Games Like Time Loader

Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Family Friendly 17.2%, Platformer 14%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact feeling of being a small character navigating a massive, human-sized world with creative platforming.

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 Manipulation 35.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Emotional 15%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Platformer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep time-manipulation mechanics that allow you to influence the environment and solve narrative-driven 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: Nostalgia 39.8% ★, Time Manipulation 32% ★, Emotional 14.8%, Family Friendly 7.1%, Story Rich 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful puzzle game centered entirely around manipulating time to navigate surreal, dreamlike islands.

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

Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the consequences of time-travel and choices, mirroring the narrative weight found in Time Loader.

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: Emotional 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, Platformer 16.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player adventure featuring a small robot protagonist in a beautifully atmospheric, mechanical world.

Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.

Why similar: Sci-fi 45%, Adventure 30%, Singleplayer 13.9%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar experience of playing as a small, non-human protagonist navigating a detailed, atmospheric sci-fi environment.

Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.6% ★, Emotional 14.6%, 3D Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional journey that uses time-manipulation to navigate through different stages of a character's life.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, 3D Platformer 22%, Time Manipulation 20.7% ★, Platformer 9.2%, Family Friendly 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic physics-based puzzle-platformer that requires manipulating dimensions to solve complex environmental challenges.

A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.1%, Time Manipulation 28.2% ★, Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 9%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-platforming with the ability to shift between past and future to solve environmental obstacles.

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.3%, Time Manipulation 35.7% ★, Platformer 15.7%, Indie 3.6%, Story Rich 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive puzzle-platformer that utilizes time-manipulation as its core mechanic to solve intricate logic puzzles.

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: Sci-fi 33%, Puzzle Platformer 27.9%, Platformer 21.3%, Indie 6.3%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-platformer that uses cloning and atmospheric storytelling to create a sense of isolation and discovery.

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, 3D Platformer 23.8%, Platformer 23.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a mechanical, shifting world that rewards exploration and puzzle-solving with a distinct sense of scale.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.7%, 3D Platformer 27.5%, Platformer 14.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses perspective and time-bending mechanics to solve puzzles, offering a fresh take on reality-warping gameplay.

Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 51.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Platformer 13.8%, Casual 10%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the journey of a small robot navigating a vertical, open world with unique physics-based movement.

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: Time Manipulation 31.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, 3D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-inspired puzzle-platformer where time is a central element of both the story and the gameplay.

A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!

Why similar: Family Friendly 50.6%, Casual 19.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing puzzle game that involves manipulating time and space to find hidden objects across different eras.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.9%, Story Rich 27.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle game that plays with perspective and physics to create mind-bending scenarios.

Welcome to the 7th Sector, set in a mysterious cyberpunk world. Immerse yourself on this intricate path, solving different puzzles, facing its dangers and collecting scattered information to discover the story of this world.

Why similar: Alternate History 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 3D Platformer 20.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that places you in the role of a small entity navigating a dark, technological world.

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 Manipulation 31.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21%, 3D Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 11.9%, Story Rich 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-platformer that focuses on time-travel mechanics to navigate through complex levels.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Sci-fi 38.7%, Story Rich 25.2%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical sci-fi puzzle game that challenges the player with complex logic puzzles and narrative depth.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, 3D Platformer 24.7%, Platformer 19.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 12%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based puzzle-platforming, featuring a witty narrative and clever environmental manipulation.

Start the best Enigmatic Adventure of your life! Explore 4 different worlds with smooth platforming, solve brain-teasing puzzles, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mysterious world of Joe Wander.

Why similar: Alternate History 26.2%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, 3D Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that focuses on exploration and clever environmental interactions.

Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 47.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 25.4%, 3D Platformer 8%, Sci-fi 6%, Platformer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer that requires precise timing and the use of time-loop mechanics.

Tyler: Model 005 is a 3D action-platformer and exploration game set in the 1950s where you customize and control a spunky miniature robot named Tyler. Many years after powering down, Tyler is accidentally powered on during a thunderstorm and must discover what has happened to his creator and home.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 36.8%, Platformer 24.6%, Story Rich 16.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game where you play as a small robot exploring a house from a unique perspective.

Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 41.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Platformer 11%, Sci-fi 10.7%, 3D Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based puzzles and time-manipulation mechanics in a high-fidelity, sci-fi setting.

"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: Time Manipulation 47.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 31.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Casual 6.8%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that relies on recording and replaying actions to solve time-based challenges.

Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-platformer that emphasizes stealth and exploration in a mysterious, alien environment.

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: 2.5D 18.6%, Time Manipulation 17.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Precision Platformer 12.2%, Emotional 11%

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: Time Manipulation 27.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Emotional 14.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Emotional 24.4%, 3D Platformer 18.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Family Friendly 13.4%, Story Rich 10.5%

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 68.5%, Adventure 12%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses a time-manipulation device to solve environmental puzzles and defeat enemies.

The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 24.3%, 3D Platformer 21.6%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that emphasizes logic and environmental interaction in a single-player setting.

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: Nostalgia 37.4% ★, Emotional 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%

A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 28%, Platformer 19.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy puzzle-platformer that requires careful planning and environmental manipulation.

A 90-s inspired lo-fi adventure puzzle platformer about a piglet astronaut and his intelligent ship.

Why similar: Nostalgia 47% ★, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Platformer 11.5%, Family Friendly 8.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%

A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Emotional 24.3%, Platformer 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Story Rich 9.6%

✉️ Become a living letter and find your way to the one who still waits for you! Fly, sail, roll, solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and travel through time and continents in this adventure platformer!😸

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.1%, Emotional 22.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Family Friendly 14.4%, Story Rich 10.5%

Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 2.5D 18%, Platformer 12.6%, Emotional 12.5%

OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Family Friendly 14.9%, Casual 10.3%, Simulation 8.1%

In the future, giant city-states have emerged, separated from each other by indestructible barriers. Most professions have been taken over by machines. People work mainly as mechanics, programmers or operators.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.2% ★, 3D Platformer 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Platformer 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, 2.5D 21%, 3D Platformer 18%, Platformer 16.2%, Family Friendly 8.7%

"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: Precision Platformer 45.1%, Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Platformer 16.9%, Indie 5.1%, Casual 2.6%

Ageless is a story driven puzzle platformer where you must alter the age of animals and plant life around you to progress. Play as Kiara, a young girl who braves through heartache and loss as she journeys across a mysterious world to discovers its secrets and herself.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 22.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, Precision Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 12.7%, Emotional 10.2%

Hazel Sky is a heartfelt adventure about a young engineer facing his destiny and his desires. Fix ramshackle flying machines and jump, climb, swing, and slide through a beautiful, mysterious world.

Why similar: Emotional 27.8%, 3D Platformer 24.2%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Adventure 10.1%

Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.

Why similar: Adventure 45.7%, Story Rich 28.6%, Indie 16.7%, Singleplayer 8.9%

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

Why similar: Time Manipulation 49.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Adventure 4.7%, Casual 4.4%

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: Time Manipulation 40.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Family Friendly 9%, Platformer 8.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

Simulation World - This is a puzzle, story and open world. Feel the vanilla atmosphere as you progress through the puzzles. Rescue the simulation from a virus that wants to destroy the computer world

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.9%, Platformer 22.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Sci-fi 9%, Adventure 9%

A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 57.6%, Sci-fi 26.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%

The Adventures of Mr. Bobley is a 3d platformer adventure game featuring physics based puzzles and challenges that also require you to drive vehicles and operate heavy machinery. Set at a skyscraper construction site. The game is all about physics and interaction with the environment.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, 3D Platformer 19.8%, Precision Platformer 19%, Platformer 13.6%, Family Friendly 12.4%

A 2.5D retro platformer where you join M1L0 on his quest for the Great Legume.

Why similar: 2.5D 51%, Platformer 24.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 9.8%

The Beggar’s Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery.

Why similar: Platformer 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Emotional 13.3%, 2.5D 12.2%, 3D Platformer 11%

You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.4%, Family Friendly 19.4%, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 3.8%

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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Platformer 29.5%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Emotional 19.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Story Rich 7.9%

My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, 2.5D 22.9%, Emotional 21.7%, Platformer 15.7%, Story Rich 9.1%

A sci-fi-style rolling 3D platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.7%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 20%, Sci-fi 10%, Casual 8.8%

Defunct is an indie adventure game with a focus on flow, speed and an engaging world. You are a broken robot that accidentally falls out of a giant cargo ship onto a post-human Earth, now inhabited by robots. You have to get back to your ship before it’s too late!

Why similar: Platformer 30.7%, Family Friendly 28%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 10.5%, Casual 9%

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: Sci-fi 51.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Casual 14.3%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 8.3%