- #1 Chronoquartz
97% matchVery Positive99% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
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 41.2% ★, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 10.2%, 2D 5.8%, Retro 5.6%
- #2 TEST TEST TEST
96% matchVery Positive92% of 999 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.4% ★, Detective 13.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 7.5%
- #3 Chronigma
95% matchNo user reviews100% of 501 reviews2025
Dev: C3BGames
Windows · Mac
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 Travel 63.3% ★, Time Manipulation 16.8% ★, Puzzle 8.2%, Casual 3.6%, Multiple Endings 3.3%
- #4 A Perfect Day
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,812 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Travel 42.2% ★, Time Management 18.7%, Investigation 8.8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Adventure 5.4%
- #5 Rue Valley
93% matchMixed65% of 1,624 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.3% ★, Mystery 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 5.3%
- #6 Tick Tock Isle
94% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2015
Dev: Squiddershins
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 64% ★, Adventure 9.6%, Funny 8.7%, Casual 7.4%, Indie 6.6%
- #7 The Forgotten City
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,205 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 52.1% ★, Mystery 15%, Investigation 9.2%, Adventure 5.9%, RPG 5.9%
- #8 Your Future Self
92% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Mystery 21.9%, Adventure 21.6%, Casual 18.8%, Indie 14.9%, Retro 8.2%
- #9 Orten Was The Case
91% matchVery Positive96% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Time Management 26.4%, Mystery 21.4%, Time Manipulation 18.9% ★, Detective 11.9%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #10 Causal Loop
89% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Mystery 38.2%, Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #11 Twelve Minutes
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,922 reviews2021
Dev: Luis AntonioPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Why similar: Time Travel 48.3% ★, Mystery 17.3%, Time Manipulation 11.3% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #12 What Lies in the Multiverse
89% matchVery Positive92% of 708 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.4% ★, Time Manipulation 16% ★, Puzzle 7.5%, Funny 7.4%, Adventure 5.7%
- #13 Complex Loop
88% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Time Travel 62.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 7%, 2D 6.5%, RPG 6.4%
- #14 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Time Management 18.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 11%, Detective 10.5%
- #15 Eternal Threads
86% matchVery Positive86% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.7% ★, Time Manipulation 12.2% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Detective 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #16 Kill The Clock
85% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.4% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Detective 10.6%, Investigation 7%
- #17 Mars Underground
86% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows · Linux
Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked. Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.
Why similar: Adventure 26.4%, Time Manipulation 24.4% ★, Indie 17.6%, 2D 11.2%, Retro 10.9%
- #18 Loophole
84% matchVery Positive99% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Levi Pinkert
Windows · Mac
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 Travel 67.1% ★, Time Manipulation 16.2% ★, Puzzle 10.9%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #19 The Posthumous Investigation
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 521 reviews2026
Dev: Mother Gaia StudioPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.1% ★, Time Manipulation 14.2% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Detective 10.4%, Investigation 7.8%
- #20 Three Minutes To Eight
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 192 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Time Travel 44.4% ★, Mystery 17.1%, Detective 8.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #21 Timeworks
83% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
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: Time Travel 71% ★, Time Manipulation 14.4% ★, Puzzle 10.4%, Casual 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #22 A Guidebook of Babel
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,731 reviews2023
Dev: StarryStarryPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Time Manipulation 14.8% ★, Investigation 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Funny 8.7%
- #23 52Hertz
81% matchVery Positive88% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Detective 18.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Investigation 11.4%, RPG 10.1%
- #24 The Great Perhaps
82% matchVery Positive81% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 50.2% ★, Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Casual 7.5%, Indie 6.9%
- #25 Minit
80% matchVery Positive89% of 2,830 reviews2018
Dev: JWPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Why similar: Adventure 17.9%, Puzzle 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Indie 11.9%, Funny 10.4%
- #26 Hexed Time
78% matchVery Positive98% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.7% ★, Time Manipulation 21.8% ★, Puzzle 13.6%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 6%
- #27 Impostor Factory
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,622 reviews2021
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
Why similar: Mystery 26.6%, Funny 16%, RPG 14.4%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 10.8%
- #28 Deponia Doomsday
79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,047 reviews2016
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.
Why similar: Time Travel 53.4% ★, Adventure 16%, Funny 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 4.5%
- #29 Stuck In Time
77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,037 reviews2021
Dev: Housemade Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
Why similar: Time Management 25.3%, RPG 17.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #30 DragonLoop: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive93% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Time Travel 64.7% ★, Time Manipulation 22% ★, RPG 4.5%, Adventure 3.4%, 2D 2.6%
- #31 RePete
79% matchPositive84% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Luke Godfrey
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 50.7%, Casual 49.3%
- #32 Kairos'Light
76% matchVery Positive95% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Manon CarrierPub: Assoc. Let's Develop Change
Windows
Change the future of Edmond, a desperate guy who failed his life. In this simulation, improve the town of Thésye, earn money, buy a castle, and collect cattails.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.3% ★, Time Management 23.9%, Funny 9.5%, Mystery 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #33 Clocker
75% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Time Travel 32.1% ★, Time Manipulation 20.4% ★, Puzzle 10%, RPG 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #34 Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
74% matchVery Positive91% of 987 reviews2016
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 56.3% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Funny 8.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Retro 6.4%
- #35 TEMPUS
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 20.2%, Exploration 13%, Mystery 11.5%, Adventure 10.7%
- #36 Pocket Watch
74% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A time-traveling adventure game on a tropical island. 🌴⛱️ Talk to animals, solve puzzles, and save the island from destruction . . .
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Indie 29.4%, Puzzle 25.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #37 The Entropy Centre
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,295 reviews2022
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.8% ★, Funny 23.1%, Puzzle 22.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #38 The Holy Gosh Darn
70% matchVery Positive96% of 329 reviews2024
Dev: Perfectly ParanormalPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Play as Cassiel, a foul-mouthed angel trapped in a time loop with a mission to save Heaven. Use the magical clock bestowed upon you from Death (yes, that Death, from Manual Samuel, stop asking) to jump between timelines across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim to stop Heaven from going boom. Again.
Why similar: Time Travel 58% ★, Adventure 15.9%, Funny 11.6%, 2D 10%, Indie 4%
- #39 Mutropolis
73% matchVery Positive88% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Pirita StudioPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Why similar: Mystery 26.1%, Detective 20.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Funny 11.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #40 Time Machine - Find Objects. Hidden Pictures Game
73% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An exciting adventure through space and time awaits for you in the newest hidden object game! Immerse yourself into a real investigation, full of intrigue and mysterious temporal anomalies!
Why similar: Time Travel 42.6% ★, Detective 11.7%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #41 Neoproxima
71% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Mystery 41%, Investigation 21.5%, RPG 15.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%
- #42 Chronology
73% matchVery Positive87% of 992 reviews2014
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.5% ★, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 16%, Time Manipulation 15.5% ★, Indie 9.9%
- #43 Truberbrook / Trüberbrook
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,317 reviews2019
Dev: btfPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.
Why similar: Adventure 25.3%, Time Travel 24% ★, Puzzle 10.8%, Indie 8.9%, Funny 8.2%
- #44 Doors: Paradox
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,989 reviews2022
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.9% ★, Mystery 18%, Puzzle 11.4%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Adventure 6.4%
- #45 A Better World
70% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.
Why similar: Time Travel 50.7% ★, Time Manipulation 16.3% ★, Funny 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #46 Heaven's Hope - Special Edition
72% matchVery Positive85% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Mosaic Mask Studio
Windows · Mac
Heaven’s Hope is a cleverly funny point ‘n click adventure! Angel Talorel has fallen from Heaven and crash landed in the small town of Heaven’s Hope. Embarking on a fun adventure with some new and unlikely companions Talorel tries to get back home – will you help him?
Why similar: Time Travel 39.9% ★, Puzzle 14.6%, Funny 12.1%, Adventure 10.1%, 2D 7.3%
- #47 Break the Loop
68% matchVery Positive85% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Time Travel 55% ★, RPG 18.1%, 2D 12.1%, Indie 9.1%, Adventure 4%
- #48 Welcome to Bummertown
71% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Think Inside The Box
Windows
Welcome to Bummertown a place where You'll have to collect items, talk to colorful characters and solve puzzles in order to find a lost character named Bedford.
Why similar: Mystery 18.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Funny 12.8%, Indie 12.3%, Casual 9.5%
- #49 Crime O'Clock
69% matchMixed69% of 505 reviews2023
Dev: Bad SeedPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Funny 13.2%, Puzzle 12%
- #50 DragonLoop
65% matchVery Positive93% of 551 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因
Windows
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Why similar: Time Travel 62% ★, Time Manipulation 16.2% ★, RPG 7.3%, Adventure 4.6%, 2D 4.5%
- #51 In Stars And Time
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,335 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Time Travel 67.5% ★, RPG 14.9%, 2D 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, Indie 3.2%
- #52 Elsinore
68% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2019
Dev: Golden Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.3% ★, Time Management 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 8.6%, Investigation 6.3%
- #53 Future Unfolding
70% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Spaces of Play UG
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Future Unfolding is an action adventure that is all about exploration. Your goal is to unfold the mysteries and solve the puzzles hidden in the beautiful landscapes around you.
Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Puzzle 21.2%, Indie 20.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Mystery 13.9%
- #54 Backfirewall_
66% matchVery Positive91% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: Naraven GamesPub: All in! Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!
Why similar: Adventure 28.1%, Funny 20.4%, Puzzle 19.5%, Casual 14%, Exploration 10.3%
- #55 Cats in Time
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,390 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!
Why similar: Time Travel 64.2% ★, Puzzle 16.6%, Casual 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 3.9%
- #56 Super Puzzled Cat
64% matchVery Positive98% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
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: Time Manipulation 34.8% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, 2D 14.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Funny 8.2%
- #57 Mushroom Age
66% matchVery Positive100% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: NevosoftPub: Best Place Apps
Windows
Save the past and future! Why is it called the "Mushroom Age"? You don't expect us to tell you everything now, do you?
Why similar: Time Travel 53.9% ★, Investigation 10.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Detective 8.7%, Adventure 6.6%
- #58 Shanghai Summer
65% matchVery Positive90% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 48% ★, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 9.2%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, RPG 6.2%