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Games like GOST of Time

If GOST of Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are Formilion, Hotline Miami and NERVE — 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 GOST of Time: 42 and more ways of using your own dead body in time travel. GOST of Time is an absurdist top-down action and puzzle game with time-traveling mechanics.

2024ActionAdventure4.99 USDWindowsby IzHard
GOST of Time — Steam game cover

Players who liked GOST of Time also play

Steam players who put hours into GOST of Time 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. Formilion

    WHY THIS

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

    Kill till you get through. Formilion is a top-down arcade blood shooter about a searching a person.

    2024ActionIndie0.67 USDSteam ↗
  2. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

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

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. NERVE

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT

    2021ActionIndieRacing9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Speed Limit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Speed Limit is a non-stop genre-warping arcade experience that never slows down. No cuts, no lapses in the chaos, Speed Limit is an old-school action extravaganza boiled down to its core elements: Hard. Fast. Addictive. Now with a free Arcade Edition update!

    2021ActionIndieRacing9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. ONE BTN BOSSES

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.

    2024ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Thumper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. APE OUT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for GOST of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with GOST of Time.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GOST of Time.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GOST of Time.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with GOST of Time.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GOST of Time.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under GOST of Time on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GOST of Time.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 GOST of Time.

    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 Adventure with GOST of Time.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Speed Limit

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Speed Limit is a non-stop genre-warping arcade experience that never slows down. No cuts, no lapses in the chaos, Speed Limit is an old-school action extravaganza boiled down to its core elements: Hard. Fast. Addictive. Now with a free Arcade Edition update!

    2021ActionIndieRacing9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ONE BTN BOSSES

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.

    2024ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Thumper

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. APE OUT

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GOST of Time.

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about GOST of Time

How much does GOST of Time cost?
GOST of Time is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to GOST of Time?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GOST of Time are Formilion, Hotline Miami, NERVE.
Who developed GOST of Time?
GOST of Time was developed by IzHard.

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 GOST of Time.

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