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Games like Time Guard - The Red Menace

Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Time Guard - The Red Menace 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 Time Guard - The Red Menace 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, more from Zima software. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Time Guard - The Red Menace: A time-traveling detective, a brain-hacking device called the Speakbreaker, and a mad plan to make the whole world speak only Russian. Solve absurd puzzles, meet bizarre characters, and rewrite history itself in this comedy point-and-click adventure.

2025IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Zima software
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    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness — Steam game cover

    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness

    Top pick for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.

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    Polda 7 — Steam game cover

    Polda 7

    Second-strongest match for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Earth Must Die — Steam game cover

    Earth Must Die

    Third-strongest match for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from my dear, sweet, extremely dead father? This is complete bullsh*t, and I'm going to make them dead.

    2026AdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Polda — Steam game cover

    Polda

    Ranked #4 for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Unforeseen Incidents — Steam game cover

    Unforeseen Incidents

    Ranked #5 for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi — Steam game cover

    Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi

    Ranked #6 for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Neo Cab — Steam game cover

    Neo Cab

    Ranked #7 for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    2064: Read Only Memories — Steam game cover

    2064: Read Only Memories

    Ranked #8 for Time Guard - The Red Menace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

    2015IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

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    Polda 7 — Steam game cover

    Polda 7

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness — Steam game cover

    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Detective Hayseed - Hollywood — Steam game cover

    Detective Hayseed - Hollywood

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    The list of Oscar winners has been stolen as part of a nefarious plot to overturn the established Hollywood order. Our hero has to struggle through a series of tests and tasks in order to uncover the clues as to who has done it. And, of course, to stop him carrying out his threat.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Polda 3 — Steam game cover

    Polda 3

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Polda Pankrác coby elitní soukromý detektiv řeší případ ztraceného kuchaře, ze kterého se vyklube, jako obvykle, spiknutí obřích rozměrů. Pomozte Pankrácovi v podání skvělého Luďka Soboty opět zachránit svět!

    2022IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Polda — Steam game cover

    Polda

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Polda 5 — Steam game cover

    Polda 5

    Another title from Zima software, the studio behind Time Guard - The Red Menace. Shares Adventure with Time Guard - The Red Menace.

    Elite private detective Pankrac saves the world as an agent of the Time Police. Help him settle all the time anomalies in the history of mankind.

    2024AdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Time Guard - The Red Menace

Does Time Guard - The Red Menace run on Steam Deck?
Time Guard - The Red Menace 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 Time Guard - The Red Menace cost?
Time Guard - The Red Menace is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Time Guard - The Red Menace?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time Guard - The Red Menace are Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness, Polda 7, Earth Must Die.
Who developed Time Guard - The Red Menace?
Time Guard - The Red Menace was developed by Zima software.

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