Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Story: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 257 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 167 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 167 sampled reviews raised it
"Tiny Barbarian DX" is just a good old-fashioned platform jumping beat-em-up, extremely (and deliberately) reminiscent of old classics of the genre like Castlevania or the original Prince of Persia, with deceptively simple but painstakingly polished gameplay and presentation.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
25 of 167 sampled reviews raised it
Tiny Barbarian has a wonderful, charming chiptune soundtrack and makes clever use of audio, like how the title screen music kicks in at the start.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
19 of 167 sampled reviews raised it
It's a real shame that I have to not recommend this considering that it's got a great first episode and has solid game play, good music and graphics.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
6 of 167 sampled reviews raised it
You just need two buttons and a d-pad, which makes it ideal to play with a SNES (or NES) style controller.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay43 reviews
Audio25 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat50% still recommend
Characters100% still recommend
Co-op100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty76% still recommend
Story80% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Remote Play Together
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$29.99
The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.
6 points recordedtoday · $29.99
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