Choose Sentience: The Android's Tale
Choose Sentience: The Android's Tale if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Sentience: The Android's Tale launched in 2017.
Sentience: The Android's Tale vs Heroes of Time
Sentience: The Android's Tale and Heroes of Time both land in Indie, 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 share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Sentience: The Android's Tale (2017) is 5 years older than Heroes of Time (2022). Heroes of Time is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Sentience: The Android's Tale (4.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD). 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 Heroes of Time
Choose Heroes of Time if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Heroes of Time launched in 2022.
Both Sentience: The Android's Tale and Heroes of Time sit in Indie and 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
 Sentience: The Android's Tale |  Heroes of Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Indie, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.1% positive (76 reviews) | 6 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Pilgrim Adventures | Metthink, Mattheus Reis Queiroga |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Sentience: The Android's Tale (2017) is 5 years older than Heroes of Time (2022).
- Heroes of Time is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Sentience: The Android's Tale (4.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
- Sentience: The Android's Tale is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Heroes of Time has no Deck rating yet.
Sentience: The Android's Tale vs Heroes of Time — FAQ
- Should I play Sentience: The Android's Tale or Heroes of Time first?
- If you want chronology, Sentience: The Android's Tale (2017) came out before Heroes of Time (2022). 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 Sentience: The Android's Tale and Heroes of Time similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.