Toby: The Secret Mine

Buy70%

Mostly Positive · 745 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Lukas Navratil · Indie · Oct 20, 2015

Player review score
70%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
5
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Toby: The Secret Mine?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 745 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 292 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
55 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Toby’s art style is somewhere between that of LIMBO and Feist, taking LIMBO’s bleak foreground and adding a splash of colour in the background to create the various landscapes you find yourself in.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
24 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Soundtrack | I really enjoyed the music that is included in this game.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
13 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Controls | I played this game with both keyboard and Steam Controller and I liked them both.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
7 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
When all is said and done, the controller was very comfortable and did not show any input lag.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics55 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
67% still recommend
Interface
60% still recommend
Co-op
75% still recommend
Combat
67% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
58% still recommend
Story
64% still recommend
Difficulty
74% still recommend
Bugs
58% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

10 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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