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Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Timespinner is a metroidvania, lgbtq+ and side scroller game developed by Lunar Ray Games and published by Chucklefish.
Released on September 25th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,906 reviews of which 2,494 were positive and 412 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Timespinner into these genres:

Metroidvania LGBTQ+ Side Scroller 2D Platformer Female Protagonist Exploration Platformer 2D Pixel Graphics RPG Time Manipulation Fantasy Story Rich Action Sci-fi Time Travel Adventure Co-op Local Co-Op Indie

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible, PixelShader & Vertex Shader 1.1
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 400 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

MacOS

OS: Lion 10.7.5
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 400 MB available space
Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported

Linux

OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 415 MB available space
Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2026

A love letter to classic Metroidvanias with a time-travel twist. Combat is crisp, exploration is a bit much sometimes, the story isn't in-your-face but quietly sneaks up on you. Some bosses were harder and took more attempts than i'd want to admit, but in the end the game still kinda... respects your time. I bought it for the gorgeous pixel art and would buy again for the gameplay.

Jan. 2026

Do NOT let the 'generic 16-bit graphics' of this game fool you. This is a terrific little metroidvania with an interesting story and very fun mechanics. Very good game.

Dec. 2025

A metroidvania that's simple in design that I thought was pretty fun! Yeah the combat is a lot of button mashing, but I dunno it just felt good. Sometimes turning off your brain and killing shit is therapeutic. Being able to see which orbs I liked the best was a lot of fun too. You can get a familiar like in SOTN which is cool, and on that note the music is very SOTN like. I played in normal. Oh and great steam achievements too. Exploration felt fantastic- lots of areas to explore and there's always a save point close by!! And there's plenty of fast travel points too!! I can't stand it when games in this genre barely put any of these around! Movement feels great too. And there's also a minimap in the top right corner so you don't have to open the main map up so much which is fantastic because it keeps you out of the menus and in the game. Speaking of menus, they're functional but I didn't really care for the layout of everything, but no big deal. Hopefully it's improved for the sequel. Didn't care for the side missions, don't know why but I only did maybe half of them. Now the dialogue. Meh. Characters talk too damn much. It's annoying to have to read a lot of filler text like a jrpg or something. You always have to push a button to advance text lines as there's no automatic setting which is unfortunate. However you can skip dialogue if you want. I didn't read any of the notes I collected because Im the type that doesn't really get into lore, I just wanna metroidvania around, kill stuff and get stronger with new upgrades and abilities.

Aug. 2025

This game is a really enjoyable Metroidvania, everything is done right gameplay-wise, the level design is great, music and art are on point, my only gripe is how much of the plot is done through text dumps. The story is actually really good but just feels so distanced from what I'm playing as a game. Looking forward to the sequel where the polycule will hopefully kick some ass.

June 2025

This game is a great mix of Symphony of the Night and Mega Man X. If you like Metroidvanias at all, you'll enjoy this one. It has a deep story line too.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Timespinner is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Timespinner is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Timespinner received 2,494 positive votes out of a total of 2,906 achieving a rating of 8.26.

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Timespinner was developed by Lunar Ray Games and published by Chucklefish.

Timespinner is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Timespinner is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Timespinner is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Timespinner offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Timespinner includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for Timespinner. Explore additional content available for Timespinner on Steam.

Timespinner does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Timespinner supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Timespinner is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Timespinner.

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