Single-player games like TimeK
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to TimeK, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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A Space Between Time
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play as a robot with time-manipulating abilities. You can go to places you've never been before by going back in time in the X and Y axes independently. Just beware pockets of time corruption, and tracking your positions in time consumes a lot of memory. At max capacity, you can no longer function.
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RE:AKTOR
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
RE:AKTOR is a metroidvania about going fast and rewinding time. Race the clock, unlock new abilities and shortcuts, and solve temporal puzzles. Tear through walls and enemies with damage that scales with momentum, and punch ever deeper into a mysterious underground facility.
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KUTO: The Lock of Time
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
A 2D action-platformer metroidvania built around rewinding time. Wield the Scythe of Kronos, chain dashes and strikes, and rewind death itself as you explore interconnected ancient sanctuaries and hunt down the pantheon that betrayed you.
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Beta MAX
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
Use four-dimensional thinking to manipulate time and navigate through this mind bending retro inspired realm. Solve puzzles to help Max find his way home in this atmospheric first-person puzzle platformer.
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Timeworks
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
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Parallel Shift
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
How far would you go to learn the truth? What is the limit of our existence? Switch between dimensions, close the matching breaches and rewind time to escape the unknown in this beautiful Pixel Art Platformer Runner.
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Timeshift
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TimeK.
A unique take on 2D platformers. Use your momentum and warping abilities to escape the Rift!
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Braid
Single-player alternative to TimeK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.