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Games like Timebound

If Timebound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Order of the Sinking Star, The Court Of Wanderers and Paquerette Down the Bunburrows — 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 Timebound: An exploration puzzle adventure in mystical ruins. Explore a world filled with puzzles, uncover the magic left behind, discover what's hidden in plain sight, learn the rules and break them.

IndieAdventureWindowsby Michal Kluz, Patrycja Sagan, Fabien Calabria
Timebound — Steam game cover

Players who liked Timebound also play

Steam players who put hours into Timebound 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. Order of the Sinking Star

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Timebound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timebound.

    From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a massive puzzle adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover unique playable heroes, master evolving gameplay mechanics, and decipher a grand mystery.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Court Of Wanderers

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter a world where you never know what you will find behind the next door. Wander, think, solve, and be amazed as the impossible becomes possible.

    2024IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

    WHY THIS

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

    The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Gardener

    WHY THIS

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

    Solve tile based lawn puzzles. Explore the grounds of a forgotten manor. Discover mysterious flora and figure out their rules. Cut grass and have fun!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Toroban

    WHY THIS

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

    Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.

    2025IndieAdventure20.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Ligo

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a mysterious non-linear world filled with puzzles and secrets. Make small creatures work together to lift the curse and reconnect the world.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Altered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Timebound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Timebound.

    Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

    2021StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Timebound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Timebound.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 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 Adventure with Timebound.

    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 Timebound.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Timebound.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Timebound.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Timebound.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timebound.

    The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Toroban

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timebound.

    Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.

    2025IndieAdventure20.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Altered

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Timebound.

    Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

    2021StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bonfire Peaks

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Timebound.

    Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.

    2021Indie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Timebound

What games are most similar to Timebound?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Timebound are Order of the Sinking Star, The Court Of Wanderers, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows.
Who developed Timebound?
Timebound was developed by Michal Kluz, Patrycja Sagan, Fabien Calabria and published by Michal Kluz.

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 Timebound.

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