Games Like Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine

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: Idler 49.2%, Time Management 13.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 8%, Retro 7.4%

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Mystery 25.2%, Choices Matter 21%, Exploration 16.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Puzzle 12.7%

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.1%, Story Rich 20.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 8.9%

A grisly mystery in a small town unfolds across centuries through the stories of its residents. Orchestrate their work, grow resources, upgrade skills, and create automated production loops between past and future eras. All to uncover a sprawling secret embedded in the flow of time.

Why similar: Idler 29%, Management 15.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 9.4%

Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?

Why similar: Simulation 33%, Story Rich 20.5%, Adventure 18.8%, Management 12%, Indie 8.5%

You are going to steal a time machine. In this escape room, you have to travel through time, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles to get priceless treasures. Will you be able to make it back alive?

Why similar: Puzzle 42.7%, Exploration 21.8%, Adventure 21%, Casual 14.5%

The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…

Why similar: Simulation 21.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 11.9%

A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there's time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots...

Why similar: Mystery 38.9%, Retro 27.4%, Adventure 22.8%, Casual 10.9%

You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you discover the truth?

Why similar: Puzzle 31%, Mystery 28.9%, Exploration 16.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Casual 10.1%

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: Exploration 35.4%, Casual 27.1%, Indie 22.8%, Adventure 14.7%

Time Thief is an action adventure game where leaving your village makes the clock tick. Manage your time to stay alive, stealing seconds from creatures around its overworld with your sword.

Why similar: Retro 24.1%, Time Management 22.9%, Exploration 20.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 13.9%

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: Puzzle 42.7%, Adventure 22.6%, Casual 18.4%, Mystery 7.7%, Retro 6.8%

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 51.4%, Story Rich 35%, Casual 13.6%

A pointy-clicky comedy corporate thriller. Solve puzzles, get to know your colleagues, and unravel a sinister global conspiracy. All in a day's work.

Why similar: Mystery 28.6%, Puzzle 28.3%, Story Rich 21.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Simulation 7.1%

Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

Why similar: Automation 83.5%, Exploration 16.5%

EXPERIENCE this Story-Driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that blends Your Real Life with Science Fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Conspiracy, Alternate History, The Supernatural and Fringe Science.

Why similar: Simulation 25.8%, Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Indie 10.8%

A former firefighter turned private investigator gains the power to freeze time in this choice-driven erotic thriller visual novel—where hidden supernatural abilities, corruption, and dangerous temptation collide.

Why similar: Life Sim 41.6%, Puzzle 24.8%, Simulation 21.9%, Casual 11.7%

a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.

Why similar: Automation 68.6%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 13.2%

Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.

Why similar: Mystery 29.1%, Puzzle 27.9%, Management 21.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Simulation 4.8%

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 42.4%, Indie 31.6%, Exploration 26%

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: Puzzle 25.7%, Mystery 19.9%, Exploration 19.1%, Retro 17.8%, Adventure 7.7%

Experience working in retail with hardly any similarities to actually working in retail! Manage your time wisely to keep the shelves stocked, control the complaints of colorful and cranky customers, and be wary of the watchful eye of your manager to avoid being fired... or worse.

Why similar: Time Management 28.2%, Stealth 21.4%, Strategy 17.4%, Management 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%

A VR puzzle-automation game. Create intricate clockwork contraptions out of your own clones and restore life to an ancient tree using automation, a collection of rare plants from across the galaxy and a team of clockwork gardeners.

Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Time Management 17.8%, Management 13.9%, Story Rich 11%, Puzzle 8.9%

A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.

Why similar: Mystery 23.5%, Story Rich 22.8%, Exploration 20%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 14.7%

You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.4%, Adventure 20%, Story Rich 18.5%, Indie 8.3%, Casual 6.8%

Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!

Why similar: Time Management 23.8%, Management 16.9%, Life Sim 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Exploration 9.4%

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 25.9%, Mystery 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Puzzle 12.4%, Story Rich 10.6%

Every day in the office is the same, clicking the same keys, attending the same boring meetings, wearing the same fluffy monster onesies, until something strange and magical happens. Now you need to sneak away, no matter how!

Why similar: Adventure 24%, Puzzle 21.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Indie 14%, Story Rich 13.7%

Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.

Why similar: Stealth 34.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Exploration 10.7%

Explore the deepest SECRETs™ of the Tremendous Corporation®. Find out what happened to indie devs and save the gaming industry!

Why similar: Adventure 27.7%, Puzzle 27%, Mystery 25%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 9.3%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Choices Matter 34.6%, Puzzle 28.8%, Story Rich 20.2%, Mystery 16.3%

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Time Management 31.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Strategy 11.2%

Greetings, valued employee. You have been tasked with sorting the Ringo CorpoNation's genetic samples. With the credits that you earn, you can shop, game and pay your bills on time. Rogue workers may try to entice you into betraying your beloved employer, but we know you'll give 110%.

Why similar: Narrative 42.4% ★, Management 14.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Retro 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.5%, Exploration 31.1%, Story Rich 23.2%, Adventure 8.2%

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: Sokoban 69.3% ★, Puzzle 17.8%, Strategy 7.5%, Indie 5.4%

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: Narrative 47.4% ★, Choices Matter 15.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 6.6%

Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.

Why similar: Narrative 37.2% ★, Management 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Puzzle 8%, Story Rich 7.4%

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 29.7%, Puzzle 22.6%, Story Rich 19.6%, Exploration 16.9%, Adventure 11.2%

​Explore the wacky world of House Sitter, and discover what secrets lie in wait. Meet new friends! Choose their fate!... Uncover who you truly are. But most importantly, get those chores done before Mom comes home.

Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Adventure 22.4%, Casual 17.7%, Indie 14.2%, Puzzle 10.3%

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: Sokoban 50% ★, Story Rich 13.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Exploration 9.2%

Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...

Why similar: Puzzle 27.5%, Mystery 25.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Casual 9.5%

One of Arima Lodge's bellhops rides the elevator for his usual shift, but, after a man rushes into the elevator and compels him to get to the rooftop instead, he starts to realize something very serious is amiss.

Why similar: Time Management 47.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Casual 11%

Dive into the daily work of a cozy workshop in a big city, accompanied by relaxing atmospheric music. Manage client data, balance energy and stress, and make choices that shape the story and its outcome.

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.9%, Life Sim 17.8%, Management 16.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Story Rich 11.6%

Lord Ambermaze is a charming adventure set on a mysterious island where the world only moves when you do. Battle quirky enemies, solve clever puzzles, bond with island dwellers, and save your little sister by uncovering the dark lord’s terrible secret.

Why similar: Sokoban 62.6% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 7%, Indie 4%

Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?

Why similar: Time Management 29.8%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Puzzle 16.1%, Exploration 13.2%, Simulation 12.6%

Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!

Why similar: Puzzle 37.6%, Exploration 31.9%, Casual 13.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 6%

As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 34%, Mystery 28%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, Casual 8.4%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Narrative 39.3% ★, Choices Matter 16.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%

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: Narrative 53.7% ★, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Retro 10.1%, Adventure 7.5%

Hide Time is a story-driven horror game where you play as new employee of Passion Oasis. Explore that huge complex, do your tasks and uncover mysteries of your past.

Why similar: Stealth 30.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Puzzle 16.1%, Story Rich 15.6%, Exploration 13%

Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.

Why similar: Automation 37%, Management 23%, Life Sim 17.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%

On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

Why similar: Mystery 30.2%, Exploration 28.7%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 18.2%

"So you wish to be able to easily stock up on potion ingredients, eh?" The morning after hearing these words, a dungeon had appeared beneath the potion store! Furious that someone had dug a dungeon in the shop without her permission, Pastel begins her underground investigation...

Why similar: Real-Time 55.1% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Casual 9.6%, Retro 8.3%, Indie 7.4%

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: Exploration 29.8%, Story Rich 24.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 8.9%

It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Exploration 51.5%, Mystery 33.4%, Retro 15.1%

Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?

Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Puzzle 26.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Casual 9.6%

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 45.2%, Adventure 33.3%, Indie 21.5%

A hidden object mystery set in a haunting post-apocalyptic town. Search detailed scenes, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind a journalist’s disappearance. Every shadow hides a clue.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 22%, Mystery 21%, Casual 20.1%, Indie 14.8%