2tinycowboys

2tinycowboys

André Esbjörnson · September 13, 2022 · 4 Player Local, Local Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Exploration, 2D Platformer

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About 2tinycowboys

Jump, run, shoot and dodge your way through huge multi-directional levels, while avoiding a wide variety of enemies. Take advantage of the vultures and fly to the top, all the while searching for the gold-bars, required to win. Utilize power-ups and the strengths of your chosen character to search every nook and cranny Enter almost any building and make sure to visit the barbershop and try out any of the eight different hairstyles available for each character, in this retro-flavored platformer for 1-4 players.

The Protagonists:
Clint: Does not get bitten by snakes.
Esmaralda: Does not get bitten by spiders.
Felipe: Has a short-sword, rather than a knife (Longer stab-range).
/not able to change appearance at Barbershop
Ma’ Belle: Able to take two arrows, before dying.
Mercedes: Gets 2 jump-boots, rather than one, on pickup.
Rose: Jumps higher than everyone else.
Santiago: Fires faster than the others.
Zeke: Has penetrating bullets that will go straight through his foes.
Zorra: Double jump and faster than the rest.
/not able to change appearance at Barbershop
Ndyan (playable character): More info coming soon.

The Enemies:
Ndyan – Bow: If quick enough, you can shoot his arrows.
Ndyan – Spear: This guy takes 2 bullets before going down. Long reach in melee, but no ranged weapons.
Ndyan – Tomahawk: Keep track of his bounce and beware, it will take you 4 bullets to kill him.
Sherif & Sherif Twin:Fast draw, quick-shooter. Careful with shooting their bullets. The sherif and his Twin will take 3 shots each to kill. Killing one will resurrect the other.
Robot: Made of indestructible material and fires lasers. Bullets will ricochet right off of these guys; Your best bet is to jump over him.
Zombies: These undead cowboys can take 5 bullets before going down, becoming slower by each hit. Stabbing will instantly kill them, however.
Snakes: Sometimes easy to spot, sometimes hidden in the undergrowth. Their venomous bite will poison the player, giving them one minute to find a anti-venom.
Spiders & Bats:These will stun the player for a few seconds. If however the player has been bitten by a snake previous, then they will be instantly killed.
Ooze: This will make you unable to stop jumping for 30 seconds.
Tentacle: These will slow you down, while decreasing your jump for 30 seconds.
Boulders: On certain levels there are boulders coming down from the mountains above. You shoot these to slow them down and eventually destroy them, or try to jump them, else instant death.
Vultures: These will carry off with you, enemies as well as goldbars.

The Cavalry:
Ollie: A bit slow, but fires scattering bullets.
Otis: Slow reload, but far reaching bullets.
Curtis: Fires his pistol at a rapid rate.
Sarge: Boosts morale of the others. (Hard)
Pete the Trumpeter: As long as Pete is alive, whenever there are less than 50% of Cavalry remaining, they will respawn. (Hard)

The Guns:
Pistol: Medium range, medium speed, fist-sized bullets.
Ammo capacity = 6
Shotgun: Short range, slow speed, fires in five different angles in front of the shooter, thus making it ideal for taking down enemies on ledges in front of you. Fires pellets, rather than bullets. Able to destroy rolling boulders.
Ammo capacity = 5
Rifle: Long range, fast speed, fires a half fist-sized bullet, penetrating any and all enemies (except for Zombies, which are spongy by nature), killing them instantly. Also able to shoot destroy rolling boulders.
Ammo capacity = 3

The Loot:
Goldbars: These are what you want. Grab enough to win.
Hats: Extra lives.
Boots: Double-jump.
Anti-venom: Negates snake-bite.
Ammo: More ammunition for your gun.

The different difficulty levels alter the game in the following ways:

Easy: No boulders, robots, sherifs, tentacles or zombies. Vultures don’t pick up Tomahawk Ndyan, Goldbars or Snakes & Spiders. 7 Goldbars required to win.

Medium: No robots, no tentacles or boulders. Vultures don’t pick up Tomahawk Ndyan or Snakes. 10 Goldbars required to win.

Hard: Your default game-mode, 2tinycowboys as it was intended. Challenging, but fun; Especially in multiplayer. But do feel free to pick any level of challenge to get acquainted with the game, before advancing to this. 2tinycowboys is about having fun, for everyone. 12 Goldbars required to win.

Gamepad Controls are:

D-Pad Right = move right
D-Pad Left = move left
D-Pad Up = climb up (ladders/vines) and enter cave/Interact with NPCs
D-Pad Down = climb down (ladders/vines)
A = jump
B = stab
X = shoot
Y = special

Keyboard Controls are:

Player 1:
Left Arrowkey = move left
Right Arrowkey = move right
Up Arrowkey = climb up (ladders/vines) and enter cave
Down Arrowkey = climb down (ladders/vines)
SPACE = jump
M = stab
CTRL = shoot
N = special

Player 2:
D = move right
A = move left
W = climb up (ladders/vines) and enter cave
S = climb down (ladders/vines)
V = jump
Z = stab
C = shoot
X = special

Player 3:
L = move right
J = move left
I = climb up (ladders/vines) and enter cave
K = climb down (ladders/vines)
O = jump
ENTER = stab
P = shoot
Backspace = special

Player 4:
Numpad 6 = move right
Numpad 4 = move left
Numpad 8 = climb up (ladders/vines) and enter cave
Numpad 2 = climb down (ladders/vines)
Numpad + = jump
Numpad 5 = stab
Numpad - = shoot
Numpad * = special

2tinycowboys — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jan 28, 2025
---{ Graphics }--- 🔲 You forget what reality is 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Good 🔲 Decent 🔲 Bad 🔲 Don‘t look too long at it ---{ Gameplay }--- 🔲 Very good 🔲 Good ✅ It's just gameplay 🔲 Mehh 🔲 Watch paint dry instead 🔲 Just don't ---{ Audio }--- 🔲 Eargasm 🔲 Very good 🔲 Good 🔲 Not too bad 🔲 Bad ✅ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ✅ Kids 🔲 Teens 🔲 Adults 🔲 Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ✅ Check if you can run paint 🔲 Potato 🔲 Decent 🔲 Fast 🔲 Rich boi 🔲 Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- 🔲 Just press 'W' ✅ Easy 🔲 Easy to learn / Hard to master 🔲 Significant brain usage 🔲 Difficult 🔲 Verry Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ✅ Nothing to grind 🔲 Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks 🔲 Isn't necessary to progress 🔲 Average grind level 🔲 Too much grind 🔲 You'll need a second live for grinding ---{ Story }--- ✅ No Story 🔲 Some lore 🔲 Average 🔲 Good 🔲 Lovely 🔲 It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ✅ Long enough for a cup of coffee 🔲 Short 🔲 Average 🔲 Long 🔲 To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ✅ It's free! 🔲 Worth the price 🔲 If it's on sale 🔲 If u have some spare money left 🔲 Not recommended 🔲 You could also just burn your…
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Not recommended Sep 15, 2026
2tinycowboys has a fun-looking retro western concept, but the multiplayer side is basically dead. The game is built around up to four-player PvP and local multiplayer, yet it has an all-time Steam peak of only 3 players, so there isn't exactly much of a community to play with. The single-player option helps, but a game designed around multiplayer loses a lot of its appeal when nobody is playing it. There are also no Steam achievements or Trading Cards, despite plenty of obvious milestones involving characters, gold bars, enemies and difficulty levels. A neat idea, but it feels like a game that arrived on Steam and was immediately forgotten.
Recommended May 14, 2026
In the storm of indie games trying to be "retro" this is the first one I've that actually feels like an old NES game (or maybe a Gameboy game). It is 5 levels of really painful ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. But, like those old NES games, the only reason you keep failing over and over again is because you suck and need to get better. These days where games are frustrating because they don't work or are just obviously unfinished, its really nice to see a game that works as intended. I really hope the developer finishes that ndyan character.
Not recommended Mar 3, 2026
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This is an unusual one... yes, at face value it's a pixelcrap platformer shooter PvP arena with no players, like many hundreds of others just like this. The difference is that this was made and designed for Amiga 500 emulators, so there's a dead corpse exhumed for all of us to look at and say "Ah, that's why it's dead." "2tinycowboys" is a failed PvP game. Why is it dead? It's time for a video game autopsy! [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Developers often assume just because they published their game, it's going to "go viral". I'm guessing this is a case of the developers making this game in complete isolation without even bothering to look at what other PvP games on Steam already offer. The market for PvP games is crowded and the player base is limited. This game never reached "critical mass", didn't "go viral", and didn't offer anything to differentiate itself enough. Even with no upfront cost, it failed to appeal to gamers for several reasons. There …
Not recommended Jul 22, 2025
The graphics look like they were generated on the fly in 2010, but not on purpose. Everything is pixelated, but not "retro", just crooked.
Not recommended Jul 10, 2025
Seems very unfinished and the level design is not great. It was unclear where you were supposed to go or what to do.

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