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Games like Tempus Bound

If Tempus Bound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Impossible Mission Revisited, Upstream and Pecker — 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.

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About Tempus Bound: Traverse as a curious creature driven by the desire to unveil the mysteries of the realm. Consider it a lost 8-bit era game, each level with its own distinct 4 colour palette. Delve deeper and you notice the magic per-pixel lighting & immersive 2D audio which make this a unique experience.

2024ActionIndieAdventure2.72 USDWindowsby Jasonsumm Games
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Players who liked Tempus Bound also play

Steam players who put hours into Tempus Bound 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.

  1. Impossible Mission Revisited

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    “Stay a while, stay FOREVER!” Race against the clock to gather the pieces of a secret password, platforming through 32 rooms and dodging 90 different deadly robot guards to stop the evil plans of the sinister Elvin Atombender in this all-time classic, now remastered for Steam.

    2020ActionStrategyAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Upstream

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    Play as a salmon journeying home in this challenging physics based platformer using only two buttons! Remember that on a voyage through innumerable obstacles and constant danger, it is your reaction to adversity that determines your success.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Pecker

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Pecker offers a unique climbing mechanic in a colorful world filled with puzzles and some enemies.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bananarang: The Scattered Shards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    The coolest, weirdest, wackiest and most fun 2D platforming game you'll ever play!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Coffee Break: A sip away from doom

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    "Coffee Break" is a 2D platformer and puzzle game that focus on changes in camera perspective. The game tracks the story of Oliver Onofre, a brilliant scientist that likes coffee and builds lots of machines. However, his latest invention ended causing great problems.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Treasures of the Aegean

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    What happened to the Minoan civilization? Join parkour master Marie Taylor and treasure hunter James Andrew in a historical action thriller, as they unveil the secrets of a forgotten kingdom which has been tragically trapped in and endless time loop.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Redactem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Teslagrad 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tempus Bound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tempus Bound at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tempus Bound.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Tempus Bound on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tempus Bound.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Tempus Bound.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Tempus Bound.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempus Bound.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempus Bound.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tempus Bound.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tempus Bound.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tempus Bound

How much does Tempus Bound cost?
Tempus Bound is listed on Steam at 2.72 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tempus Bound?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tempus Bound are Impossible Mission Revisited, Upstream, Pecker.
Who developed Tempus Bound?
Tempus Bound was developed by Jasonsumm Games.

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 Tempus Bound.

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