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Toby: The Secret Mine
Developer Lukas Navratil
Toby: The Secret Mine is a 2015 puzzle-platform game developed by Lukáš Navrátil. It resembles Limbo. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
376 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
54
Mixed
99 positive · 84 negative
95% range 47–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 16 | 9 | 161 |
| Steam reviews | 99 | 84 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
198 of 309 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
54% recommend · 101 yes, 85 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (522 of 745 positive).
Many players compare the game to Limbo, calling it a clone or rip-off. [1][2][3] Some reviewers enjoy the trial-and-error gameplay and atmosphere. [4][5][6] Others criticize it for being repetitive, buggy, and lacking innovation. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
TL;DR: An ok Limbo clone plagued by many gameplay issues and bugs. *** Toby is a good, but very short game. If you know what to do, you can finish it in under an hour. However, it's not always evident how to proceed. Especially on winter (white) levels where it takes many tries and errors to even understand the level's geometry and where to go. The majority of the levels, however, don't have that issue, but it's …
- [3]
Normally i let games stand on their own merit but in some cases you have to adress the elephant in the room. Limbo was a massively influential title at the time, it still is in some ways although INSIDE has overshadowed it nowadays. Still though, the fact remains that following Limbo's success an influx of games came to be trying to ride this wave. At best adding their own unique spin or at worst, as is the case …
- [4]
Personal Rating: Well Implemented Trial & Error Game Classic Rating: ★★★☆☆ "Toby: The Secret Mine" doesn't really add anything to the dark-styled puzzle platforming genre; visually it's nice, yeah, but the real downside is "Trial & Error" based Gameplay: there's no other way to pass a level but advancing, dying on some trap, become aware of it, start over and over to solve the "puzzle" with acquired experience. It …
- [2]
Another Limbo clone the game got some bugs here and there and i got stuck in the environment couple of times. but the game got some good music and puzzles This game is 1 man job and i got it with offer for about 75% off and for that price tag it's a good pick and can afford about 3.5 hours of gameplay to completely finish it 100% 6/10
- [12]
Good atmospheric game with two endings, sibling to Limbo. PROS: ++ Simple graphics with nice visuals. + Good atmosphere. + Good variety of changing themes/background. + Simply to control. + Lack of any disturbing in-game menus. + Sound & Music. + Two endings. CONS: --- Too short, under 2h you beat the game. - Game is too easy - puzzles could be a bit harder - I didn't use any guide or help during the game, which …
Summarised from 34 of the 291 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
Players who liked Toby: The Secret Mine talk about nice visuals and colorful backgrounds; those who didn't talk about too much trial-and-error gameplay. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gone With the Win was critical of the similarities between Toby: The Secret Mine and Limbo but praised its charm and gameplay. It also criticised the guesswork required in the puzzles but gave the game a positive review overall with a 7/10.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 376 · most liked firstFrom Toby: When I played this on the piano, my mom said "you know, usually songs do more than just repeat..." Sorry Mom. Anyway, the version in-game sounds very different. Don't be surprised.
neutral · AI labelView post →Masahiro Sakurai shared a photo of a Game Director dinner meeting he had for Tokyo Gameshow! Participants: - Hideki Kamiya - Toby Fox - Yoko Taro - Jiro Ishii - Kazutaka Kodaka - Keiichiro Toyama
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox originally planned to make himself a boss in Deltarune by putting his soul into the game; he quickly changed his mind after realizing he couldn’t simultaneously work on AND inhabit the game. Temmie Chang recalls that "It took the dev team months to get him out of there".
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the funniest thing Toby Fox could do is not have Papyrus show up in Deltarune at all and then in the post credits after you you beat the game you'd see a message appear that says "you can now play with Papyrus" and then he'd be inserted into every single chapter like some kind of new game+
neutral · AI labelView post →Undertale was literally the only choice for “Biggest Personal Impact” for me. Apart from being a great game, I literally owe MY ENTIRE CAREER to it, Deltarune, and Toby Fox’s imagination.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching my wife play Legends ZA when: > Weird salesman in a dumpster alley > Sells you sketchy programs > Has receding hairline and slicked back hair > In a game series where Toby Fox contributed music I can’t even tell if this is unintentional anymore.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox in all these JP game dev events
neutral · AI labelView post →It really is funny when you can tell a character was designed primarily by Toby when it’s translated so faithfully into the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox, even though I love your games and respect you, I'd like to remind you that language localizations are done by professionals, and believe me, their job is to ensure the game doesn't lose its essence through translation.
neutral · AI labelView post →In April 2021, Toby posted a bunch of sprite data from the obscure Japanese game "Jingle Cats (PSX). Among these sprites was "Binky", one of the cats in the game. However Toby had changed it's colors from the usual light brown palette to a bright pink and yellow.
neutral · AI labelView post →10 years ago today, Undertale was released. Thank you Toby Fox, Temmie Chang and the rest of the team for this very special game. #undertale
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox having just as much brainrot for his own game as the most feverish Deltarune fan is crazy dude this guy is the goat of all goats
positive · AI labelView post →Is it fair to say Toby Fox may be in the top 10 game composers of all time?
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for making Deltarune go into borderless windowed like a real game Toby.
positive · AI labelView post →Toby in the credits for his own game
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby fox has visited the gaming café 84 Hashi, a secret members-only café frequented by many famous game developers, and allows public tours. A personally signed copy of Undertale is on display there, and Toby also donated to the "84Level-up Fund." to preserve 84 Hashi.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today is Toby's birthday! Also, earlier Masahiro Sakurai shared a picture of himself with the judges of the Japan Game Award's "Game Designers Award" which includes Toby Fox.
neutral · AI labelView post →...Googled Mickey's Dick Smasher to get the image after this post only to find out that Toby Fox hired the artist of the game to work on Deltarune
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby originally had planned more Royal Guards to appear in game, and thought of "insane evil situations" that would occur when you killed them. One of the ideas Toby told a friend about which did not like it at all, leading him to scrap it, which he says is for the best.
neutral · AI labelView post →TOBY I CANT BUY THE GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →this is the game Toby Fox is subliminally and directly telling you to play, and he's 100% morally correct for doing so
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox is officially the youngest game creator ever He is only 20 in dog years
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't wait for Toby Fox to finish DELTARUNE and start on the third game in the anagram trilogy, "UNRELATED," which will be a AAA FPS hero shooter with 10 trillion microtransactions, a battle pass, be P2W, and cost $80 ($100 for premium edition, no disc) and no character overlap because its unrelated
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox with Masahiro Sakurai, Yoko Taro, Hideki Kamiya and more at a recent Game Director meeting. From Sakurai's 🐦 site account. #tobyfox #undertale #deltarune
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox really saved that Switch 2 Direct by announcing a game that you can play without the Switch 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →THERE ARE OUT OF BOUNDS SECRETS IN THIS GAME??? DID TOBY MAKE FIRE EMBLEM GAIDEN IN 1992?????????
neutral · AI labelView post →Deltarune creator Toby Fox broke down in tears after his self-financed game, "deltarune" opened to $23 sold total on steam “Fuuuck dude this game cost so much money I'm so fucked”
neutral · AI labelView post →Ghost Fight was originally made for a compilation of Super Nintendo-styled music. And as a fan of the game OFF, Toby felt that assigning a ghost character a jazz song would be a fitting combination. Though Toby doesn't think Napstablook has anything to do with Jazz.
neutral · AI labelView post →SEGA is adding content from their rhythm games to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds which means Toby Fox is now officially in the game. You cannot escape him.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sans phone call at the end of a Neutral Run in Undertale is inspired by the post-credits scene of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of liberty. Toby also claims to have drawn inspiration for meta elements in Undertale's battles from the same game, which has been stated before.
neutral · AI labelView post →False alarm about the paid DLC thing, Toby has confirmed the In-Game Purchases tag is because of the UNDERTALE link at the start.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Winter Newsletter Toby said that Tennas original name was "Mr. TV Guy." And this name is referenced in game as one of his quiz options.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like how Toby presented the Floradinn's before release as just silly, thoughtless goobers and then in the actual game they're a bunch of freaks
positive · AI labelView post →Yesterday Destructoid asked Toby fox for some indie game recommendations. Toby recommended ENA Dream BBQ, Balatro, UFO50, and Soul of Soverignity.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think I'm ready to sit down and play the end of the game, because when "31. DELTARUNE (DELTARUNE Chapter 7 Soundtrack) - Toby Fox" plays I'm going to start bawling.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Deltarune song "Fanfare" is a very small snippet of a longer song from the 2016 game "Rose Of Winter", which Toby Fox made the soundtrack for.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox accepted an award on-stage in 2015 for Undertale. At the Fun & Serious Game Festival in Spain, Undertale won Best Debut Game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Chapters 3 and 4 of the underrated indie game "Deltarune" are releasing today. Toby had some involvement with it.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the 10th anniversary stream, Toby references this, as well as we get to see this feature in game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox will be a judge for the "Game Designers Award" at the Japan Game Awards 2025.
neutral · AI labelView post →At Indie Live Expo 2020, Toby Fox left a message for indie game creators.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some people wonder if Toby will make another game after Deltarune. Toby confirmed in the 2020 Status Update that this won’t be the only game he makes in his lifetime.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby, the Steam Store crashed because of how popular the game is.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox is maniacal for making a 30fps rhythm game
negative · AI labelView post →Did Toby Fox make music for this gen of Pokémon game too? Is that his self insert? I'm naming it Toby Undertale
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby on twitter: posting about deltarune/Undertale stuffs and being a game dev Toby on bluesky:
neutral · AI labelView post →the chances of Toby tweeting Deltarune Tomorrow the day before the game releases have skyrocketed now
neutral · AI labelView post →This is how Toby can put more Live a Live into his video game
neutral · AI labelView post →Toby Fox is a video game developer
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't believe Toby Fox is supporting this small indie game. So heartwarming.
positive · AI labelView post →Ty for a neat game Toby <3
positive · AI labelView post →Who is your Spider-Man? Is it the comic version? The movie version? The video game version? Which era? Activision or Rivals? Peter or Miles? Tom or Toby? Harry Potter does not have that diversity. Rowling would never allow it. The show will be a cut and paste of the movies.
neutral · AI labelView post →Catty from Toby Fox's hit indie game UNDERTALE
neutral · AI labelView post →I hope Toby Fox’s next game is called UNRELATED
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a little video of Toby playing with the fake baby remote control I managed to find. He absolutely loves it and plays with it for ages. Best £9.99 I ever spent! ☺️ #Parrots #Toby #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfMastodon
neutral · AI labelView post →“Oh man my social media presence needs to be clean and game art skills need to be top notch to make incredible video games” Toby fox:
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for making the cool game Toby
positive · AI labelView post →Personal Rating: Well Implemented Trial & Error Game Classic Rating: ★★★☆☆ "Toby: The Secret Mine" doesn't really add anything to the dark-styled puzzle platforming genre; visually it's nice, yeah, but the real downside is "Trial & Error" based Gameplay: there's no other way to pass a level but advancing, dying on some trap, become aware of it, start over and over to solve the "puzzle" with acquired experience. It is so because all of the perils are hidden, you can't avoid something you don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Features one of the show's great cold opens, which is both very funny (during a staff basketball game the President cheats by drafting in a former star forward) and sets up this week's dynamic of 'the President and Toby keep rowing over the fact the Prez is sacrificing principle for electability'.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like that Toby Fox is the white nephew in the JP game director unction its always really funny
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