Tinykin

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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  1. rickytheleaf
    Sep 5, 2022
    9
    Tinykin ended up being the most pleasant surprise of the year. It's not overly difficult but it is a pure joy to explore every nook and cranny of these well designed levels. It takes inspiration from Pikmin, Paper Mario, and old school collectathons like Banjo-Kazooie, to craft a game that had me addicted and wanting to complete 100%. Please do yourself a favour and play this indie game ofTinykin ended up being the most pleasant surprise of the year. It's not overly difficult but it is a pure joy to explore every nook and cranny of these well designed levels. It takes inspiration from Pikmin, Paper Mario, and old school collectathons like Banjo-Kazooie, to craft a game that had me addicted and wanting to complete 100%. Please do yourself a favour and play this indie game of the Year.… Expand
  2. Ruzaky
    Apr 18, 2023
    9
    Absolutely charming little game.A great hidden gem in thousands of games cooming every day. Music is awesome art style if beautiful and even story have some twists and turns. Great game.
  3. afluxner
    Sep 12, 2022
    10
    Amazingly funny game!

    Remembered me "It takes two" but for 1 player.

    Fast movements, fast story, puzzles, addictive! Amazing!
  4. Strike2311
    Nov 24, 2022
    8
    TLDR
    + beautiful art style
    + great soundtrack with adaptive music + cute humour + rewarding and satisfying exploration + smooth traversal system + good controls - underwhelming tinykin types in second half of the game - not a lot of story Review Tinykin is my biggest surprise of the year. It went from a game that I thought would never resonate with me, to one of the cutest    TLDR
    + beautiful art style
    + great soundtrack with adaptive music
    + cute humour
    + rewarding and satisfying exploration
    + smooth traversal system
    + good controls

    - underwhelming tinykin types in second half of the game
    - not a lot of story

    Review

    Tinykin is my biggest surprise of the year. It went from a game that I thought would never resonate with me, to one of the cutest experiences that I loved every second of. It was one of the most pleasant and calming platformers I have ever played (although until now i wasn't really a big fan of the genre).

    The main highlight of this game for me was exploration of its diverse and beautifully crafted open locations accompanied by adaptive theme music that smoothly changed as I progressed through different parts of the area. Thing that makes exploration even more entertaining is really satisfying movement system with levitation bubble, some tinykin to help treversal and possibility to ride a 'skateboard' of sort. It is a joy to try and find all collectibles on every stage in the game which makes it great for completionists.

    Parts where game lacks a bit are story and tinykin themselves. As per story, we are presented with opening and ending cut scenes and short dialogues with NPCs during gameplay. As I played I could feel that it wasn't the main focus for development team. It was interesting to unravel new information about relations between different 'kingdoms', but it definitely wasn't the main appeal for me. As per tinykin types, I feel like the first half was much more interesting mechanically and gameplay-wise, while the last few tiny kin we discover are a little let down as they didn't add anything new to the gameplay.

    My expiriences with Tinykin was completely glitchless with stable 60fps as far as my eyes can tell. Its a bit shame that game doesn't use dualsence trigger functions as it may have added some depth to gameplay side. Other than that controls work flawlessly and are very intuitive and straightforward.

    Whole game took me around 7.5h to finish with some cleanup to do after story concluded which took me another 3h, closing at 10.5h with a platinum trophy.    … Expand
  5. Daolli
    Aug 31, 2022
    9
    It is a beautiful game for every age , full of exploration , puzzles , plattforming in a charming childish way . No hand holding . You can explore every little „big“ room for yourself with the help of the tinykins . No stupid questmarkers , no dumb minimap, no annoying npcs forcing you to do stupid things . For me personally it is the independent game of the year

Awards & Rankings

57
#57 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Metro GameCentral
    Dec 20, 2022
    60
    A purposefully under-designed platformer that takes several cues from Pikmin but forges ahead with its own distinctive take on a platforming comfort game.
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  2. PLAY
    Oct 15, 2022
    80
    A perfectly pitched pint-sized adventure well worth picking up – it’s got all the mini critters you can throw and a teeny-tiny world you’ll want to get lost in. [Issue#20, p.80]
  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Sep 1, 2022
    85
    Tinykin brilliantly revisits the "Pikmin-like" by successfully adapting it to the platform game with puzzle-game inclinations. A true invitation to explore, one can only be fascinated by the incredible microscopic universe imagined by the Splashteam. Generous, teeming with details, full of humour, the Tinykin adventure will appeal to young and old alike. We want more!
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