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The Last Tinker: City of Colors

The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on…

71 12 May 2014 from $1.99

The Last Tinker: City of Colors is an adventure developed by Mimimi Games, released 12 May 2014 on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at WinGameStore. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.

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What The Last Tinker: City of Colors is

The Last Tinker: City of Colors is an adventure game developed by Mimimi Games and released in 2014. It was published by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a 2014 German action-adventure-platform video game developed by Mimimi Productions. It was published by for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 12 May 2014. A PlayStation 4 version was handled by Loot Interactive, and released digitally on the PlayStation Store on August 19, 2014, in North America and August 20, 2014, in Europe and Australia. A retail version published by Dutch publisher Soedesco was released in May 2015 in Europe and in March 2016 in North America.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Last Tinker: City of Colors holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.28 per hour of the main story, or $0.20 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Dual-Core 2.6 GHz / AMD Dual-Core Athlon 3.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and SM 3.0 with 512MB VRAM; NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT / AMD Radeon HD 4650 or greater. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at WinGameStore, 90% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

The Last Tinker: City of Colors launched on 12 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Last Tinker: City of Colors yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Last Tinker: City of Colors — frequently asked questions

When did The Last Tinker: City of Colors come out?
The Last Tinker: City of Colors was released on 12 May 2014 for PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does The Last Tinker: City of Colors cost?
The cheapest current price for The Last Tinker: City of Colors is $1.99 at WinGameStore, which is 90% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Last Tinker: City of Colors?
At minimum, The Last Tinker: City of Colors needs Intel Dual-Core 2.6 GHz / AMD Dual-Core Athlon 3.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, SM 3.0 with 512MB VRAM; NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT / AMD Radeon HD 4650 or greater graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Last Tinker: City of Colors?
The main story of The Last Tinker: City of Colors takes around 7 hrs, or 10 hrs for 100% completion.
Is The Last Tinker: City of Colors worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.99, and the main story takes about 7 hrs, which works out to $0.28 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.
How many GB is The Last Tinker: City of Colors?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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