Games like Chronoquartz
Below are 17 hand-picked alternatives to Chronoquartz for fans of indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Chronoquartz also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Chronoquartz: In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Old Skies
Top pick for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Chronoquartz.
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
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LABYBAN
Second-strongest match for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A tribute to the timeless Sokoban genre, LABYBAN modernizes the puzzle game experience with an accessible, intuitive, and engaging approach, suitable for all audiences. Across 157 levels, teleporters, slippery surfaces, conveyor belts, and many more mechanics await you!
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Raster Prime [REMIX]
Third-strongest match for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Chronoquartz.
Your mind will short-circuit in this atmospheric pixel sci-fi puzzler with eight (8) levels of increasing difficulty. Decipher each binary sequence to travel further into the unknown, and unearth a deeper mystery that may never be fully understood.
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Spindle
Ranked #5 for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it. With your trusty Pig by your side, you form a most curious team, embarking on a quest to learn what it truly means to be Death.
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Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
Ranked #6 for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Ranked #7 for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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The Forgotten City
Ranked #8 for Chronoquartz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Chronoquartz
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.
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TUNIC
Reviewers of Chronoquartz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Chronoquartz.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Outer Wilds
Reviewers of Chronoquartz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Chronoquartz.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Platonic
Reviewers of Chronoquartz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.
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Chroma Zero
Reviewers of Chronoquartz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Old Skies
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Chronoquartz.
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
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Spindle
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it. With your trusty Pig by your side, you form a most curious team, embarking on a quest to learn what it truly means to be Death.
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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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The Forgotten City
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronoquartz.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Frequently asked about Chronoquartz
- Does Chronoquartz run on Steam Deck?
- Chronoquartz is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Chronoquartz cost?
- Chronoquartz is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Chronoquartz?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chronoquartz are Old Skies, LABYBAN, Raster Prime [REMIX].
- Who developed Chronoquartz?
- Chronoquartz was developed by Infinite Stairs.
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 Chronoquartz.
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