonable amount of time on it, so it worked very well on me. I very rarely go chasing for achievements but I did and I don't regret it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chumini is an adorable bullet hell/rogue lite where you raise your own tiny army to fight off the foes, its loads of fun and definitely a must try!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun survivors-like with a unique take on what your "weapons" are. Art is incredibly cute, and the assurance of no GenAI in the game made me feel so much better about it. No brainer to grab this at $5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Able to get this game from alphathetitan.ttv promotion. Decent roguelike game with cute art and chill music. Unlike most of the roguelike upgrade system, this game increase the quantity of chumini and there is 15 type of chumini that have difference pattern in the game. Overall, the game is decent and worth a try especially for people who enjoy roguelike ~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ever since the early testing stages, Chumini has been a blast to play and come back to regularly, with its cute and chill atmosphere! It's fun to find new ways of combining Chuminis, and building THE BIGGEST ARMY OF MINIONS EVER HAHAHAHA! Cool game, would recommend ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good for the price. Just a touch over balanced, but a rewarding and relaxing experience nonetheless. There are many "optimal" strategies when building your army.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game. Provides plenty of options how to play it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →boring ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ girl game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Colourfull and cozy, Great sound and music. Fun and addictive ^^
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun game ! Vampire survivor like with 20 mn till dawn inspirations and other twists. It's well addictive and music is intoxicating
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chumini: Tiny Army is a colorful and lighthearted action game that blends wave-based survival combat with summon-focused strategy, creating an experience that feels familiar yet distinct within the crowded survivor-like genre. Developed by Guilloteam and published by Abiding Bridge, the game revolves around commanding a growing army of tiny creatures known as Chuminis while fending off relentless waves of demonic enemies. Rather than emphasizing direct attacks from the player character,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addictive, polished and cute af. It's a really nice take on the genre. Also run like a charm on the steam deck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tiny, adorable, cute, and great game! I love how the different units not only have entirely unique skills, but also generally operates in entirely different ways. Makes finding good combinations of them even more rewarding! 2 minor nitpicks here: 1. Dancers has an "upgrade" that makes them operate at higher range, I'm not sure how it is for others, but I do my hardest to avoid this upgrade at all costs. (Would love a -range upgrade to balance this!) 2. You can't see what synergies units have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice little game that can be fun whether you're good at survivors-like or not. The many kinds of chuminis make for a lots of style of gameplay and the choices of power-up are well-balanced. I also really like the cozy atmostphere.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I didn't quite like it. Then I played few more runs and thought "meh, maybe it's not so bad". And after a few more runs I loved it. I like the cozy style, it's somehow refreshing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice and cute little vampire survivor like!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoying the progression and variety of chuminis. I hope to see more added into the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the demo, the game is as good as the demo as excepted. I'll 100% that game for sure <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy Friday and Chumini: Tiny Army release day!!! I'm feeling a lot better and back to showing this awesome game created by @guilloteam.bsky.social Come and have fun! :D www.twitch.tv/fellanatheirin
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