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 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Platformer 15.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%

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 36.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Emotional 15%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, 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.

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

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.5% ★, Investigation 18%, Emotional 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 23.2%, Platformer 15%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%

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

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 50% ★, Emotional 22.8%, Logic 17.4%, Story Rich 9.7%

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

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 31.7%, Exploration 29.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Singleplayer 9.8%, Indie 8.3%

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 31.1% ★, 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 33.3%, 3D Platformer 20.4%, Time Manipulation 19.5% ★, Physics 11%, Platformer 8.5%

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%, Time Manipulation 28.6% ★, Platformer 17.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.8%

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%, Time Manipulation 36% ★, Platformer 15.5%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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

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 27.8%, 3D Platformer 20.3%, Physics 17.6%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 8.8%

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

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 31.8%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Platformer 20.5%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 4.5%

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

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 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

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

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 31.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, 3D Platformer 19.8%, Platformer 13%, Adventure 7.7%

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

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 24.4%, Platformer 20.8%, 3D Platformer 20.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%

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

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 29% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 3D Platformer 18.3%, Platformer 10.8%, Logic 8.1%

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

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 37.4%, Exploration 16.2%, Physics 11.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Platformer 9.9%

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

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

Why similar: Casual 38.8%, Adventure 32.4%, Indie 20%, Singleplayer 8.8%

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: Physics 31.7%, Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Story Rich 15.2%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 6.8%

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

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 21%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Platformer 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%

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

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 34.3%, Story Rich 22.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 6.3%

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

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 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Physics 12.5%, 3D Platformer 11%, Platformer 10.7%

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 42.1% ★, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Physics 12.1%, 3D Platformer 7%, Sci-fi 5.2%

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

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 34.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Physics 12.9%, Platformer 9%, Sci-fi 8.8%

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

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.2%, 3D Platformer 21.5%, Platformer 17%, Physics 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%

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

"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 47.9% ★, Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Casual 6.7%, Indie 2.4%

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

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 31.7%, Platformer 21%, Exploration 14.7%, Story Rich 13.7%, Adventure 8.1%

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

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 28.3%, 3D Platformer 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 7.5%

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: Time Manipulation 26.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%

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 23.8% ★, Logic 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 3D Platformer 14.4%, Physics 14.4%

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

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 30.2% ★, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Platformer 11.8%, Physics 9.9%

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 68.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 8.6%

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

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: Time Manipulation 33.7% ★, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Logic 12.8%, Physics 9.8%

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 20.8%, Logic 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Physics 11.5%

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

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 32.1%, Physics 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Casual 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%

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

Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 4.1%

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

Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Story Rich 22.6%, Exploration 21.1%, Indie 14%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Platformer 35.3%, Exploration 17.5%, Physics 13.6%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 10%

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 32.2%, Logic 27.4%, Old School 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Adventure 4.6%

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 29%, Emotional 27.7%, Platformer 16.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 6.2%

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 45.4% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Platformer 11.8%, Logic 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5%

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: Investigation 24.3%, Emotional 19.1%, 3D Platformer 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 Manipulation 50.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Exploration 7%, Adventure 5%

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 36.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Physics 10.3%, Story Rich 8.2%

A sci-fi-style rolling 3D platformer.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 25.3%, Platformer 19.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Casual 8.8%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.3%, 3D Platformer 21.9%, Platformer 19.5%, Logic 14.6%, Casual 6.1%

Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.2%, 3D Platformer 26.7%, Logic 22.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Adventure 3.6%

"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 42.2%, Platformer 25.9%, Logic 15.2%, Indie 8.3%, Casual 4.1%

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Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.7%, Platformer 29.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%

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 26.3%, Investigation 25.7%, Exploration 23.5%, Adventure 8%, Casual 7.2%

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: Investigation 24.4%, Emotional 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

Make full use of your advanced move-set to navigate hand-crafted retro worlds without a jump button in this vibrant love letter to the N64 era of collectathons!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 31.2%, Old School 24.3%, Platformer 21.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Indie 6%

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 32%, Platformer 19.2%, Logic 14.1%, Story Rich 13.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Investigation 28.7%, Logic 21.1%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Physics 13.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

Jump through boiling lava; run from perilous traps and saw blades; glide and climb through catacombs; fall into the abyss and overcome gravity. And don't forget to switch to a parallel dimension in time, because it’s Alteric!

Why similar: Platformer 40.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 16.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Casual 6.5%

Loader is an exciting puzzle game where you place loads on platforms to pass levels.

Why similar: Simulation 54%, Indie 35.6%, Singleplayer 10.4%

ECHOPLEX is a time-bending puzzle platformer with a full-motion video story. Trapped in a mysterious looping simulation, you are followed by an “Echo” -- a duplicate of yourself who repeats everything you do.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30%, Simulation 23.1%, Story Rich 18.9%, Indie 13.3%, Adventure 12.1%

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

Why similar: Platformer 38.8%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 13%, Sci-fi 11.5%

It's a Wrap! is a challenging puzzle game about making movies in 1980s Hollywood. Figure out the perfect timing of props, actors, and special effects as the Director. Then jump into the scene as the movie's star in a traditional 2D platformer.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Logic 18%, Platformer 11%, Story Rich 7.7%