Games like Ministry of Time
If Ministry of Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are Satisfactory, The Forest and Don't Starve Together — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Ministry of Time: A time-traveling customs officer has one job: inspect every traveler, verify their documents, and keep the timeline intact. Spot anomalies, catch timeline violations, and decide who gets through before history falls apart.
Players who liked Ministry of Time also play
Steam players who put hours into Ministry of Time 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.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Slime Rancher
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Northgard: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
ABZU
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ministry of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ministry of Time.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ministry of Time.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ministry of Time.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ministry of Time.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ministry of Time.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Ministry of Time.
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.
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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.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ministry of Time.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
Frequently asked about Ministry of Time
- What games are most similar to Ministry of Time?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ministry of Time are Satisfactory, The Forest, Don't Starve Together.
- Who developed Ministry of Time?
- Ministry of Time was developed by PLAN KAPKAN.
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 Ministry of Time.
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