Games like Twelve Minutes
If Twelve Minutes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eternal Threads, This rain will never end - noir adventure detective and The Sexy Brutale — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minimalist design enhances immersion, time loop experimentation matters and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Twelve Minutes is a 2021 point-and-click adventure that places players in a time loop where every attempt to escape only resets them to the beginning. Across repeated twelve-minute cycles, players gather clues, make dialogue choices that branch in unexpected directions, and experiment with different actions to break the cycle. Reviewers highlight how the minimalist top-down presentation enhances immersion while voice acting elevates tension throughout. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and unsettling as the mystery unfolds through observation and experimentation. The game holds a 69% positive rating from over 3,400 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck at $24.99.
About Twelve Minutes: An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Players who liked Twelve Minutes also play
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Eternal Threads
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Top pick for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
This rain will never end - noir adventure detective
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
This rain will never end unless you discover who killed the mayor of the city!
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Third-strongest match for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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 Chambers
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Classical point and click and room escape game.
Homebody
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Ranked #5 for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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)
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Ranked #6 for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
The Drifter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Ranked #7 for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Ranked #8 for Twelve Minutes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Twelve Minutes
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SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
STEINS;GATE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Stray
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Road 96 🛣️
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Braid
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
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.
The Invisible Hours
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
To the Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Reviewers of Twelve Minutes cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Twelve Minutes at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Twelve Minutes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Twelve Minutes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Twelve Minutes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Twelve Minutes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Twelve Minutes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Twelve Minutes.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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...
Homebody
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
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)
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
The Drifter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Twelve Minutes.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Twelve Minutes.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Frequently asked about Twelve Minutes
- Is Twelve Minutes verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Twelve Minutes is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Twelve Minutes cost?
- Twelve Minutes is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Twelve Minutes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Twelve Minutes are Eternal Threads, This rain will never end - noir adventure detective, The Sexy Brutale.
- Who developed Twelve Minutes?
- Twelve Minutes was developed by Luis Antonio and published by Annapurna Interactive.
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