Tiny Pet Salon

Tiny Pet Salon is a small pet grooming game you play in first person. Pets turn up at your window covered in mud. Carry each one to the bathtub, then to the grooming table, and do every job yourself, up close. When you're done, hand it back through the window and it rates your work out of five paws.

Grooming, by hand

Rub the sponge over every patch of mud until it's gone, then rinse the soap off with the sprayer. Dry the fur with a towel or the hair dryer and watch it puff up, brush it until it shines, and clip the nails on each paw. Turn the pet around to get at its back.

Bows, bandanas and party hats

Every pet comes with an order ticket that says what it wants: which jobs, which shampoo scent, which colour. Finish with a bow, a bandana or a party hat, and put it wherever you click.

Pets with personality

Ticklish pets wiggle around while you work. Pets that hate water might jump out of the tub and run. Some show up extra muddy, and the fluffy ones need twice the brushing but tip more. A dog biscuit from the treat jar calms anyone down.

Make the salon yours

Spend your tips on better gear, like a faster sprayer, a hair dryer and a rubber duck that keeps nervous pets in the bath, and on furniture for the waiting area. Happy customers come back as regulars, often asking for the same look as last time, and their photos go up on your wall.

Ten days to the Pet Show

Each day brings something new, like brushes, bows, scented shampoos, nail trims and a hat parade, along with a goal that pays a bonus. On the tenth day it's the Pet Show, and the day's ratings win you a medal. After that, the salon stays open as long as you like.

Three ways to play

• Relax: no timer. Pets come in one at a time and wait as long as you need.

• Frenetic: a line forms outside and pets get impatient, but every groom pays 30% more.

• Desktop: the salon shrinks into a small window in the corner of your screen. Every few minutes a pet rings the bell, and you click to open up.

Features

• 11 kinds of pets, from puppies and bunnies to a polar bear and a tiger

• Wash, rinse, dry, brush, clip nails and dress up, all done by hand

• Bows, bandanas and party hats in three colours, and three shampoo scents

• Pets with personalities, regular customers and a photo wall

• Upgrades and furniture to buy with your tips

• A 10-day season with daily goals, ending in the Pet Show, then free play

• Full controller support, with a layout that fits the Steam Deck

• 19 achievements