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Tinboy cover art

Tinboy

Interactive Stone · 2015-08-31

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 20, 2020 (Nintendo 3DS), Aug 31, 2015 (Mac), Aug 31, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2015 (Linux)

Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.

Tinboy is a 2015 Casual and Indie game priced at $1.49, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 515 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
61%
positive of 515 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,108 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 515 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at Steam (2015-11-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.142015-08-312026-08-242015-08-31 — best price $0.592015-12-01 — best price $0.992016-02-05 — best price $0.492016-06-13 — best price $0.992016-10-28 — best price $0.492017-01-02 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-11-01 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-04-15 — best price $1.092019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-03-02 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-09-19 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-15 — best price $4.992023-07-31 — best price $0.492023-10-30 — best price $4.992024-02-12 — best price $3.242024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-08-12 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $0.992025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $1.492026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
3.6%
earned "Ready for Testing/QA"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51939%13
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DActionCasualPuzzleArcheryTutorialDifficultControllerPlatformer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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