Tinykin

 PlayStation 5
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Milo arrives on Earth to find that he's way too small, everybody's gone and a day hasn't passed since 1991!

    Catch hundreds of mysterious tinykin and use their unique powers to create ladders, bridges, explosions and a lot more! Find a way home through a sprawling ant-sized metropolis, and    Milo arrives on Earth to find that he's way too small, everybody's gone and a day hasn't passed since 1991!

    Catch hundreds of mysterious tinykin and use their unique powers to create ladders, bridges, explosions and a lot more!

    Find a way home through a sprawling ant-sized metropolis, and unravel Earth's biggest mystery!    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. GameSpew
    Aug 22, 2022
    90
    No matter who you are, we challenge you to play Tinykin without a stupid grin on your face from start to finish. This is an utterly wholesome adventure game, packed with charm, clever ideas, puzzles and exploration. Heck, it even has a narrative twist to keep you on your toes. There’s so much to love here – we’re just sad it had to come to an end. Splashteam has absolutely blown it out of the teeny, tiny park, and we’d love more adventures with Milo in the future.
  2. GamingTrend
    Aug 22, 2022
    90
    Gathering up the Tinykin to get Milo home is great fun. Exploring expansive environments as a shrunken human gives a unique perspective to everyday objects, and provides a particularly interesting setting for the story to unfold. With responsive platforming mechanics and amusing puzzle encounters, this game is a pleasant ride from start to finish.
  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!
  4. Finger Guns
    Aug 24, 2022
    80
    Tinykin’s 3D Puzzle/Platforming and Collectathon experience is one really worth having in your collection. The cutesy and nostalgic presentation offers unique charm in a space that has felt saturated. It’s clearly a game that has been made with love throughout. A few bugs notwithstanding, this is one that should be on your radar.
  5. Destructoid
    Aug 28, 2022
    80
    The next time you’re in the mood for a no-nonsense 3D platformer, give Tinykin a look.
  6. COGconnected
    Aug 24, 2022
    80
    Tinykin is a joyous trek through the 90s. Full of charm and wonder, the game manages to add to the foundation laid by Pikmin to build a lovely adventure. Every area has lots to find and do which fleshes out the relatively short runtime. While the game lacks challenge, it makes up for it with a bucket load of character. The simple controls and intuitive design reduces any frustration and allows you to freely command your troop. Due to this, you can’t help but smile during the entirety of the game and will enjoy each second.
  7. 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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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. afluxner
    Sep 12, 2022
    10
    Amazingly funny game!

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

    Fast movements, fast story, puzzles, addictive! Amazing!
  2. 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 canIt 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… Expand
  4. 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 crannyTinykin 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
  5. 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 evenAbsolutely 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.… Expand
  6. Strike2311
    Nov 24, 2022
    8
    TLDR
    + beautiful art style
    + great soundtrack with adaptive music + cute humour + rewarding and satisfying exploration + smooth traversal    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

Awards & Rankings

57
#57 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022