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Games like Time Flies

If Time Flies is your kind of game, the closest matches are Migration, One Hour One Life and No Time — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, dark and melancholic. 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 Time Flies: Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.

2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Playables
Time Flies — Steam game cover
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Bucket list tasks are absurd yet poeticCountry based lifespan ties to real world dataDark humor balances existential themesContemplativeDarkMelancholic

Players who liked Time Flies also play

Steam players who put hours into Time Flies 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. Migration

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive as a crow through lands bound to cycles of warmth and frost. Endure hunger, thirst, and fatigue while paying attention to predators. Find allies among other animals, share resources, and decide when to leave before survival grows harsher.

    AdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. One Hour One Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with Time Flies.

    Second-strongest match for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.

    2018IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. No Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Third-strongest match for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Go on a trip through time! Experience the freedom of traveling into any date, hour and minute in time between the years 1 and 3033 AD! Help your best friend Edward in his scientific affairs! Watch out for the Time Agents & avoid yourself!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Lakehopper

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Ranked #4 for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Paper Sky

    WHY THIS

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

    Fold, Glide, and deliver your message in this semi-open world Paper Plane adventure. Uncover heartfelt notes left by other players, upgrade your paper, and transform into a plane, a ball, a boat and more. Paper Sky is easy to pick up and a joy to return to.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Soft(A)ware

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    A surreal puzzle-platformer where you bend gravity, rewind time, and disrupt a virtual prison built to contain you.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure16.14 USDSteam ↗
  7. Timeloop: Sink Again Beach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Ranked #7 for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Postknight World

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Time Flies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Deliver knightmail across five hand-drawn towns, choose your route through the roads of Prism, and connect the lives of the people you meet. Postknight World is a cozy open-world delivery RPG where every journey brings new discoveries—and every delivery leaves a mark.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Time Flies

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Untitled Goose Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Minit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

    2018IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Thank Goodness You're Here!

    WHY THIS

    Shares task completion, environmental interaction and a whimsical mood with Time Flies.

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

    2024IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. One Minute

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    Dive into a frenetic chaos with One Minute, a fast and addictive roguelite! Unlock varied mini-games, collect cursor skins, and improve your scores to shine in the global leaderboard.

    2025ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Plug & Play

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with Time Flies.

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GLIDE

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. In Stars And Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with Time Flies.

    Reviewers of Time Flies cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

    2023RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Flies.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Time Flies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Flies.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 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 Adventure with Time Flies.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Time Flies.

    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 ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Time Flies

Is Time Flies verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Time Flies 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 Flies cost?
Time Flies is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Time Flies?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time Flies are Migration, One Hour One Life, No Time.
Who developed Time Flies?
Time Flies was developed by Playables and published by Panic.

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 Time Flies.

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