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Games Like Time Rift

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Singleplayer, 2D.

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Time Rift is a fast-paced puzzle-shooter. You’re a hacker-turned-security tester, but your skills will only get you so far - to take down global megacorp VaultCo, you’ll have to manipulate the flow of time!

Reviews: Very Positive — 97% — of 134 reviews
Released: 2022-02-17
Developer: Lightshards
Publisher: Abiding Bridge
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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  2. #2 Time Rifters
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 455 reviews2014
    Dev: Proton Studio IncPub:
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    95% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2017
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    94% matchMixed65% of 678 reviews2017
    Dev: Digital RealityPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    94% matchVery Positive95% of 84 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    93% matchVery Positive87% of 419 reviews2018
    Dev: Quad-Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,130 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    92% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2018
    Dev: Artii Games LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%

    TimeTekker is an arcade shoot em' up where your actions dictate the speed of time itself! Overcome the endless hail of bullets at your own pace and become the ultimate ninja!

    Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Difficult 11.3%, Arcade 10.1%, Indie 7.1%

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    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2025
    Dev: Manticore Games
    Windows

    Out of Time is a fast-paced, multi-player co-op roguelite where your squad, gear, and teamwork decide survival. Battle through a fractured world where past, present, and future collide - facing swarms of corrupted enemies, brutal bosses, and unique challenges all before time runs out.

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  10. #10 Project Temporality
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2014
    Dev: Defrost Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    Why similar: Time Manipulation 64.3%, Puzzle 19%, Indie 9.1%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  11. #11 AeternoBlade II: Infinity
    90% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2020
    Dev: Corecell Technology Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    AeternoBlade II: Infinity, new patch in 4K is a hardcore action-puzzle game of Time-Manipulation Combat. Control the flow of time, amend the past, foresee the future, convolute with alternate timelines to fight otherwise undefeatable foes and circumvent the impossible.

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    86% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: Levi Pinkert
    Windows · Mac

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  13. #13 CometStriker DX
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    Dev: Iced Lizard Games
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    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,549 reviews2011
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    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    87% matchVery Positive90% of 1,201 reviews2016
    Dev: Awfully Nice Studios
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    84% matchVery Positive99% of 319 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    86% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
    Dev: Frymore
    Windows

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    78% matchVery Positive91% of 39,948 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    79% matchVery Positive92% of 2,796 reviews2013
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    81% matchMixed58% of 263 reviews2014
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    Windows
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    79% matchMixed68% of 436 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac

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    78% matchMixed64% of 814 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive94% of 140 reviews2016
    Dev: AnRaEl
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  35. #35 Impulsion
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 315 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%

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  36. #36 Last Soul - Prologue
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: Wulum Creative Technology Ltd.
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  37. #37 Time Recoil
    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2017
    Dev: 10tons Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    75% matchVery Positive82% of 940 reviews2012
    Dev: Digital RealityPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
    Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

    Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.1%, Fast-Paced 23.3%, Difficult 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Retro 8%

  40. #40 Shatter
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,323 reviews2010
    Dev: SidhePub: PikPok
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,397 reviews2009
    Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Activision
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%

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  42. #42 Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,723 reviews2017
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  44. #44 CRYPTARK
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,913 reviews2017
    Dev: Alientrap
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%

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  45. #45 PositronX
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2020
    Dev: Scorpius Games
    Windows

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    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,092 reviews2025
    Dev: Powerhoof
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  47. #47 Ingression
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2024
    Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchMixed68% of 132 reviews2019
    Dev: Highwalls
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    67% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2021
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    Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 807 reviews2017
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  51. #51 The Entropy Centre
    64% matchVery Positive89% of 4,209 reviews2022
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  52. #52 The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines
    69% matchMixed68% of 241 reviews2020
    Dev: tinyDino GamesPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
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    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    67% matchVery Positive97% of 262 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!

    Why similar: Retro 28.2%, Difficult 17.7%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Action 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

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