Tin Man Games

Tin Man Games at a Glance

Tin Man Games is an Australian studio based in Melbourne that has been active since 2014. They released 16 titles during the 2010s and only three in the 2020s so far. The company lists 19 games on PlayPile where they act as a publisher and 14 where they serve as the developer. Their primary focus is digital gamebooks, which are interactive fiction or RPG style games where players control the story. This niche work defines their catalog of 19 total entries. Genre data shows a heavy leaning toward Adventure with 16 titles, followed by Indie with 13 and Role-playing with 12. They also have five strategy games, three puzzles, two card and board game adaptations, and one turn-based strategy title. Platform distribution heavily favors PC with 15 releases on Microsoft Windows. Mac is the second most common platform with 12 ports, while Linux has nine. Nintendo Switch holds seven slots, and mobile support includes four iOS titles and two for Android. They have ventured into virtual reality with two Meta Quest 2 games, one SteamVR title, and a PlayStation VR release alongside a single PlayStation 4 port. Quality assessment reveals a mixed but generally positive track record. The average IGDB rating across ten rated titles is 66.4 out of 100. Their best work includes To Be or Not to Be from 2015 and The Forest of Doom from 2014, both scoring 80. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain from 2016 scored 74. An Assassin in Orlandes and House of Hell, both from 2016, received 70 points. There are five games rated between 60 and 79, three falling into the mixed range of 40 to 59, and none rated below 40. While they have not released many titles in the last few years, recent entries include Neon Squad Tactics in June 2024. They also published Choices That Matter: And Their Heroes Were Lost in February 2021 and its sequel later that month. Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown arrived in April 2018, followed by a Goblin Scourge Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain in September 2018.

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