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Games like Timequest

Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Timequest for fans of adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Timequest also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Legend Entertainment, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Timequest: Timequest is a classic graphical text-based adventure game of breathtaking scope and astonishing depth. Travel to 80 locations to see the effects of your actions unfold over 3 millennia.

2020Adventure6.99 USDWindowsby Legend Entertainment
Timequest — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Subsurface Circular — Steam game cover

    Subsurface Circular

    Top pick for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Crimson Diamond — Steam game cover

    The Crimson Diamond

    Second-strongest match for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!

    2024Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Stories Untold — Steam game cover

    Stories Untold

    Third-strongest match for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Technobabylon — Steam game cover

    Technobabylon

    Ranked #4 for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Whispers of a Machine — Steam game cover

    Whispers of a Machine

    Ranked #5 for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

    2019Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION — Steam game cover

    BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION

    Ranked #6 for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

    2020IndieAdventure5.19 USDSteam ↗
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    Resonance — Steam game cover

    Resonance

    Ranked #7 for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

    2012IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — Steam game cover

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Ranked #8 for Timequest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Legend Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Legend Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

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    Star Control III — Steam game cover

    Star Control III

    Another title from Legend Entertainment, the studio behind Timequest. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Eric The Unready — Steam game cover

    Eric The Unready

    Another title from Legend Entertainment, the studio behind Timequest. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Eric the Unready established his reputation by impaling his instructor during jousting class. Then, when Princess Lorealle the Worthy is kidnapped, Eric begins a madcap quest through his hilarious fantasy world packed with horrible beasts!

    2019Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Mission Critical — Steam game cover

    Mission Critical

    Another title from Legend Entertainment, the studio behind Timequest. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    THE ULTIMATE GAME OF SURVIVAL... The hull of your crippled vessel has ruptured, air is leaking into space, and weapons systems are down. Your mission could have ended fifteen years of interstellar war, but now - as the only remaining crewman - your first order of business is to stay alive...

    2019StrategyAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Spellcasting Collection — Steam game cover

    Spellcasting Collection

    Another title from Legend Entertainment, the studio behind Timequest. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Steve Meretzky's trilogy of magic-themed collegiate text adventures-with-graphics for Legend. The sometimes-smutty but never-beyond-softcore stories put the player in the shoes of one Ernie Eaglebeak, a wizard-in-training at at Sorcerer University.

    2019AdventureRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Super Hero League of Hoboken — Steam game cover

    Super Hero League of Hoboken

    Another title from Legend Entertainment, the studio behind Timequest. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    The U.S. is a nightmare of toxic waste, melted ice caps, and desperate shortages of oat bran. Horrible mutations roam the countryside. Monsters spawned of radiation, environmental toxins, and unregulated bio-engineering. But a small group of Superheroes band together to the rebirth of a new society.

    2019StrategyAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

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    Technobabylon — Steam game cover

    Technobabylon

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Resonance — Steam game cover

    Resonance

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

    2012IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — Steam game cover

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Timequest.

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Timequest

How much does Timequest cost?
Timequest is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Timequest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Timequest are Subsurface Circular, The Crimson Diamond, Stories Untold.
Who developed Timequest?
Timequest was developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Ziggurat.

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 Timequest.

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