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The Last Tinker™: City of Colors cover art

The Last Tinker™: City of Colors

Mimimi Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2014-05-12

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 12, 2014 (Linux), Aug 18, 2014 (PlayStation 4), May 12, 2014 (Mac), May 12, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!

The Last Tinker™: City of Colors is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1406 reviews).

72
playing now
81%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a 2014 German action-adventure-platform video game developed by Mimimi Productions. It was published by for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 12 May 2014. A PlayStation 4 version was handled by Loot Interactive, and released digitally on the PlayStation Store on August 19, 2014, in North America and August 20, 2014, in Europe and Australia. A retail version published by Dutch publisher Soedesco was released in May 2015 in Europe and in March 2016 in North America.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 72 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 399 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~50/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1325% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,406 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
GamersGate$2.00-90%
GreenManGaming$2.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GameBillet (2020-11-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 151 of 188 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

69112026-09-15 00:00 — 45 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 105 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 84 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 205 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 55 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 40 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 129 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6151May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 12 · peak 84Sep 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2015 — avg 19 · peak 102Sep 2015 — avg 6 · peak 27Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 19 · peak 539May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 13May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 38Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 40 · peak 793Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 100Jun 2026 — avg 165 · peak 2,056Aug 2026 — avg 99 · peak 4,488
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.56$0.762015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.792015-06-17 — best price $5.992015-10-30 — best price $4.382016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-07-09 — best price $3.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-05-29 — best price $3.992017-11-25 — best price $1.992018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-09-07 — best price $9.992019-01-16 — best price $3.992019-06-01 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-02-14 — best price $1.002020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $0.992020-11-22 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $0.822021-05-04 — best price $8.392021-08-12 — best price $9.992021-11-11 — best price $1.002022-02-08 — best price $7.892022-05-17 — best price $7.892022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-21 — best price $1.992023-05-07 — best price $1.752023-09-17 — best price $19.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $1.492024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-10-21 — best price $1.852025-01-01 — best price $19.992025-05-16 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $1.882025-11-17 — best price $13.592026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-06-19 — best price $1.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-05 — 21 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 22 pageviews2026-08-30 — 19 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 15 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
7.7%
earned "Sneaky Like a Ninja"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

IndieActionColorfulAdventureControllerPlatformerSingleplayerThird Person3D PlatformerFamily Friendly

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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