Games Like Chronology

Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.5%, Time Manipulation 22.9% ★, Platformer 15.9%, Time Travel 10.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal puzzle-platformer that defines the time-manipulation genre with its deep, thought-provoking mechanics.

The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Time Manipulation 25.1% ★, Platformer 9.8%, Time Travel 9.2% ★, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer focused on manipulating time to solve environmental mysteries in a hand-drawn world.

Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Time Manipulation 21.3% ★, Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique time-loop mechanic where you collaborate with past versions of yourself to solve puzzles.

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 54.8% ★, Time Travel 28.7% ★, Puzzle 16.5%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, narrative-driven puzzle game where you manipulate the flow of time to navigate surreal islands.

YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.

Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Platformer 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Indie 17.1%, Time Travel 12.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that centers on time-travel mechanics to alter the environment and solve puzzles.

Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Time Manipulation 28.6% ★, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that uses time-travel to influence past events and change the present.

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.1%, Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a whimsical, physics-based puzzle-platforming experience with a strong focus on character abilities and environmental interaction.

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.7%, Platformer 19%, Puzzle 15.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A vibrant puzzle-platformer where you manipulate the world by changing its color, offering a similar sense of environmental discovery.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.9%, Platformer 31.1%, Indie 8%, 2D 3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy puzzle-platformer that uses simple shapes to tell a deeply emotional story, much like the bond in Chronology.

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Time Travel 41.9% ★, Puzzle 30.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 7.6%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-exploration game that leans into time-based logic and 2D navigation.

CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

Why similar: Platformer 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique shadow-shifting mechanic that creates clever 2D puzzles within a 3D environment.

The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.8%, Time Manipulation 18.2% ★, Platformer 14.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A time-themed puzzle-platformer that challenges you to manage the flow of time in a clockwork world.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.5%, Puzzle 22.6%, Platformer 22.6%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and atmospheric puzzle-platformer that emphasizes physics and environmental interaction with a heartfelt tone.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.

Why similar: Platformer 58.8%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 12.6%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to switch between two distinct worlds in real-time, requiring quick thinking and platforming precision.

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 31.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A non-linear puzzle-platformer that uses magnetism and electricity mechanics to navigate its intricate world.

Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52%, Platformer 19.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich puzzle-platformer that explores themes of time and memory through its mechanics.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Puzzle 27%, Platformer 19.9%, Indie 8%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cerebral puzzle-platformer that uses cloning mechanics to solve complex spatial puzzles.

Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Time Manipulation 27.2% ★, Platformer 13.8%, Puzzle 8.4%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D puzzle-platformer that incorporates time-manipulation elements into its level design.

Clockwork is a time-bending puzzle-platformer that tells the story of Atto, a lonely mechanical boy in the great city of Watchtower. Explore the city, discover its mysterious past, control time and fight terrifying boss battles. Clockwork features over 60+ hand-drawn, steampunk-inspired levels.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 76.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that tasks players with manipulating time to overcome mechanical obstacles.

Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.

Why similar: Time Travel 52.5% ★, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, charming adventure game that uses time-travel as its core puzzle-solving mechanic.

Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.9%, Platformer 25.4%, Puzzle 15.8%, 2D 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle-platformer that relies on environmental interaction rather than traditional power-ups.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 59.1%, Platformer 17%, Puzzle 10.7%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that focuses on environmental logic and survival.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.2%, Platformer 20.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a strong narrative focus and environmental storytelling.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 38.7%, Puzzle 22.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Indie 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Uses perspective-shifting mechanics to turn a 2D world into a 3D puzzle-solving experience.

Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Platformer 27.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-platformer where you capture objects in photographs to manipulate the environment.

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 26.3%, Time Travel 24.2% ★, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D platformer that focuses on dimension-based puzzle solving.

Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Time Manipulation 23.8% ★, Time Travel 19.8% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle game that uses logic and perspective to challenge your perception of space and time.

Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?

Why similar: Time Travel 38.9% ★, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 18.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, 2D 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven adventure that captures the emotional and whimsical spirit of indie puzzle games.

Zeno has accidentally banished his sister, so what now? Create paradoxes to help him complete trials and bring her back, obviously. Take on a wide variety of puzzles while collaborating with your past self and experiencing a fully-voiced cinematic story as you help Zeno bring her back.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.3%, Time Manipulation 37.4% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that uses time-manipulation to help a cute protagonist navigate obstacles.

In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.6%, Platformer 29.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires careful timing and gadget usage to navigate hazardous environments.

Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35%, Time Travel 22.2% ★, Time Manipulation 19.3% ★, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 9.6%

A time-traveling adventure game on a tropical island. 🌴⛱️ Talk to animals, solve puzzles, and save the island from destruction . . .

Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Indie 30.4%, Puzzle 22.5%

"Tick Hop" is a time-based puzzle platformer where players control the Guardian of Time. Navigate through levels made of time fragments, solving challenges and unlocking the past to restore the future. Manage a dynamic countdown and use time-altering items to overcome obstacles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.6%, Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 9%, Adventure 3.6%

Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.6%, Puzzle 18.2%, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 9.5%

RePete is a pixel art puzzle platformer about time travel and self-cooperation. You play as Pete, a special guy that can loop back in time to help his past self solve problems, collect gems, and reach new heights.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Take Jethro the Lion on a magical journey, traversing space and time to prevent the imminent collapse of the universe. Oh and your friend Ronald the Bear is missing, maybe you can find him whilst you’re out exploring?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, Platformer 27.4%, Time Travel 17.3% ★, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 7.1%

Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.

Why similar: Adventure 47.6%, Time Manipulation 37% ★, Indie 9.5%, 2D 5.8%

Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.5% ★, Time Travel 38.3% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 3.6%

2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 63.7%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 13.3%, 2D 3.2%

This is a platform puzzle game related to our "WATCH" vision.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.5%, Platformer 21.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 6.4%

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Platformer 27.1%, Puzzle 15.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 11%

Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.

Why similar: Platformer 44.5%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 21.2%

Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.7%, Time Manipulation 18.4% ★, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Indie 7.3%

Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 52.2%, Platformer 21.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 3.5%

Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Indie 61.2%, Adventure 38.8%

Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, Indie 8.6%

A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.6% ★, Time Travel 36.3% ★, Puzzle 17.5%, Indie 8.6%

A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.7%, Time Manipulation 30.2% ★, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 4.7%

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

Why similar: Time Travel 44.2% ★, Puzzle 20.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 12.2%, 2D 3%

Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.3%, Time Manipulation 26.4% ★, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%

"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 53.2%, Time Manipulation 29.8% ★, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 3.8%

MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.1%, Time Manipulation 32.5% ★, Puzzle 12.4%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 2.2%

Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 38.4% ★, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 15.9%, Time Manipulation 15.6% ★, Indie 10.1%

Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.

Why similar: Adventure 56.9%, Indie 43.1%

NODE is a 2.5D puzzle platformer with Timeline-based navigation set in a Cold War era nuclear complex. Plan a route for your robot, strategize, sequence commands and execute them to navigate between checkpoints. Try again. And again. Influence the story with your choices and solve the mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.6%, Time Manipulation 19.8% ★, Platformer 16%, Adventure 8.6%, Puzzle 8.5%

In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.9%, Time Manipulation 17% ★, Puzzle 14%, Time Travel 10.6% ★, Adventure 9.1%

Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Puzzle 30.7%, Indie 24.8%, 2D 4.6%