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Tiny Brains cover art

Tiny Brains

Spearhead Games · 2013-12-11

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 15, 2013 (PlayStation 4), Dec 11, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 550 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 550 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-02-03 — best price $9.992015-03-21 — best price $8.952015-04-20 — best price $9.992015-05-05 — best price $9.492015-06-06 — best price $9.492015-09-12 — best price $9.992015-12-02 — best price $9.992016-02-16 — best price $10.012016-09-27 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-02-20 — best price $0.992017-06-26 — best price $1.002017-07-23 — best price $9.922017-09-05 — best price $1.002017-10-14 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $8.992018-01-15 — best price $2.002018-02-16 — best price $9.992018-04-27 — best price $9.992018-06-16 — best price $9.992018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-08-18 — best price $8.992018-09-15 — best price $9.992019-07-15 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-07-26 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-09-15 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-09-11 — best price $3.492024-02-06 — best price $1.992024-06-13 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-04-28 — best price $1.992025-11-20 — best price $1.992026-04-02 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam Cloud

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8621%12
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1292%12
PS3 (PlayStation)46113%12

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieShortActionCasualPuzzleAdventureLocal Co-OpOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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