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Tinykin
Developer Splashteam
Tinykin is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Splashteam and published by tinyBuild. It was released on August 30, 2022, for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. The game follows Milodane, a researcher who explores a mysterious planet and uncovers humanity's origins. During his journey, he encounters Tinykin, tiny critters with unique abilities that help him… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
402 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
97
LovedLoved
206 positive · 6 negative
95% range 94–99%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 206 | 6 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 79 | 1 | 65 |
| Lemmy * | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Mastodon * | 7 | 0 | 14 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
2,103 of 2,154 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
98% recommend · 200 yes, 5 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 205 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (4,276 of 4,372 positive).
Players praise Tinykin as a charming and fun 3D collectathon platformer. [1][2][3] Many note it is not like Pikmin despite comparisons, focusing on platforming and exploration. [4][5][6] Some reviewers find the game repetitive or tedious when seeking full completion. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
It deserves far more attention than it gets. A true hidden gem among platformer-collectathons. Absolutely fun to play. The art style is charming. Level design is solid. I'd love to see a DLC or a sequel. Very easy to recommend.
- [2]
Tinykin is an incredibly charming and fun 3D collectathon platformer. It does everything I expect a game from that genre to do, but does it with so much charm and personality that you can't help but smile from end to end as you play the game. From a graphical perspective, it's awesome. Sprites are cel-shaded 2D but live in a fully modeled 3D world, making it very easy to read interactable elements on the screen. …
- [5]
Tinykin is an excellent indie platformer that I highly recommend to any fans of the N64/GameCube/PS1/PS2 era games of its kind. It does a fantastic job of scratching that particular collect-a-thon era of gaming that I'd really like to see make a return. On the surface there is a strong similarity to Pikmin, and indeed there are some mechanics in common - gathering growing swarms to push/carry large items. However, …
- [19]
★★★★★ — A tiny game with an enormous amount of heart I did not expect a game about herding bugs around a suburban house to be one of the most purely joyful things I've played in years, but here we are. Tinykin drops you into the shoes (well, spacesuit) of Milo, an astronaut shrunk down to insect size and stranded inside an ordinary 1991 house that's now a sprawling, vertical metropolis for a society of sapient bugs. …
- [3]
I spent nearly the entire game sat on the floor with my legs crossed and a massive smile on my face. Where do I even begin with Tinykin? Okay, I'll start from the emotion it evoked; happiness and childlike wonder. That sense of awe and that sense of curiosity. That desire to explore and wander around. I wanted to make friends, and I wanted to find all the secrets. I wanted to help everyone and everything. I wanted …
Summarised from 34 of the 378 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
98% of the 205 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Tinykin. The complaint that keeps coming up: gameplay can become repetitive and tedious. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Tinykin received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic. GamePro ranked the game number 65 for the best Nintendo Switch games of all time. Polygon ranked the game number 48 for the best video game of 2022. Tinykin was also featured in the Independent Games Festival as an honorable mention for Excellence in Audio, Design and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. GameSpot's Jess Howard noted that the game's rhythmic gameplay reminded her of 90s platformers. IGN Southeast Asia noted that the game's vibrant levels were "[outstanding]" and described it as "the spirit of Nintendo 64's [finest] 3D platformers." PCGamesN's Ken Allsop noted that Tinykin was one of 2022's…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 402 · most liked firstWhen you see a game on deep discount you really wish you could play again for the first time. If you've never given Tinykin a whirl now's your chance. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
positive · AI labelView post →Today's Cookie was very Sonic and furry coded, but we at least had a touching reunion happen. I'm Mario Partying tomorrow over on Aelita's channel, and we're gonna start Game Clearing Tinykin on Monday, see ya then! www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Free Half-Life, returning bundles, cozy indies, and more. Big Deals - Remnant II – $34.99 on Steam - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition – $29.99 on Steam - Victoria 3 – $24.99 on Steam - Grounded – $23.99 on Steam - Half-Life: Alyx – $20.39 on Steam - Way of the Hunter – $19.99 on Steam - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – $19.79 on Steam - EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 – $17.99 on Steam - The Riftbreaker – $17.99 on Steam - Satisfactory – $16.49 on Steam - HROT – $15.99 on…
neutral · AI labelView post →My 7yo to me as we're playing Tinykin: no offense but this game is better than yours
positive · AI labelView post →Schedule for the week! If you like solo game focused streams, this week you're in luck! Tonight we start Tinykin for Chill Game Clearing, more Mario Party Jamboree with friends on Wednesday, Splatoon 3 Finals on Friday and Cookie with a sponsored segment on Saturday. See you this week!
neutral · AI labelView post →New game from the Tinykin team, probably not going to be another Gamescom announcement this week that gets me more excited tbh.
positive · AI labelView post →Here are my thoughts on Tinykin. Recently I got myself a new game bundle, and in amongst the games that I actually wanted to play, was one called Tinykin. For me a game like Tinykin would just get added to my library and languish for years until I decide to play it, or remember I even had it. See my Turnip Boy post for a case in point. But I want to start doing better and give all the games in bundle I get at least a few minutes in the spotlight. So when I installed and tried out Tinykin, I…
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Chibi-Robo has reminded me of my time with Tinykin- an indie game with clear inspiration from CR (exploring environments while shrunken down), Pikmin, and other 3D platformers like Banjo-Kazooie! If you enjoy the genre, I highly recommend checking out Tinykin!!
positive · AI labelView post →When my coworker asked for my Steam ID, I said no, because I don't want them to know that I love playing wholesome games like Frog Detective and Tinykin, especially when im a edgelord shittalker when we play FPS games.
positive · AI labelView post →We are live! It's Game Clearing, and we're going with a chill title tonight, Tinykin! It's like Pikmin, but a MUCH more chill vibe. Come check it out and hang out, over at twitch.tv/ProtonJon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundled high-ends, Anno to try, and taxes to evade. Big Deals - Cyberpunk 2077 – $35.99 on Steam - Exoprimal – $32.99 on Fanatical - DayZ – $26.99 on Steam - Attack on Titans 2: Final Battle – $25.79 on Fanatical - Dying Light 2 Stay Human – $25.17 on Gamebillet - Red Dead Redemption 2 – $23.99 on Steam - Marvel's Midnight Suns – $23.99 on Steam - NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection – $22.69 on Indiegala - Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop – $20.99 on Steam - DYNASTY WARRIORS 8:…
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite semi-recent lesser known indies Astral Ascent- Closest thing to a 2D Hades imo Littlewood- Animal Crossing/cozy game with TONS of RPG elements Tinykin- Pikmin clone with way more fun level design Crypt Custodian- Top down Metroidvania with bullet hell elements. Excellent exploration
positive · AI labelView post →🔴LIVE🔴 Viewers Picked #TinyKin today! This will be my first time ever playing it! Its supposed to be a Pikmin like kinda game, All I know is we are tiny lil creature person, and we are in normal sized house! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #PNGTUBER #VTUBER #RPG #Smol
neutral · AI labelView post →We are live! We're back to playing Tinykin for Game Clearing. We might finish it tonight? Dunno, we'll find out live, over at twitch.tv/ProtonJon!
neutral · AI labelView post →It deserves far more attention than it gets. A true hidden gem among platformer-collectathons. Absolutely fun to play. The art style is charming. Level design is solid. I'd love to see a DLC or a sequel. Very easy to recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished Tinykin and would like to recommend it! It's a short game, about 6 hours. It's leaving Gamepass at the end of the month..
positive · AI labelView post →Venba Tinykin Tchia Steam World Dig 2 Until Then White Night Withering Rooms OFK Wizard With a Gun Crypt of the Necromancer The Artful Escape After Love EP Akimbot 1000 X Resist Book Walker Darkwood Fall Guys Goodbye Volcano High Lil Gator Game Blue Prince Ender Lilies The Last Campfire Moonlighter
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's my second #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for today! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Tinykin Developer - @splashteam.bsky.social Publisher - @tinybuildgames.bsky.social Release date - August 30, 2022
neutral · AI labelView post →To me, Pikmin 4 is the most underrated Nintendo game of the Switch era. It was my first Pikmin game (thanks to how much I loved Tinykin). It's an absolute UNIT
positive · AI labelView post →Steam Summer Sale 2025 - 15 Hidden Indie Gems. The 15 games mentioned in the video, each with a short description/review segment: - Unbox: Newbie's Adventeure - Utopia Must Fall - Chroma Squad - Shadow Gambit - En Garde! - Tinykin - Our Adventurer Guild - Timespinner - Renowned Explorers - The Brutale - Wintermoor Tactics Club - Unsighted - Wayhaven Chronicles - Demon Turf - Roadwarden
neutral · AI labelView post →I've spent too much time the past few days digging around in live2d, and I need a break. Let's play a little game about little guys, called Tinykin! I've heard nothing but amazing things about it, yet know next to nothing www.twitch.tv/glottal
neutral · AI labelView post →Some old art I made of Milo, from Tinykin. Such a lovely game. #art #digitalart #illustration #fanart #tinykin #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Game 208: Tinykin Tinykin to me is the definition of a game made to be chill. It's not a challenging game at all, but it more than makes up for it with it's overabundance of charm, intuitive moveset and controls, and the neat delight of exploring a huge house as a (very) little guy.
positive · AI labelView post →What have you played on Gamepass last week? Any recommendations?. As per my [other post](https://lemmy.nz/post/1052485), a weekly post to share what you've played on Gamepass would be cool. I've been playing Tinykin for the last couple of days, and loving it. I tried it last year when it came to Gamepass, but quit after 15 minutes or so. I gave it another try and really loving it this time. Also saw Ori being displayed somewhere, that's probably one of the best games I've ever played. I know…
positive · AI labelView post →Imagine subscribing to Game Pass and not playing Tinykin. Heck, just imagine not playing Tinykin!
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you to @lauradoeswhat.bsky.social for streaming Tinykin yesterday. Because of you, I have found my new favourite game to play right now! Not only is this cosy & adorable as hell, but it's a super fun, platformer collectathon, which we all know how much I love those! Struggling to put it down!
positive · AI labelView post →* Lost in Play - adorable game about two siblings and their imagined adventure...or is it? * Tinykin - platform puzzler collectathon with zero enemies. Just cozy vibes. * Freshly Frosted - Want to feel personally encouraged by a soothing narrator while making donut machines? * Tiny Glade - make cute castles. That's it! * KeyWe - kiwi mail delivery. Literally. * The Were Cleaner - werewolf janitor. * Little Inferno - silly game where you burn things to get more things to burn. Also, Sugar…
neutral · AI labelView post →We had our first taste of Acornia: Mirror Worlds, the upcoming bake-and-brawl management adventure game from @splashteam.bsky.social, the developers of Tinykin. #preview #Acornia #AcorniaMirrorWorlds #indiegame #indiedev gamersocialclub.ca/2026/09/10/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →this is a very fun platformer, and thats just it it is a platformer. but i got some false information through the social media medie. as they all compare this to pikmin, it is no pikmin and has nothing to do with the pikmin gameloop.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Special thanks to the localization team — I haven’t laughed this much at so many punny names and quotes in a long time." Beautiful words on our Russian loc of Tinykin by @splashteam.bsky.social. This game really is a gift that keeps on giving 🤍 #MondayMotivation ✨ @itranslategames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Platinum #8 is for the PS5 stack of Tinykin 🏆 I’ve played this game 4 times now, and I still absolutely adore it! Such a fun, chilled game!
positive · AI labelView post →Update: She finished Tinykin in less than 48 hrs 😅 Absolutely loved it. The Final Fantasy XVI New Game+ grind for Platinum continues on my end. This game is SO good. I have a feeling a lot of the fan base that didn't like it will come around to appreciating it more as time goes on.
positive · AI labelView post →We need Tinykin 2! Very fun 3D Platformer game, this is more on a cosy side of 3D Platformer compared to other platformer games. Achievements are fun to obtain, although the final 4 are bugged and you'd need to revisit each level again to unlock it all. Now give us Tinykin 2 and more sequels, pretty please! :-D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy National Video Games day everyone! I've seen the trend going round of everyone's top 3, but since I have my top 10 games pinned on my page, here are some games I love that I dont talk about much: Super Mario Sunshine Tinykin Croc 2 Planet Coaster Overcooked 2 The Evil Within 2 Rain Fear 2
positive · AI labelView post →I love playing and beating games just as much as anyone, but few things give me as much joy as when my wife is also locked in to a game and cannot put it down. Lauren just beat Neva, loved it, and then immediately started Tinykin. I'm grinding the FFXVI Platinum. Excellent times all around 🥹
neutral · AI labelView post →Rolled credits on... Tinykin (PC)- Pure video game joy. I'll never get tired of exploring cluttered rooms in a house from a shrunken-down perspective, and I loved collecting all the little dudes, solving puzzles and gathering shinies. Highly recommended! (6 hours)
positive · AI labelView post →I found so many adorable little short games that are nonetheless amazing fun. Tinykin, cat quest, troll hunters, stray… none of those are over 10 hours, even if you achievement hunt. Maybe stray, since you have to beat it more than once. Like they don’t have to be super long to be super good. And sometimes you only have the energy to play my little pony (actually fun and super quick because it’s made for small kids, and sometimes you just want something that takes 2 hours to get 100% on…
neutral · AI labelView post →Uplifting Adventures: A Wholesome Games Bundle. Let the feelings of comfort, compassion, and coziness wash over you with this bundle of stirring experiences, curated by our friends at Wholesome Games! In the adorable 3D platformer Tinykin, you’ll explore a 90’s era house from the perspective of a shrunken extraterrestrial scientist, with the help of some multi-talented critters. Wylde Flowers takes you on a witchy pastoral journey where you’ll farm by day, and weave magic by night. The aptly…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinykin is an incredibly charming and fun 3D collectathon platformer. It does everything I expect a game from that genre to do, but does it with so much charm and personality that you can't help but smile from end to end as you play the game. From a graphical perspective, it's awesome. Sprites are cel-shaded 2D but live in a fully modeled 3D world, making it very easy to read interactable elements on the screen. You're a tiny human in a regular-sized house populated by insect factions, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I spent nearly the entire game sat on the floor with my legs crossed and a massive smile on my face. Where do I even begin with Tinykin? Okay, I'll start from the emotion it evoked; happiness and childlike wonder. That sense of awe and that sense of curiosity. That desire to explore and wander around. I wanted to make friends, and I wanted to find all the secrets. I wanted to help everyone and everything. I wanted to do everything. I didn't want my time with Tinykin to end. Okay, that's the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love borrower shit!!! I love GEORGE SHRINKS I love TOY STORY I love the video game Tinykin I love the ed edd n eddy music video where they get turned into little guys I LOVE MEDIA WHERE SMALL PPL RUN AROUND A GIANT HOUSE LIKE THEYRE TOYS ITS SO FUN!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →10/10 game, absolutely perfect. If you like games where you’re shrunk down to the size of an ant and get to explore a big house with different rooms, you’ll love this one. The mechanics are a ton of fun, the characters are great, the artstyle is beautiful, I don’t have a bad thing to say about this game. Runs like a dream on steam deck too, had it hooked up to a monitor and it looks and runs perfectly. Took me ~5 hours to complete the story and most sidequests, then I spent a couple more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyable collect-a-thon. Only lasted 8 hours -- but only paid $5. Reminds me of older collect-a-thon games like Spyro, Banjo-Kazooie, & Gex but with the premise of Pikmin. Game looks good, runs good, and is cute/fun overall. Fun game to 100%. Gets a little tedious to try and find the last pollen/tinykin but was enjoyable overall and would recommend. Would like to see more games like this with combat added. An underrated genre. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Second game completed in 2026! Tinykin really scratched a Pikmin and 3D Collectathon itch. Another really phenomenal indie game.
positive · AI labelView post →One evening I was craving for a cozy strategy game - and this was the perfect fit. Very reminiscent of Pikmin, yet with a more silly personality. The art style really stands out. For the extra challenge you can work to 100% it, yet some achievements so far are quite tedious. I’m looking forward to eventually roll credits.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm currently playing Tinkin by Splashteam together with one of my best friends. Actually, I play, and she watches me playing, but we both enjoy ourselves. It's such a cute and fun game, and I'm planning to get the platin trophy for it. 🏆 🎮 #Tinykin #gaming #indiegame
positive · AI labelView post →a game for every letter of my username T - Tinykin U - Urban Champion B - Blue Prince A - Astal Z - Zaxxon E - El Viento F - Flower, Sun & Rain
neutral · AI labelView post →137) Tinykin Here’s my first game beaten for the indiequest square. This turned out to be pretty good. It was fun exploring the massive rooms in this mysterious house. I also wasn’t expecting that this game would have a Pikmin element to it. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →Games my kids and I enjoy on Steam: (Not Xbox sorry) * Alba (such a cute story) * FPS Chess * Dinkum * Webbd * Tinykin * Spiritfarer * Wobbly Life * LEGO adaptations of series * Among Us (canned chat only)
neutral · AI labelView post →Folks, Tinykin is being dropped from gamepass in a couple of weeks and I would highly recommend you check it out if you haven't yet! One of the more delightful Pikmin-likes, it's also pretty short so you can finish it in like 8-10 hours. I will say more in the replies...
positive · AI labelView post →The gameplay is mediocre at best. The game incentivizes you to check every nook and crany for completion, but it all is very monotone. The narrative isn't very interesting. The dialouge feels stale. The game felt like a slog to play through. There isn't really much of a challenge to the game at all. There is no real purpose to the tinykin. There aren't any interesting puzzles, and even then the game does the thinking for you. The game lacks any and all substance.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stream schedule for this week. In place of a retro game, Saturday's stream will be a presentation where I yap about the games in 2025 that I loved. Sunday's stream is part 2 of Tinykin. #vtubing #envtuber #streamschedule #streaming #pngtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Haven't tried these out on a calibrated six year old, but some that I liked which might be in the ballpark are Tinykin, a Short Hike, Smurfs Vileleaf, Loddlenaut, Lil Gator Game, Little Kitty Big City, Costume Quest, What the Golf/Car.
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's play more Tinykin! We got about halfway through the game last week, and it's an adorable little delight! Come watch me be awful at platformers and get distracted by every collectable imaginable www.twitch.tv/glottal
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴 GOING LIVE PLAYING: TINYKIN 🔴 Starting a new game ‼️Well, new for me ‼️‼️ ──✦ www.twitch.tv/atlaseris ──✦ #vtuber #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanted to play Tinykin before it leaves Game Pass at the end of the month. Super fun adventure/platformer that's clearly inspired by Pikmin, but has enough of its own DNA to stand out. My wife and I both loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →Tinykin is leaving Game Pass in two weeks. Play it now! Enjoyed my time with it. 🚀
positive · AI labelView post →The only adventure game I've ever finished scince 2016 Ratchet & Clank. The gameplay keeps you hooked until the very end, the design and level design are beautiful. Overall, the developers really put a lot of effort into this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A+ would buy again. I really enjoyed playing this game on my steamdeck. It ran great and would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My best friend and I have now played the last level, the children's room in Tinykin, and reached the end of the game. And with that, I've earned my sixth platinum trophy. 🏆 It's a really great game that I can recommend to anyone who likes collectathons. 🎮 #Tinykin #indiegame #gaming
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