<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tiny Gaming | Little Games, Little Time, Big Fun!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tiny Gaming is a blog dedicated to reviews, recommendations and news relating to small games - Games that can be completed in one evening!]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:32:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tiny-gaming.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[CREATURE KITCHEN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Creepy Cozy is a weird little tossup. It’s like… like a cold salad with pineapple and garlic. With cheese and raisins. It shouldn’t work, even on paper, and yet, somehow, this mix is to die for. Creepy Cozy is also a mix that is extremely hard to nail down and therefore also very easy to make shoddy. Way too many times I’ve seen variety of attempts to make something relaxing but spooky fall flat simply because all the creators could muster was an off-brand Burtonesque ‘cutesy Halloween’ vibe....]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/creature-kitchen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4295c63c06bdad5426aa78</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_8738b84300b0470cb96c3c264695bef6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #2 - June 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer scorching heat and sun’s deadly lasers are in full swing. My poor AC is barely chugging along, trying its best to protect me from the worst of the deadly heat. It is hard to scrounge up energy for writing, not gonna lie. But I must! For there are plenty of great games coming, deluge of fantastic demos to nibble on, and I would feel bad not sharing my little finds here with anyone who might stumble here in search of new games to try. An eclectic mix of genres today - let us see what’s...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-2-june-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a41616e97220de384b19819</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:17:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_de76b69e69304ea284116bcb85130969~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIBRARIAN: TIDY UP THE ARCANE LIBRARY!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am nearly 40 years old. This means a lot of things! First, my bones are aching, spine always complains and I need to watch what I eat hours before bed if I want to have a solid sleep session. And second, cleaning is not as big of a tiresome chore as it used to be! I mean, it still sucks, don’t get me wrong – but at the very least now, once completed, it feeds my brain that delicious cocktail of happy chemicals that make me feel accomplished in a day. Magic, really. And so, it wasn’t as big...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/librarian-tidy-up-the-arcane-library</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a393f4287c293c189bccfad</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:18:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_0dc4dea44dc44fcaa74c832732dc0956~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I finished FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE and there is a crucial lesson here for me to impart, one that you probably already know, but I wish to reiterate upon anyway. Hype can be the death of joy. Getting your expectations through the roof risk a chance to tarnish an otherwise perfectly enjoyable experience! Now that it put these sentences to the digital paper, I can believe you might already have a feeling in which direction this review is going towards - I was slightly disappointed, yet in such a...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/forbidden-solitaire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3046f82e35c99df8d51a1b</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:09:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_55143769c77645dab90d83b2a281aba8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #1 - June 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is said that hell roads are paved with bricks of good intentions. I was hoping May will be the month in which I am able to flex some proper writing, play lots of games and fill the blog to the brim with reviews and insights, but alas! Day to day work conspired to topple such lofty ambitions. Well, June is almost around the corner, and I am more than happy to try again with the coming month! As for now, I still managed to scrounge up some time trying out new demos for the coming games, and...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-1-june-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2edcb5418318a8f7e6ba3c</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:02:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_7059f0a277d44c279de5de2d7bb681b2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #2 - May 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday! It’s rainy, it’s cold, it’s the most frigid May I have lived through if my living memory serves. Well, that only means it is perfect weather for staying indoors with a giant cup of tea and games on my rig to play! Glory be to feasible excuses for entertainment purposes.  And since it is a glorious Sunday, it means DEMO DIVE (as is tradition) – and I have a trio of particularly strong titles to share my initial impression of. Let’s roll! TOPDECK AUTOMAT From the creator of RACK AND...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-2-may-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a09c91ad7b330c99a62add9</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_65eac200a1c04b6eb5a7d05004f3bb66~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIXTAPE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I too, once, was a teenager. An awkward one, a nerdy one. With wizards living in my brain, casting spells and tantalizing my impressionable, young mind with visions of a greater future. And like any modestly-sized outcast, who never had a chance to be with the Cool Kids on the block, I had my two escapes – my dorky friends forming a strangely cultish clique. And music. Good old music, which, of course, could not be any of the mainline stuff. No pop and radio rock for me! Because I was a...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/mixtape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0033a7b1ac8cd94fa5a25e</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:07:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_6a084ed04dae491dad54a568dd760e81~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AGRIVORE]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my not-so-secret guilty pleasures is idle games. Especially when they are married in a shed to a clicker, making for an extremely simple formula that somehow works on my primitive brain, jabbing some bits in the grey matter to make it sizzle in a pleasant way. I know that some could hardly even be granted the title of a game. I know it is exploiting some of the most baseline desires, but I can’t help it. If it’s all nicely wrapped up and makes me feel like my actions have some impact...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/agrivore</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe25b720805f9d8a870baa</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:16:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_85d6cff914014a45b9c3684b09d78ca7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TERRATECH LEGION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bullet Heavens might be one of the most oversaturated subgenres out there. It’s nobody’s fault… If you don’t gaze too hard at the meteoric success of VAMPIRE SURVIVOR, that is. See, I get the appeal, and from both ends of the spectrum. Players like this formula. Numbers going up will never cease to tickle some neurons in many people brains. And I can see the appeal from the development standpoint, because technically speaking, those are rather simple games. You don’t have to worry about story...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/terratech-legion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f484748ca39cf305c5e102</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:37:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_a176484fef5243fd9114334995385315~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WILD CITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I should rename the blog from TINY GAMING to TINY ROGUELIKES or better yet, TINY DECK BUILDERS. What can I say… I am a sucker for that genre. It might be due to my nerdy upbringing. I was a Magic: The Gathering player for half my life, dabbled in plenty of eurogames on the table and in general just enjoy a thrill of assembling my little engine that could. There is simple bliss in the mental exercise of seeing a number go up. And while there are many ways to make a game dedicated to that...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/wild-city</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f1aa2b7cb0726b2dac7d1d</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 04:10:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_2c99363733fe423d9b49bd38946d12b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #1 - May 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a beautiful start of May! Bees are bumbling around. Sun finally remembered to blast some blessed heat. Day is long and juicy. And so many demos dropped recently that I can barely pick what to play and try between pushing more hours into some excellent titles I acquired recently! But of course, I could not skip on a traditional Sunday post, sharing some impressions from the demos that stuck with me, and so, here we are. A rather eclectic mix today, a small variety selection – hopefully...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-1-may-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f796d4384eb6d61abbe89f</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 18:51:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_2de1a164a365433ca0b9e2ff4fd9fa5c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indies to Catch in May 2026!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sweet May is upon us, at last. The times passes swiftly – already first third of the year is behind us, and it feels I barely did anything at all! At least the summer vibes should start soon, which I very much need to function. Anyway, new month means new games to look forward to! April was robust in excellent titles to enjoy, and May is shaping up to be equally full of interesting games to dabble with. As always, there are way too many to list and give them proper justice. That is why I want...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/indies-to-catch-in-may-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f4e7d5b7104c93b99d45b3</guid><category><![CDATA[NEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:30:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_95ae7d0c8e964fc09b86128e29384ebd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TITANIUM COURT]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am an abstinent. I am sharing this factoid about me simply because it feels like the proper way to even start a feeble attempt to describe what TITANIUM COURT is about would require a tiring day and a visit to a bar to nourish a cold glass of some hard liquor when venting your ordinary frustrations to a kind, but not entirely interested bartender. I am not saying this for dramatic effect – the matter of fact is, that this… is a weird game. And it is a very refreshing kind of weird! See, we...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/titanium-court</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edfe5d7c7678baade807d6</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_d9f8518feb104d38b0368c21d7b86007~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MOUSE: P.I. FOR HIRE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I must come clean in the preamble to this review. I am not a noir nut. I do not bask in the depictions of grimy alleys of corrupt cities, in the stories of down-on-their luck retired police officers turned private eyes to wrench free from a rotting system. Not that I dislike it or hold any animosity for this pulpy treasure trove of tropes. Gosh I do love pulp! Just this particular genre of it never caught my attention. But I do know Boomer Shooters. Oh yes sir or madame, I sure do know these,...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/mouse-p-i-for-hire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edaf0f04fc81dfe25e1939</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_7eb5f1d8808c4d84aa76a4b80f91780a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #2 - April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[April is nearing its end, and May is looming over the horizon. Summer vibes are here! But of course as time flies, so are new games being released, and with them the glorious deluge of demos to enjoy and try out some pearls before they hit us with their full splendour! And as is Sunday tradition, I am happy to report that I tried quite a few titles and am happy to share three that caught my attention. Let’s roll! SOVEREIGN TOWER Absolutely ingenious formula here. It’s such a mash-up, such a...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-2-april-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edde3f7c7678baade7af3c</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_0e762b82a32f4aec972d45e3587d5f5b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SKULL HORDE]]></title><description><![CDATA[After getting SKULL HORDE  on a whim, I had pretty much no expectations. It was cheap, it looked fun but also struck me as a derivate title with little new to offer. A possible distraction for a few hours. And I am happy to report that it is a much better title than I initially anticipated, while still being a game that doesn’t really aim to be a big shaker of the genre. Just a competently made roguelite with banger tunes, simple premise and high-energy gameplay! And frankly, that’s okay. ...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/skull-horde</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e481e96ea4cfa39e1292cb</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_aff2b2b98e9a4994a198a5ca5d017178~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASTREA: THE SIX-SIDED ORACLES]]></title><description><![CDATA[I might need therapy.  A special one, made for addicts of a particular genre. It is not for the first time that my friends call me out of my addiction to roguelikes. I tell them I have them under control, that I can stop whenever I want… But then some fancy game with cards or better yet – dice – shows its head, waving a finger at me with a beguiling smirk and I am too much of a sucker to resist such a siren’s call. Well, gosh, we all need a vice, right? I do feel guilty about it sometimes,...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/astrea-the-six-sided-oracles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e3a6bf1810622e926d037d</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_e2bc81bf6ed94b77bc8b3f7b0190d432~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CURSED WORDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like when the game subverts my expectations. Call me a simple sucker, but I all for plot twists and seemingly random revelations that jump out of the blue! I love twist villains in movies, too. But, of course, it all needs to be done in a decent way. A well-crafted reveal, a juicy build up, a proper ‘Gotcha!’ moment that makes it feel earned. Now though, how do you elicit such a feeling in a word scramble game?  CURSED WORDS  answer that question well and is a delightful example of how to...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/cursed-words</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e38b780c8d230c9e8fccf5</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:00:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_3376641d2e934831ad363f93534cae38~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE #1 - April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[April is finally warming up!  Sun, heat, longer days, they are all conspiring together to put me in a better mood and with it, get my energy levels up to get back to doing what’s important. That is, playing lots of games to write about them on my little internet corner! Had quite a few great demos to enjoy last week and I am happy to share my excitement about them here, so as usual, let’s not dilly dally and get to it! ZOOMINOES I had no idea what to expect since I downloaded a demo of this...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/demo-dive-1-april-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e3162743fd38a1bb712a8e</guid><category><![CDATA[DEMO DIVE]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_d725912a8a4e4ec0a54dea6a40340e2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESOTERIC EBB]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years ago, a miracle occurred. A game landed in my lap, and it shifted my perspective on things. It was, it is, art. In the purest sense of the word - a piece, crafted by humans, to shake your mind. To elicit feelings. To sink claws into your chest and squeeze your heart. Yes, of course I am talking about DISCO ELYSIUM . I understand why some might dislike it. I can see why to some it might barely be a game, even. It is a bit of a grand task to go through. Meandering, talkative, moralizing,...]]></description><link>https://www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/esoteric-ebb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69db947575afb0779a748f16</guid><category><![CDATA[REVIEW]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b34570_1c18e49df641484eba82599a4f4fd166~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hubert Spala</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>