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Games like Time Recoil

If Time Recoil is your kind of game, the closest matches are WAVECADE, KILLSEC and The Hong Kong Massacre — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Recoil: Time Recoil is a top-down shooter with a slow motion twist! Punch through walls guns blazing while time slows down! See your enemies drop down like flies - and save the world from a mad scientist dictator!

2017ActionSportsIndieAdventure13.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby 10tons Ltd
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Steam players who put hours into Time Recoil 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. WAVECADE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Time Recoil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Time Recoil.

    WAVECADE is a sci-fi, arcade-style #shmup where YOU control the speed of the game. Destroy blocks, minions and bosses in style as you collect powerups and avoid hazards. How far can you go?

    2022ActionStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. KILLSEC

    WHY THIS

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

    Evaluate, calculate, execute. Use the speed of time, weapon selection, and room layout to your advantage to deliver the most creative, swift, and brutal kills in close combat.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. The Hong Kong Massacre

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Recoil.

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

    Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cardiac Powder

    WHY THIS

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

    Cardiac Powder is a nervous twin stick shooter where you have a bomb in you, if you can’t maintain a certain heart rate, it will explode… So one thing to do is keep you in action by fighting your opponents!

    2023ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. BACKFIRE

    WHY THIS

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

    BACKFIRE is a tense horror-themed arcade shooter about a haunted 80's arcade cabinet with a sinister twist- Your weapons fire backwards. Engage in intense combat, bend time to your advantage, and die to demented bosses. Upgrade your power after each attempt until you are strong enough to prevail.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Rewindead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Time Recoil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Time Recoil.

    Rewindead is a third-person shooter blending brutal action with time-looping puzzle mechanics. Assassinate your target, rewind time, then hunt your past selves before they beat you to the kill.

    ActionSteam ↗
  7. Jackal

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an atmospheric mood with Time Recoil.

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

    Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

    2026ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Esse Proxy

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an atmospheric mood with Time Recoil.

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

    Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Time Recoil

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.

  1. SUPERHOT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Time Recoil.

    Reviewers of Time Recoil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

    2016ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Neon Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability unlocks, twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Time Recoil.

    Reviewers of Time Recoil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Recoil.

    Reviewers of Time Recoil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Time Recoil at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Recoil.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Time Recoil.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Time Recoil.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Recoil.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Time Recoil.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Time Recoil on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Recoil.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Recoil.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from 10tons Ltd

Other recommendable Steam games by 10tons Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. DYSMANTLE

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crimsonland

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

    2014ActionIndieRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Undead Horde

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Tesla vs Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

    2018ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Neon Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares ability unlocks, twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Undead Horde 2: Necropolis

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Adventure with Time Recoil.

    As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!

    2023ActionStrategyAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. DYSPLACED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Grenads are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, you've been summoned as the Guardian of a fantasy realm leaking modern objects. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure20.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Skeletal Avenger

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Time Recoil.

    Another title from 10tons Ltd, the studio behind Time Recoil. Shares Action and Indie with Time Recoil.

    Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Time Recoil

How much does Time Recoil cost?
Time Recoil is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Time Recoil?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time Recoil are WAVECADE, KILLSEC, The Hong Kong Massacre.
Who developed Time Recoil?
Time Recoil was developed by 10tons Ltd.

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 Recoil.

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