2022’s most joyful platformer hits its lowest price, so grab it quick

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If you love the best platform games and haven’t played Tinykin, you’re missing out. The cutesy indie platformer is one of 2022’s most joyous experiences and a perfect embodiment of a cozy game that’s still packed with action. Tinykin takes the companion-commanding concept of Pikmin and makes a game that, for my money, tops even Nintendo’s original series – and now, thanks to a Steam sale, it can be yours for its lowest price yet.

Tinykin is an adorable adventure that sees your protagonist mysteriously teleported into a house, but at microscopic size compared to their environment. That means it also fulfills one of the other best tropes; the iconic small player, big world format adopted by the best Quake and Halo custom maps. Each room of the house functions as a unique level, and every one is an open-ended exploration that genuinely piques your sense of wonder.

Rather than being funneled down a linear path, Tinykin lets you freely explore the area as you please, unlocking shortcuts as you go to zip around the map quickly to places you’ve already been (by surfing on a bar of soap, of course). The way the levels and their inhabitants, which range from insects to all manner of microscopic miscreants, are built around everyday household objects is both clever and delightful.

Accompanying you on your journey are a gaggle of the eponymous Tinykin. You’ll gather up these Cyclopean creatures in their dozens as you travel around, with each color variant serving a different purpose. The red Tinykin can be tossed at breakable objects to blow them up, the blue Tinykin can be spread across a room to connect electricity between two remote devices, the green Tinykin stack up atop one another to help you reach greater heights, and so