An independent games studio
We make gentle games that children love to come back to, and that grown-ups can trust. No ads, nothing random for sale, and the grown-ups hold the settings.
Our games
Hatch it. Raise it. Cheer it on!
Hatch an egg and raise a cute pet as it grows up over a few days. Feed it, play mini-games, dress it up and choose its room. Then add friends with a private code and join friendly, turn-based pet battles, where clever play matters more than time spent.
"Maatjie" is Afrikaans for "little buddy".
More games will grow here. Every one of them will follow the same rules as Maatjie Arena.
How we make games
Children play without adverts interrupting them, and there's never a "watch an ad for a reward".
No loot boxes and no paid surprises. Anything with a price shows exactly what you get before you buy it.
Things to buy are only for looks. Winning comes from caring for your pet and playing cleverly, never from spending.
No countdown timers and no limited-time deals, ever. Nothing with a price disappears to rush you.
No chat. Friends join with a private code, nicknames are filtered and can be reported, and battles with strangers stay anonymous.
Grown-up settings sit behind a grown-up check. Online status stays off unless a grown-up turns it on.
About the studio
Tiny Twigs Studio is a small, independent games studio in South Africa. We make games for children that are gentle, fair and full of little surprises to discover, and we put grown-ups in charge of the parts that matter, like friends and online status.
Our games are drawn in one soft, rounded style, with no scary monsters and no sharp edges. Every result is worked out on our own server, so nobody can cheat their way to the top.
Questions, ideas, press or business: we'd love to hear from you. For help with a game, or to ask about a player's data, write to us too, and tell us which game it's about.