Choose Tap Adventure: Time Travel
Choose Tap Adventure: Time Travel if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Tap Adventure: Time Travel launched in 2017.
Tap Adventure: Time Travel vs Ruine
Tap Adventure: Time Travel and Ruine both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Tap Adventure: Time Travel (2017) is 2 years older than Ruine (2019). Ruine scores higher on Steam reviews (90.9% positive) than Tap Adventure: Time Travel (46.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Ruine
Choose Ruine if you want an Action, Indie, and RPG experience. Ruine launched in 2019.
Both Tap Adventure: Time Travel and Ruine sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Tap Adventure: Time Travel |  Ruine | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2019 |
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 46.1% positive (406 reviews) | 90.9% positive (11 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Avallon Alliance | NihilNode |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Tap Adventure: Time Travel (2017) is 2 years older than Ruine (2019).
- Ruine scores higher on Steam reviews (90.9% positive) than Tap Adventure: Time Travel (46.1% positive).
- Tap Adventure: Time Travel is free; Ruine is paid (4.99 USD).
Tap Adventure: Time Travel vs Ruine — FAQ
- Should I play Tap Adventure: Time Travel or Ruine first?
- If you want chronology, Tap Adventure: Time Travel (2017) came out before Ruine (2019). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Tap Adventure: Time Travel and Ruine similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is Tap Adventure: Time Travel free?
- Yes — Tap Adventure: Time Travel is a free-to-play Steam title. Ruine is paid (4.99 USD).