Games like PARADOX
If PARADOX is your kind of game, the closest matches are Braid, Super Time Force Ultra and Timemelters — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About PARADOX: PARADOX is a puzzle-platformer about time traveling and avoiding paradoxes.
Players who liked PARADOX also play
Steam players who put hours into PARADOX also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Braid
WHY THIS
Top pick for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Timemelters
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
Timelie
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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...
Quantum Conundrum
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PARADOX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PARADOX at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under PARADOX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under PARADOX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under PARADOX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under PARADOX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under PARADOX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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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.
Braid
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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.
Super Time Force Ultra
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Timelie
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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.
Super Magbot
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with PARADOX.
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...
Frequently asked about PARADOX
- How much does PARADOX cost?
- PARADOX is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PARADOX?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PARADOX are Braid, Super Time Force Ultra, Timemelters.
- Who developed PARADOX?
- PARADOX was developed by Paul Berne.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on PARADOX.
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