Tiny Brains
- 2+players
- PC
"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.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. Steam lists 4-player local.
- Online on PC. How many can join is not confirmed.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
How it plays
Is it good
78%
Mostly positive on Steam
“Tiny Brains is some of the most blindly entertaining co-op action you can find”
Co-optimus “The game is a blast with other players, and the wide variety of challenges should keep you playing for hours”
Destructoid “Spearhead Games has done a pretty phenomenal job of creating a four-player puzzle experience that works with any combination of participants — or even alone.”
Gamefront
- 63MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 66Top criticsOpenCritic · Jan 2014 (OpenCritic top critic average, 22 reviews, as of Jan 2014; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 23%RecommendOpenCritic · Jan 2014 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 22 reviews, as of Jan 2014; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Verified
Every way to play together
Steam lists couch co-op and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts are not confirmed yet.
- 4+
- 2+
Quick facts
- Developer
- Spearhead Games
- Platforms
- PC
- Released
- Dec 11, 2013 on PC
- Controllers
- Full controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 6 languages, voices in 2
- Age rating
- Everyone 10+ (ESRB): Fantasy violence
In these lists
Answers
- Can you play Tiny Brains on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen co-op on PC.
- One of 1,279 couch co-op games
- Do you need two copies of Tiny Brains?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does Tiny Brains work on Steam Deck?
- Yes: Steam rates it Verified for Steam Deck.
- Is Tiny Brains free?
- No, it's a paid game.
