Best Time Manipulation Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated time manipulation games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals time manipulation games are available at the bottom of the page.

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JDM: Japanese Drift Master Discover Japan’s legendary car culture in JDM: Japanese Drift Master! Take on challenging roads with refined simcade physics, immerse in the story through manga pages, and explore an open world inspired by stunning real-life areas. Every turn invites you to master the art of drift.

Price -47% 18.70€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 May 2025
Revolution Idle Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 01 May 2025
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?

Price -27% 44.01€
Rating 8.4
Release 14 Feb 2025
New Day New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 25 Dec 2024
Gladio Mori Gladio Mori is a physics-driven multiplayer gladiator combat game featuring dismemberment, organ-specific damage, and a fully customizable move editor. Craft your own fighting style or use community created movesets to fight your way to glory.

Price -85% 2.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 26 Nov 2024
Coconut Simulator Coconut Simulator is a game in which you can become a coconut.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Nov 2024
Duck Paradox Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Oct 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.

Price 34.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Jul 2024
Nobody Wants to Die Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

Price -75% 6.25€
Rating 8.3
Release 17 Jul 2024
Magic Research 2 Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 21 May 2024
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.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 May 2024
No Plan B Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Price -20% 11.83€
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Apr 2024
Writer's Rush Writer's Rush is a writer life simulator where you compete with other authors for the title of the world's greatest writer. Craft articles, books, scripts, and fanfics. Complete publisher contracts, unlock new skills, and level up your literary talents.

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 22 Jan 2024
Cube Chaos 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.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 18 Oct 2023
A Guidebook of Babel 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.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Aug 2023
Metro Simulator 2 Metro Simulator 2 is a unique game featuring recreated Moscow Metro and realistic train controls.

Price -92% 1.26€
Rating 6.2
Release 14 Jun 2023
Homebody 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)

Price -95% 1.09€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 Jun 2023
Byakuya Museum “I should have...died...”Opened eyes again, he found himself in a bustling museum!Players need to take on the role of a raven specimen boy "Gregorio" to explore the Byakuya Museum. Your mission is to plumb the secrets of Time Town, uncover  your own past, and escape from the museum.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 26 May 2023
CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story™ 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.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 23 May 2023
Magic Research Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Mar 2023
Underworld Idle An idle dungeon management game, where high tier units can create low tier units.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 02 Feb 2023
Antimatter Dimensions Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Dec 2022
Timeloop: Sink Again Beach A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.

Price -50% 5.89€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Nov 2022
The Entropy Centre Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Price -96% 0.86€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Nov 2022

Most played time manipulation games on Steam

Take a look at the top time manipulation games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.

1. Quantum Break

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. Quantum Break is a action, story rich and time manipulation game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. Released on September 29th 2016 has received 28,140 reviews of which 24,117 were positive and 4,023 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played time manipulation game, thanks to its 113 peak concurrent players over the last day.
8.4
24,117
4,023

113
players

2. 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. SUPERHOT is a action, fps and bullet time game developed and published by SUPERHOT Team. Released on February 25th 2016 has received 38,776 reviews of which 35,390 were positive and 3,386 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
9.0
35,390
3,386

45
players

3. SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

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. SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE is a fps, time manipulation and action roguelike game developed and published by SUPERHOT Team. Released on July 16th 2020 has received 12,015 reviews of which 10,143 were positive and 1,872 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
8.2
10,143
1,872

31
players

4. 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 2077! Help your best friend Edward in his scientific affairs! Watch out for the Time Agents & avoid yourself! No Time is a time travel, time manipulation and sandbox game developed and published by Lost in Days Studio. Released on April 14th 2019 has received 1,705 reviews of which 1,662 were positive and 43 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
9.2
1,662
43

23
players

5. 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! 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel is a chess, time travel and time manipulation game developed and published by Conor Petersen, Thunkspace and LLC. Released on July 22nd 2020 has received 8,199 reviews of which 7,934 were positive and 265 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
9.4
7,934
265

21
players

6. The Sexy Brutale

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... The Sexy Brutale is a puzzle, mystery and adventure game developed by Cavalier Game Studios and Tequila Works and published by Cavalier Game Studios. Released on April 11th 2017 has received 3,840 reviews of which 3,546 were positive and 294 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
8.9
3,546
294

10
players

7. Singularity™

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... Singularity™ is a fps, action and sci-fi game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Released on June 30th 2010 has received 5,578 reviews of which 5,183 were positive and 395 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
9.0
5,183
395

9
players

8. A Guidebook of Babel

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. A Guidebook of Babel is a adventure, story rich and time manipulation game developed by StarryStarry and published by Thermite Games. Released on August 02nd 2023 has received 1,490 reviews of which 1,371 were positive and 119 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
8.7
1,371
119

8
players

9. Arise: A Simple Story

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. Arise: A Simple Story is a emotional, 3d platformer and time manipulation game developed by Piccolo Studio and published by Untold Tales. Released on December 03rd 2020 has received 2,468 reviews of which 2,259 were positive and 209 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
8.8
2,259
209

7
players

10. 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. Timelie is a puzzle-platformer, puzzle and female protagonist game developed and published by Urnique Studio. Released on May 20th 2020 has received 2,418 reviews of which 2,277 were positive and 141 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played time manipulation games.
9.0
2,277
141

6
players

Best deals on time manipulation games on Steam

Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of time manipulation games available on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted time manipulation games.

1. Eternal Threads

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. Eternal Threads is a choices matter, story rich and time manipulation game developed by Cosmonaut Studios and published by Secret Mode. Released on May 19th 2022 has received 728 reviews of which 629 were positive and 99 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Featuring a massive 98% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for time manipulation category.
8.1
629
99

-98% 19.99€ 0.41€

2. Arise: A Simple Story

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. Arise: A Simple Story is a emotional, 3d platformer and time manipulation game developed by Piccolo Studio and published by Untold Tales. Released on December 03rd 2020 has received 2,468 reviews of which 2,259 were positive and 209 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in time manipulation games.
8.8
2,259
209

-97% 19.50€ 0.62€

3. 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. Timelie is a puzzle-platformer, puzzle and female protagonist game developed and published by Urnique Studio. Released on May 20th 2020 has received 2,418 reviews of which 2,277 were positive and 141 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 96% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in time manipulation games.
9.0
2,277
141

-96% 14.99€ 0.71€

4. A Guidebook of Babel

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. A Guidebook of Babel is a adventure, story rich and time manipulation game developed by StarryStarry and published by Thermite Games. Released on August 02nd 2023 has received 1,490 reviews of which 1,371 were positive and 119 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.7
1,371
119

-96% 14.79€ 0.64€

5. What Lies in the Multiverse

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. What Lies in the Multiverse is a puzzle-platformer, time manipulation and story rich game developed by Studio Voyager and IguanaBee and published by Untold Tales and Doyoyo Games. Released on March 04th 2022 has received 647 reviews of which 596 were positive and 51 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.6
596
51

-96% 14.79€ 0.72€

6. 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. SUPERHOT is a action, fps and bullet time game developed and published by SUPERHOT Team. Released on February 25th 2016 has received 38,776 reviews of which 35,390 were positive and 3,386 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
9.0
35,390
3,386

-95% 22.49€ 1.18€

7. Super Time Force Ultra

Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time! Super Time Force Ultra is a side scroller, time manipulation and bullet hell game developed and published by Capybara Games. Released on August 25th 2014 has received 950 reviews of which 849 were positive and 101 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.4
849
101

-95% 12.49€ 0.66€

8. Quantum Break

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. Quantum Break is a action, story rich and time manipulation game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. Released on September 29th 2016 has received 28,140 reviews of which 24,117 were positive and 4,023 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 95% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.4
24,117
4,023

-95% 36.99€ 2.15€

9. SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

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. SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE is a fps, time manipulation and action roguelike game developed and published by SUPERHOT Team. Released on July 16th 2020 has received 12,015 reviews of which 10,143 were positive and 1,872 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 91% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.2
10,143
1,872

-91% 22.49€ 2.23€

10. The Sexy Brutale

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... The Sexy Brutale is a puzzle, mystery and adventure game developed by Cavalier Game Studios and Tequila Works and published by Cavalier Game Studios. Released on April 11th 2017 has received 3,840 reviews of which 3,546 were positive and 294 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 89% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for time manipulation games.
8.9
3,546
294

-89% 19.99€ 2.33€