Tinboy
Skip · Short indie · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 10, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 3.2h 5.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.62/hr
- Reviews
- 61% of 514 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 256 Mb. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
88 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $1.99 at 60 percent off still sits 1321 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. On the same math One Gun Guy ($0.79, scores 23) and Deepest Sword (free, scores 70) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Tinboy
Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 114 reviews written there were positive, against 61 percent overall, and those are 49 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
4% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 19:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The description's claim of having a "massive difficulty level" is true. Not because of a well-designed game but very poor controls, wonky physics, and repetitive levels. The rope in particular is quite odd to interact with. Shooting arrows in general, with a controller or keyboard/mouse, was super awkward and I never got used to it even after playing like 20 levels. My biggest issue is that the claim on the store...
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
Not much to expect. Levels feel similar and will bore you rather quickly. Game involve shooting some arrows which you can climb. Overall not the best in the genre.
Tinboy is a terrible Puzzle Platformer with very dodgy physics and controls. It's sad that some developers think they have created a "difficult" Puzzle game when in fact it's just a "ludicrous" product.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Tinboy scores 10/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/399430/tinboyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.