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Top Time Manipulation Games

60+ time manipulation games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Adventure, Action, Time Travel.

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  1. #1 Life is Strange - Episode 1
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 172,233 reviews2015
    Developer: DONTNOD EntertainmentPublisher: Square Enix
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.8hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 83%

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

  2. #2 SUPERHOT
    98% matchVery Positive91% of 39,948 reviews2016
    Developer: SUPERHOT Team
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.7hMean: 9.3h≥1hr: 86%

    SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

  3. #3 Quantum Break
    98% matchVery Positive86% of 29,913 reviews2016
    Developer: Remedy EntertainmentPublisher: Xbox Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.5hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 91%

    From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.

  4. #4 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,762 reviews2020
    Developer: Conor Petersen
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.7hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 62%

    It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

  5. #5 DEATHLOOP
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 30,076 reviews2021
    Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.0hMean: 15.5h≥1hr: 87%

    DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

  6. #6 Braid
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 9,899 reviews2009
    Developer: Number None
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.7hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 61%

    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.

  7. #7 SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 12,477 reviews2020
    Developer: SUPERHOT Team
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.2hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 68%

    The long-awaited third game in the groundbreaking SUPERHOT franchise - MIND CONTROL DELETE gives you more insight into the world of SUPERHOT, more story, more signature gameplay. Keep dancing the slow-motion ballet of destruction for so much longer than ever before.

  8. #8 Singularity™
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 5,807 reviews2010
    Developer: Raven SoftwarePublisher: Activision
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.6hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 80%

    FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...

  9. #9 TheDawn
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 8,611 reviews2020
    Developer: LIMITED
    Platforms: Windows

    TheDawn is a third-person shooting game about the journey of Maya, the superpowers who can manipulate time, and Max, the hacker who helps her. Will they be able to save mankind and face a new dawn?

  10. #10 The Sexy Brutale
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
    Developer: Cavalier Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.1hMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 87%

    The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

  11. #11 SUPERHOT VR
    88% matchVery Positive82% of 9,490 reviews2017
    Developer: SUPERHOT Team
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 74%

    Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

  12. #12 TimeShift™
    87% matchVery Positive80% of 1,397 reviews2009
    Developer: Saber InteractivePublisher: Activision
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.2hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 53%

    Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.

  13. #13 Twelve Minutes
    83% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,850 reviews2021
    Developer: Luis AntonioPublisher: Annapurna Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.3hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 88%

    An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

  14. #14 Antimatter Dimensions
    80% matchVery Positive92% of 4,261 reviews2022
    Developer: Hevipelle
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 27.3hMean: 219.7h≥1hr: 83%

    Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

  15. #15 Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
    80% matchVery Positive86% of 5,029 reviews2008
    Developer: KudosoftPublisher: Ubisoft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.4hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 55%

    Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.

  16. #16 The Entropy Centre
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 4,209 reviews2022
    Developer: Stubby GamesPublisher: Playstack
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.8hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 74%

    Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

  17. #17 Phantom Brigade
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
    Developer: Brace Yourself Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.2hMean: 17.4h≥1hr: 80%

    Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

  18. #18 Arise: A Simple Story
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 2,975 reviews2020
    Developer: Piccolo StudioPublisher: Untold Tales
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 85%

    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.

  19. #19 The Gardens Between
    76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,728 reviews2018
    Developer: The Voxel Agents
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.4hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 69%

    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.

  20. #20 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 901 reviews2025
    Developer: Team Chrono GearPublisher: holo Indie
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 3.7hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 67%

    Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

  21. #21 No Time
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,071 reviews2019
    Developer: Lost in Days Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 3.3hMean: 24.4h≥1hr: 79%

    Go on a trip through time! Experience the freedom of traveling into any date, hour and minute in time between the years 1 and 3033 AD! Help your best friend Edward in his scientific affairs! Watch out for the Time Agents & avoid yourself!

  22. #22 CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,112 reviews2023
    Developer: Double StallionPublisher: Riot Forge
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 77%

    Traverse the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with a device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Collect parts, craft gadgets, and unlock abilities—then rewind time to adapt your approach to every new challenge.

  23. #23 Timelie
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 2,501 reviews2020
    Developer: Urnique Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.2hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 87%

    Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.

  24. #24 Braid, Anniversary Edition
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,697 reviews2024
    Developer: Thekla, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.3hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 54%

    Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

  25. #25 A Guidebook of Babel
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,697 reviews2023
    Developer: StarryStarryPublisher: Thermite Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.6hMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 86%

    A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.

  26. #26 Waves
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,549 reviews2011
    Developer: Squid In A Box Ltd
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 71%

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

  27. #27 The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 461 reviews2010
    Developer: The Odd GentlemenPublisher: 2K
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 36mMean: 1.7h≥1hr: 36%

    Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

  28. #28 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,640 reviews2008
    Developer: Ubisoft MontrealPublisher: Ubisoft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.2hMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 53%

    The Prince of Persia, a seasoned warrior, returns from the Island of Time to Babylon with his love, Kaileena. Instead of the peace that he longs for, he finds his homeland ravaged by war and the kingdom turned against him.

  29. #29 Paragnosia
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,568 reviews2024
    Developer: Sine Coda
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 36mMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 40%

    Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?

  30. #30 Gemini: Heroes Reborn
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 532 reviews2016
    Developer: Phosphor Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.2hMean: 4.0h≥1hr: 63%

    Gemini: Heroes Reborn is a first person action-adventure that allows users to enter into the role of Cassandra, on a journey to unlock incredible powers, unique in the Heroes Universe.

  31. #31 Chronology
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 986 reviews2014
    Developer: Bedtime Digital Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.5hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 82%

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

  32. #32 RewindGirl
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
    Developer: べすとまん
    Platforms: Windows

    Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!

  33. #33 David.
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 752 reviews2015
    Developer: Fermenter GamesPublisher: First Break Labs
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.5hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 73%

    You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.

  34. #34 Wanderer
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,059 reviews2022
    Developer: Mighty Eyes
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.5hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 59%

    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?

  35. #35 Chronigma
    63% matchNo user reviews100% of 286 reviews2025
    Developer: C3BGames
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

  36. #36 DragonLoop
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 525 reviews2025
    Developer: 沙因
    Platforms: Windows

    Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.

  37. #37 Eternal Threads
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
    Developer: Cosmonaut StudiosPublisher: Secret Mode
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 58%

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

  38. #38 What Lies in the Multiverse
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
    Developer: Studio VoyagerPublisher: Untold Tales
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 66%

    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.

  39. #39 Tree Simulator 2022
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,248 reviews2021
    Developer: Revmatek
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 679.9h≥1hr: 74%

    It's exactly what it sounds like, but now with 100% more multiplayer. You are the tree and so is everyone else! You are equaled by no other, except maybe the forest... Relax and be the best tree you can be.

  40. #40 Super Time Force Ultra
    65% matchVery Positive89% of 963 reviews2014
    Developer: Capybara Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.6hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 81%

    Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

  41. #41 Time Lock VR 1
    65% matchMostly Positive73% of 807 reviews2017
    Developer: WR-VRGPublisher: Whale Rock Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 18mMean: 20.0h≥1hr: 36%

    A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

  42. #42 Blades of Time
    65% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,649 reviews2012
    Developer: Gaijin Entertainment Corporation
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.2hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 55%

    Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.

  43. #43 Maze Mice
    63% matchVery Positive89% of 311 reviews2025
    Developer: TrampolineTales
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.7hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 75%

    Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace.

  44. #44 Nohra
    63% matchVery Positive96% of 323 reviews2020
    Developer: Monster LabPublisher: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Platforms: Windows

    A fast paced precision platform game where you play as Lupu, a monster looking to make their way out of the abandoned lab and onto the surface!

  45. #45 Homebody
    62% matchVery Positive93% of 735 reviews2023
    Developer: Game GrumpsPublisher: Rogue Games, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 62%

    An interactive thriller about a group of friends haunted by the memories of their past while being hunted by a relentless killer. From The Game Grumps (Dream Daddy)

  46. #46 Toki Time Trial
    64% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2018
    Developer: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Platforms: Windows

    What could you accomplish if you had the ability to stop time? Become a master of time and space as you take on temporal puzzles in this first person puzzle platformer.

  47. #47 Cube Chaos
    61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 614 reviews2025
    Developer: Wunarg
    Platforms: Windows, Linux

    Cube Chaos is a complex strategy roguelike about placing units to create giant armies, factories, combos, or self replicating murder crabs, overwhelming and outsmarting your opponents. Build and adapt new strategies each run using a ludicrous variety of units, perks and more.

  48. #48 A Night In Berlin
    63% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2020
    Developer: Unlimina SoftwarePublisher: Bad Smile Media
    Platforms: Windows

    A Night in Berlin is a narrative-driven third-person shooter featuring brutal fast-paced gameplay in a dark and atmospheric world.

  49. #49 Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines
    61% matchVery Positive96% of 154 reviews2026
    Developer: XXela
    Platforms: Windows

    A lovely logical puzzle game about the many-worlds interpretation and quantum mechanics.

  50. #50 Adventures of Shuggy
    63% matchVery Positive85% of 1,205 reviews2012
    Developer: Smudged Cat Games Ltd
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 24mMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 33%

    Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!

  51. #51 The Shape of Time
    62% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2021
    Developer: Julien Papo
    Platforms: Windows

    This virtual exhibition has one goal: In half an hour, it will challenge your understanding of what time is.

  52. #52 Just In Time Incorporated
    64% matchMostly Positive74% of 247 reviews2017
    Developer: Second Wind Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 1.6h≥1hr: 52%

    Become a death prevention insurance agent at Just In Time Incorporated and grab bullets, grenades, or even a fire extinguisher to save your clients from gruesome death. With the power of hyper-glove technology, time slows down but you won’t have to!

  53. #53 Shadwen
    63% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,350 reviews2016
    Developer: Frozenbyte
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.0hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 83%

    Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!

  54. #54 Super Drift Blade
    60% matchVery Positive97% of 353 reviews2025
    Developer: Liujiajun
    Platforms: Windows

    Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.

  55. #55 Lord Ambermaze
    60% matchVery Positive94% of 136 reviews2025
    Developer: Potata CompanyPublisher: HeroCraft PC
    Platforms: Windows

    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.

  56. #56 Sumoman
    62% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2017
    Developer: Tequilabyte Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.2hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 91%

    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.

  57. #57 ChronoBreach
    61% matchVery Positive97% of 262 reviews2019
    Developer: UpsilonGames
    Platforms: Windows

    A deadly factory surrounds you. The manipulation of time is necessary to escape this underground facility. Use your wit, your laser blaster, and your time-warping abilities to face your demise head-on and triumph!

  58. #58 Super Puzzled Cat
    60% matchVery Positive98% of 192 reviews2025
    Developer: Penguin Mug Games
    Platforms: Windows

    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.

  59. #59 MotionRec
    59% matchVery Positive100% of 360 reviews2025
    Developer: HANDSUMPublisher: PLAYISM
    Platforms: Windows

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

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