The Tiny Teams Festival is a week-long Steam event built entirely around games made by solo developers and micro studios. Curated and run by Yogscast Games, it pairs store discounts and free demos with live streams and developer interviews across Steam, Twitch, and YouTube. This year it runs from August 6 to 13.
Quick answer: The festival is live on Steam through August 13. Open the sale hub, check your wishlist for active discounts, and download the free demos. Headliners include Balatro, PEAK, Baby Steps, RimWorld, Outbound, and BALL x PIT.
How the Tiny Teams Festival works
Only games from solo developers or micro studios are eligible, which keeps the lineup focused on small teams that still made a large impact. Some featured titles were built by a single person.
There is no cost for developers to take part and no per-minute fee to be featured. Yogscast Games handles the curation, organization, and promotion, and featured games are streamed across the Yogscast network to reach a wider audience.
For players, the festival combines three things in one place: temporary price cuts on the store, free demos to try, and live gameplay streams and trailers covering the lineup.
Featured games in the Tiny Teams Festival Sale
The event mixes established best-sellers made by small teams with newer and up-and-coming releases. The headliners anchor the sale, while a wider set of indie titles rounds out the lineup.
| Game | Status |
|---|---|
| Balatro | Headliner |
| PEAK | Headliner |
| Baby Steps | Headliner |
| RimWorld | Headliner |
| Outbound | Headliner |
| BALL x PIT | Headliner |
| CloverPit | Also featured |
| Escape the Backrooms | Also featured |
| PlateUp! | Also featured |
| Retro Rewind — Video Store Simulator | Also featured |
| Wobby Life | Also featured |
Free demos and streams
Beyond the discounts, the festival highlights games you can sample at no cost through free demos. It is a practical way to test smaller releases before buying and to add promising titles to your wishlist for later.
Alongside the demos, featured games appear in gameplay streams and trailers across the Yogscast channels, so you can watch a title in action before deciding.
How to grab the discounts
Open the sale hub on Steam and browse the lineup to see what stands out. Any active discount shows on each game’s store page, and the price updates automatically at checkout while the festival is running.
Tip: Check your existing Steam wishlist during the event. If a title you already saved is part of the festival, its discount appears next to the listing, so you can confirm the price before purchasing.
The discounts and demos are only up while the event is live, so anything you want to buy at the festival price needs to be picked up before it closes on August 13.
