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Tower of Time is a real time tactics, real-time and turn-based game
developed and published by Event Horizon.
Released on April 12th 2018 is available on Windows and Linux
in 9 languages: English, German, Polish, Russian, French, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Italian.
It has received 2,375 reviews of which 1,994 were positive and 381 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 23.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Tower of Time into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Mint 18.2 and Debian 9
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 700M series or equivalent
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Additional Notes: VLC package might be required to play cinematics
User reviews & Ratings
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Tower of Time is a real-time-with-pause isometric RPG from Event Horizon, mixing classic dungeon crawling with some modern twists. While it looks like a straightforward fantasy romp at first glance, it hides a surprisingly deep tactical layer beneath its story and setting. You descend into a mysterious upside-down tower buried deep in the earth. The narrative unfolds piece by piece as you go deeper, told through text segments, environmental clues, and companion banter. The world has a decayed, post-cataclysm feel, where magic is both a dwindling resource and a dangerous force. The lore is well-developed, though a little heavy on exposition at times. This is where Tower of Time stands out. Battles are real-time but allow pausing to issue precise commands. Instead of just spamming abilities, you need to think about positioning, line of sight, and crowd control. You can slow time, place tactical objects (like walls or traps), and carefully control ability cooldowns. You control a small group of heroes, each with unique skills and upgrade trees. There’s no endless loot grind—gear is limited but highly customizable, letting you tweak stats to fit your playstyle. The game encourages experimentation but can punish sloppy tactics, especially on higher difficulties. AI enemies use AoE attacks, flanking, and spell combos, so standing still is rarely an option. While not AAA in graphical fidelity, Tower of Time has detailed environments, varied dungeon biomes, and nice lighting effects. The atmosphere is supported by a moody soundtrack and solid voice acting for key characters. If you enjoy RPGs with a strong tactical layer—somewhere between Baldur’s Gate and Divinity: Original Sin in spirit— Tower of Time offers a satisfying mix of strategic combat and rich lore. It’s not perfect in pacing or variety, but its clever battle system and customization make it a hidden gem for fans of thoughtful dungeon crawling. 8/10 DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | GOOD | GREAT |AMAZING| MASTERPIECE Reviewed on: Win11 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB TUF, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Internet Broadband 1000/1000 Mbit If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.
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It was a pretty quick play on easy story mode, but I could see how one could sink many hours into this fairly expansive linear RPG. (Picked it up and beat it in about 16 hours). I considered trying it on a harder difficulty, but the will just wasn't there. Pros: * The tactical combat is pretty fun. Picking a party that complements each other from the available options was a fun puzzle. The mostly autopilot combats once I had a good team were enjoyable for me. * Itemizing characters was pretty fun. The variety of characters available and their equipment options was fairly simplistic, but still encouraged enough creative space to really optimize a style for them. While some items can be crafted, it was exciting to find items with enchantments that you couldn't craft, so it made looking through the loot worthwhile. * Some cut-scenes and dialogues are skippable. Not so Pro: * At the start of every combat, you have to set up your initial summons and auto-recasts. Would be nice if it remembered settings from the previous battle, and if all abilities could be on auto-cast. * Even on "fast exploration mode" walking around and especially backtracking felt like a big time sink that was not fun. * Eventually items started to feel a bit bland. I started looking for specific modifiers on items (e.g. attack speed, skill damage), then otherwise they just started piling up/cluttering my inventory. * Not all cut-scenes and dialogues are skippable (forces you to watch some slow animations). Summary: Worth playing at least as a once-through, although I personally don't feel very compelled to re/play it.
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I think I glanced at this game once or twice, as it is a kind of game I like, but nothing about it "grabbed" me. Years later some article pops up in the news feed "Amazingly good RPG for $2 on sale." so I finally tried it out. I'm staggered how good this game is. An interesting story and world to discover, characters who are a bit archetypical but still interesting, and mechanics... man, the mechanics! So many game devs could do themselves well studying how this game works, being challenging while being very player friendly. The item system to let you take old or unwanted gear to turn it into new, more desirable gear is just terrific. Now that I played it, I would say it's worth full price. Definitely reccommend.
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This game is a hidden gem in the RPG genre – it definitely deserves more attention. You can see that it was developed passionately by people who love their work. The mysterious and captivating story takes you to a tower buried upside down in the ground to unveil its hidden secrets. The combat system is quite original, as the battlefield occurs in a more detailed location than the standard map. The real-time/pause mechanics enable players to carefully plan their actions against approaching enemies. The fun fact is that after you die, the next battle is arranged differently – your opponents don’t appear in the same way. The graphics and audio are pretty good – especially for an indie game. The game looks and sounds like a good fairy tale with satisfying combat, interesting levelling and crafting system and rich dialogues.
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A true hidden gem among crpg games. Tower of time is their first game and they done it so well. Before I start to talk about tower of time let me just say I finished it multiple times first on steam in 2019 then on gog and again on steam. I bought multiple copies so far because I really like it. Why not? I will not talk about story much but I will say that story is really good, interesting that keeps you going until the end. As a dungeon crawler looks amazing I believe they used Unreal Engine 4 for this game. Level of details is amazing, waterfalls, stone statues, carving on the walls, particles that falls on the ground, astonishing. Gameplay is what you would expect from an rpg game, exploration, managing your party members, finding loot and gearing your heroes. Other part of the game are fights that taking place in small arenas where you can test your tactical skills against lot of enemies. Tactic is crucial part of every battle, sometimes felt like there were too many enemies but never felt unfair or too hard. Equipping and gearing your team is huge part of the game, there is so much depth in it, enchanting, crafting, transmuting... I guess that`s why I liked it so far cause I could test different playstyles and builds. There are 6 classes in the game pre-determined, we cannot change that which means there are no character creation screen, something I didn`t like. No matter how you play or what difficulty you choose you always start with Keane and Meave (shieldguard and archer). Another thing I liked is that they all have different personalities, very often they would argue about something which makes game so much more fun :) After 3 playthroughs I can only say amazing game and incredible job and ideas from this small team. Great job guys. If you`re into CRPG games don`t skip this one, its really good.
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Tower of Time is currently priced at 23.99€ on Steam.
Tower of Time is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 23.99€ on Steam.
Tower of Time received 1,994 positive votes out of a total of 2,375 achieving a rating of 8.07.
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Tower of Time was developed and published by Event Horizon.
Tower of Time is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Tower of Time is not playable on MacOS.
Tower of Time is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Tower of Time is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Tower of Time. Explore additional content available for Tower of Time on Steam.
Tower of Time does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Tower of Time does not support Steam Remote Play.
Tower of Time 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.
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Developer
Event Horizon
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Event Horizon
Release
12 Apr 2018
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