The Time Manipulation Zone
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Latest Standouts
Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.
Chrono CCG - Chrono CCG is an indie game from genre veterans where time-traveling agents battle for control of history. Timelines shift mid-match, agents evolve, and deep strategy meets accessible play. For the community, by the community.
Jun 23, 2026
Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines - A lovely logical puzzle game about the many-worlds interpretation and quantum mechanics.
Feb 3, 2026
Retrace the Light - Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.
Nov 20, 2025
UnLoop - ⚠️VR-only. Your mic is recording. Your actions too.⚠️ Infiltrate a retro space station. Get trapped in a time loop. Your past copies will replay every word you said and every mistake you made. You're the team. You're also the problem.
Nov 13, 2025
MotionRec - MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Oct 27, 2025
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Gravity Field - Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
Feb 22, 2023
Eternal Threads - Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
May 19, 2022
Braid, Anniversary Edition - 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.
May 14, 2024
F1® Manager 2024 - Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time.
Jul 23, 2024
Twelve Minutes - An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Aug 19, 2021
Top Rated
Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.
Touhou Luna Nights - Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Feb 25, 2019
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel - 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!
Jul 22, 2020
No Time - 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!
Apr 14, 2019
Tree Simulator 2022 - 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.
Apr 16, 2021
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - 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.
Jan 29, 2015
Waves - 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!
Nov 16, 2011
The Gardens Between - 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.
Sep 19, 2018
Timelie - 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.
May 20, 2020
Braid - 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.
Apr 10, 2009
TheDawn - 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?
Dec 11, 2020
SUPERHOT - 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.
Feb 25, 2016
Antimatter Dimensions - Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
Dec 17, 2022
