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Games like Time to Crate

If Time to Crate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Two Parsecs From Earth, Dream Knights and ITORAH — 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 Time to Crate: "Time to Crate" is an incremental platformer/survivors-like/arcade/dating sim/jrpg love story. You're a circular saw. There are crates. Destroy them. Jump. Bump. Ground pound. Get the money. Buy upgrades. Become stronger. Ridiculously stronger. Do it again. And again. And again. Time. To. Crate.

ActionIndieWindowsby Electric Kite
Time to Crate — Steam game cover

Players who liked Time to Crate also play

Steam players who put hours into Time to Crate 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. Two Parsecs From Earth

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Customize a robot with powerful abilities in this Metroidvania-style platformer.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dream Knights

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Dive into colourful and surreal dreamscapes in a traditional 2D side-scrolling platformer. Master different skills to help you traverse and battle your way through a horde of strange enemies.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ITORAH

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Skul: The Hero Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

    2021ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Abyss Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Legacy 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iconoclasts

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Time to Crate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck 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. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Abyss Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Legacy 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iconoclasts

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Time to Crate.

    Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Time to Crate

What games are most similar to Time to Crate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time to Crate are Two Parsecs From Earth, Dream Knights, ITORAH.
Who developed Time to Crate?
Time to Crate was developed by Electric Kite.

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 Time to Crate.

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