Games Like The Time Machine

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

Why similar: Experimental 23.1% ★, Philosophical 19.6%, VR 16.4%, Psychological 11.2%, Surreal 8.5%

Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences to bring you the ultimate time travel adventure. Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before you?

Why similar: Time Travel 47.1% ★, VR 25.1%, Historical 10%, Time Manipulation 8.2% ★, Adventure 4.8%

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 25.6% ★, Philosophical 19.2%, Psychological 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Surreal 11.8%

Ancient Rituals: Stonehenge is a ludic VR experience, where you will experience our interpretation of an ancient pagan ritual. A ritual that is beyond linear time and three dimensional space.You are in an exploration to find yourself

Why similar: Time Travel 25.6% ★, Experimental 20.4% ★, Philosophical 17.8%, VR 16.1%, Psychological 13%

Your future is vaster than the cosmos.

Why similar: Experimental 49.5% ★, Philosophical 34.3%, Surreal 16.1%

The greate waves destroyed everything in the city, but the mysterious mechanism stopped the time in the game district. For all outside residents, the events within the segment stopped, but for the inhabitants of the district the time continues to go.

Why similar: Time Travel 31.5% ★, Experimental 25.1% ★, Time Manipulation 11.8% ★, Psychological 11.1%, Horror 6.8%

In this visual novel you're a voice in schizophrenic heads of dynasty Müller. You pass from generation to generation and you countrol your schizophrenic, talking sometimes with him. The important thing is, you shouldn't let your schizophrenic die without offspring, otherwise you'll die with him.

Why similar: Time Travel 34.9% ★, Philosophical 19.8%, Historical 15.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

Why similar: Experimental 30.7% ★, Philosophical 19.1%, Psychological 15%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Surreal 8.1%

Compete to be the ultimate game show champion in VR Trivia Battle, a social VR trivia experience filled with big choices and crazy shenanigans!

Why similar: Trivia 79.7% ★, VR 20.3%

Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.

Why similar: Experimental 23.2% ★, Philosophical 20.4%, Psychological 17.5%, Surreal 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.4%

Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond.

Why similar: Experimental 31.6% ★, Philosophical 30.3%, Historical 20.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 7.7%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Experimental 29.1% ★, Philosophical 15.2%, Surreal 13%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Phantasma Director's Cut is the new improved version featuring easier puzzles, a new ending and a strong narrative where you step into the shoes of a deranged mind searching for the truth about a conspiracy involving a TV Show hosted by an annoying Bunny called Flappy.

Why similar: VR 22.2%, Experimental 21.8% ★, Psychological 12%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Surreal 9.2%

Play the classic 4-choice quiz with a new twist, and see if your twitch chat has what it takes to win the millions.

Why similar: Trivia 59.6% ★, Experimental 40.4% ★

❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Experimental 34.4% ★, Philosophical 18.9%, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8%

Collaborate with your past self to change the present and influence the future. Only your vision affects the world.

Why similar: Philosophical 26.4%, Experimental 23.3% ★, Time Manipulation 16% ★, Psychological 13.7%, Surreal 13.5%

This is not what you are looking for. Who knows, he remembers.

Why similar: Time Travel 27% ★, Philosophical 24.1%, Psychological 15.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Time Manipulation 10.1% ★

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Experimental 34.5% ★, Psychological 17.9%, Philosophical 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 8.6%

“Please Wake Up” is a memory horror game. It has simple and accessible, yet engaging, gameplay that gives the player a fear of their own mind. As you look around the room, objects will change when they are not visible. Click on the objects if they have changed.

Why similar: Experimental 33.8% ★, Philosophical 26.8%, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Surreal 8.4%

A devoutly Catholic mother reconnects with her son, Sebastian, through his diary and her imagination. Envisioning a scene from Sebastian’s diary, she imagines him alive and in love.

Why similar: Experimental 26.3% ★, VR 18.6%, Time Travel 16.5% ★, Philosophical 12.7%, Historical 12.2%

Uncover cheating optical illusions, with your brain and eyes deceiving you at every opportunity... Experience these popular eyetwisters interactively like you've never seen before! This minimalist, but surreal game will make you question all senses you have.

Why similar: Experimental 40% ★, Philosophical 15.4%, Historical 13.6%, Surreal 11%, Psychological 9.2%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Experimental 33.2% ★, Philosophical 21.4%, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 7.6%

Change the dim world, fill it with light. Each inky struggle improves your sight. "Sometimes words alone can't paint the whole picture." A VR game about depression.

Why similar: Experimental 36% ★, VR 21.1%, Philosophical 17.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Surreal 7.8%

Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.

Why similar: Experimental 52.4% ★, Philosophical 21.2%, Surreal 14.5%, Abstract 6.9%, Story Rich 3.3%

MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 47.7% ★, Philosophical 23.6%, Surreal 14.7%, Abstract 7.9%, Story Rich 3.4%

Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Why similar: VR 41.4%, Psychological 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 7.4%

Bodyless is a VR journey set during Taiwan’s martial law era. You inhabit the ghost of a political prisoner, moving through fragmented spaces where folklore and surveillance intertwine. As environments distort, the line between memory and reality begins to dissolve.

Why similar: Experimental 36.6% ★, VR 33.6%, Historical 13%, Exploration 6.5%, Adventure 6.4%

You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.

Why similar: Philosophical 34.2%, Psychological 28%, Surreal 18.2%, Exploration 7.2%, Adventure 5.9%

After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?

Why similar: Experimental 41.1% ★, Philosophical 19%, Surreal 17.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Adventure 6.6%

This game is about making this game.

Why similar: Experimental 27.9% ★, Philosophical 21.5%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 11.6%, Funny 6.8%

Are you interested in how life was in a typical ancient colony of Rome? Come and visit one of them! You can enjoy a passive tour that will show you the rise and life in the colony or you can explore it as a time traveler. Complete the task and save the time continuum! Welcome to Castrum Novum!

Why similar: Trivia 42.7% ★, Time Travel 26.6% ★, VR 17.7%, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 3.4%

Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.

Why similar: Experimental 28.3% ★, Philosophical 21%, Psychological 16.2%, Surreal 11.5%, Nonlinear 7.4%

A short and deeply emotional game experience where life itself is presented through a unique perspective.

Why similar: Experimental 32.5% ★, Philosophical 24.6%, Psychological 16.6%, Surreal 11.8%, Abstract 6.8%

"Timeline Tangle: Which Year Again" is a card game that combines historical knowledge and strategic gameplay. Players will play the role of a time and space weaver who travels through the long river of history.

Why similar: Trivia 55.9% ★, Time Travel 20.6% ★, Historical 16.9%, Funny 6.7%

Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.

Why similar: Experimental 44.1% ★, Philosophical 33.4%, Surreal 15.3%, Adventure 4.8%, Story Rich 2.3%

Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.

Why similar: Experimental 43.3% ★, Psychological 20%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Surreal 6.2%

Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.

Why similar: Experimental 28.7% ★, VR 18%, Psychological 16.1%, Surreal 15.2%, Exploration 8.3%

Sorrow Asylum 2 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison, as well as a sequel to Sorrow Asylum.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.2% ★, Philosophical 19.7%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Exploration 8%

Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!

Why similar: Experimental 44.6% ★, Philosophical 33.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 3.9%, Linear 3.3%

A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker-placement puzzle game, where you need to weigh up which nodes are more important at a given moment; To get closer to the core, closer to the finish line!

Why similar: Experimental 48.2% ★, Time Travel 46.6% ★, Abstract 3.5%, Story Rich 1.7%

A punishing VR climbing game. Climb a surreal mountain with nothing but a hammer.

Why similar: Philosophical 28.8%, VR 25.9%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Funny 9%

Your holiday destination this year: Hamari Island. This non-violent VR adventure will give you a much-needed break from the reality. You can choose to explore a tropical island or fill tasks to further the story.

Why similar: Experimental 29.5% ★, Time Travel 28.8% ★, VR 17.4%, Historical 15.1%, Exploration 7%

In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.

Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Experimental 22.6% ★, Psychological 17.4%, Historical 14.2%, Surreal 12.6%

Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.

Why similar: Philosophical 29.4%, Historical 21.4%, Experimental 21.2% ★, Psychological 19.5%, Linear 3.7%

Afterglitch is an experimental third-person exploration sci-fi video game. The player is an astronaut whose multidimensional journey to find an extraterrestrial civilization is more important than the destination!

Why similar: Time Travel 40.8% ★, Philosophical 30.7%, Surreal 12.7%, Time Manipulation 7.1% ★, Exploration 5.7%

The ultimate immersive animation experience that combines VR, animation, and an Edo-style short story. This immersion into a worldview that makes you feel like you entered the Edo period and are seeing and listening to the story yourself is a sensation akin to playing the lead role in the story.

Why similar: Experimental 49.1% ★, VR 28.3%, Historical 19.7%, Story Rich 2.9%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Philosophical 22.9%, Psychological 17.2%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.

Why similar: Experimental 55.7% ★, Philosophical 37.7%, Abstract 6.6%

NINA is a short, narrative-driven psychological horror game about a girl who keeps forgetting. Guide her through memory, fear, and truth—before it's too late.

Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Experimental 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.4%, Linear 8.8%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Experimental 30.6% ★, Philosophical 24.5%, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 7.5%

Three Interwoven tales ruminating on beginning and end and everything in-between.

Why similar: Experimental 63.7% ★, Philosophical 36.3%

Prepare to get your knowledge tested by 15 wacky characters in a 1-on-1 quiz battle format; each with their own theme and unique personality. Brace yourself and do well - or get humiliated by them. Inspired by old comic stripes, ‘What Are You Stupid’ is presented using 100% hand-drawn art.

Why similar: Trivia 93.4% ★, Funny 6.6%

In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity lurking in the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late?

Why similar: Time Travel 27.5% ★, Philosophical 25.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

What does it mean to become an agent of authority? Master the art of beheading, become an agent of authority, and enact a divine drama of justice, death, and redemption.

Why similar: Experimental 40.3% ★, Psychological 23.4%, VR 19.6%, Historical 14.4%, Story Rich 2.3%

An RPG in which you learn Japanese using romaji characters i.e. English letters. It is set in the 1800's and is an epic adventure that will teach you about Japanese history and the language. In a matter of hours you could be speaking Japanese.

Why similar: Trivia 48.3% ★, Experimental 20.4% ★, Historical 17.8%, Exploration 6.2%, Linear 5%

You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.

Why similar: Experimental 39.3% ★, Psychological 19.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.6%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Experimental 34.7% ★, Psychological 18.1%, Dark Humor 15%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 7.1%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again.

Why similar: Experimental 35.3% ★, Psychological 17.9%, Surreal 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 6.5%

“Finsterwald” is a survival horror adventure VR and 3D game, based on Dark Ages period European myths about Ancient Guardian of the Forests – Waldschrat. Observing the behavior of visitors, he watches over the peace and safety of trees, birds, animals, other fosterlings on the entrusted territory.

Why similar: VR 31.1%, Psychological 24.4%, Historical 16%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 12.1%

A collection of tiny experimental games (and "notgames") inspired by travel.

Why similar: Experimental 35.6% ★, Philosophical 25.7%, Historical 18.5%, Abstract 6.4%, Exploration 6.4%