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Tiny Barbarian DX

82% positive of 128 Steam reviews

Released: 2013
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by StarQuail Games. Published by Nicalis, Inc..

About the game

Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.

Tagged by players

Action
Adventure
Platformer
Retro
Pixel Graphics
Fantasy

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Very Positive

What players say

Not recommended
There's a big difference between challenging and annoying. TBDX's only solution to making any given screen harder is to add more crap to deal with. Every surface a spike, every half second a new enemy, every jump the limits of your jump distance. It's like playing an entire game made of (and by) the Medusa heads from Castlevania.
1.4 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Tiny Barbarian is a fantastic retro throwback, one of my favourites alongside Volgarr The Viking and somewhere ahead of Cyber Shadow. It's a difficult game, in fact only 2.5% of players were up for beating the second chapter (there's 5). I don't want to overstate the difficulty though, it's not as demanding as games like Volgarr, Contra or Ghost N Goblins. In those games, every level frequently turns into a dance of…
11 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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