Games like Time Loader
If Time Loader is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pixel Boy - Lost in the Castle, Kid Bubblegum and Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its environmental storytelling is immersive, hidden secrets encourage replayability 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 →About Time Loader: Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
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Steam players who put hours into Time Loader 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.
Pixel Boy - Lost in the Castle
WHY THIS
Top pick for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
2D puzzle game in pixel art graphics. Solve almost 100 levels. No time limit, no enemies. Just fun.
Kid Bubblegum
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Aliens have invaded, and Kid Bubblegum is too cool to let that slide. Armed with his trusty Gumslinger, he’ll kick some alien ass and shoot bubblegum…and he has plenty of gum!
Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Make use of your newfound ghostly abilities to make your way back to the world of the living!
Deep Therapy
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Be a psychologist, explore patients minds and search for lost memories in their subconscious. Then make a diagnosis according to your experience and the memories you have collected.
Pure Soul: The Journey of the Witch Emily
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Join Emily in an epic adventure. As a young witch, you must explore a world of fantasy filled with mysteries and challenges. Transform into a witch or magic cat to defeat monsters and uncover the truth about your mother and magical heritage.
SUGAMENIA
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Immerse yourself in SUGAMENIA, a 2D action platformer, where you'll have to solve puzzles in an epic adventure.
Dick Ranger
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Experience an amazing adventure with Dick Ranger, who set off in search of his lost father William, a valued explorer and anthropologist. Travel with the hero through different lands and places.
Pixel Ripped 1995
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Time Loader.
Ranked #8 for Time Loader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Pixel Ripped is back with a brand new nostalgia-fueled virtual reality game-within-a-game, this time in 1995! Help our hero Dot face challenging throwbacks to all your favorite 16-bit and 32-bit classics while surviving the struggles of a typical nine-year-old kid.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Time Loader at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Action with Time Loader.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Time Loader.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Time Loader on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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. Shares Action and Adventure with Time Loader.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
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 and Simulation with Time Loader.
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 Action and Indie with Time Loader.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Time Loader.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Time Loader.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Time Loader.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Time Loader.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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More from Flazm
Other recommendable Steam games by Flazm, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Train Valley
WHY THIS
Another title from Flazm, the studio behind Time Loader. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Train Valley 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Flazm, the studio behind Time Loader. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Loader.
Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
Train Valley Origins
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Time Loader.
Another title from Flazm, the studio behind Time Loader. Shares Indie and Simulation with Time Loader.
The cutest management game about trains. 🚂 Choo-choo! Manage increasingly complex railroad. The rich history of railway transport awaits! From steam engines to futuristic marvels. Explore different eras and countries and witness the evolution of train technology. 🛤️🚂🚄❤️
Train Valley World
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Time Loader.
Another title from Flazm, the studio behind Time Loader. Shares Indie and Simulation with Time Loader.
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Time Loader: First Memories
WHY THIS
Another title from Flazm, the studio behind Time Loader. Shares Action and Indie with Time Loader.
Time Loader: First Memories is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Frequently asked about Time Loader
- Is Time Loader verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Time Loader 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 Time Loader cost?
- Time Loader is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Time Loader?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time Loader are Pixel Boy - Lost in the Castle, Kid Bubblegum, Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo.
- Who developed Time Loader?
- Time Loader was developed by Flazm and published by META Publishing.
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