Games like A Matter of Time
If A Matter of Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are Back In Time, Tormenta do Tempo and XEL — 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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Players who liked A Matter of Time also play
Steam players who put hours into A Matter 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.
Back In Time
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Top pick for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Back In Time is a fast-paced time travel action adventure where you travel through time to prevent disasters. Rewrite history by making critical choices, unraveling mysteries, & manipulating time itself. Explore real-world locations, and uncover secrets in a twist-filled story with evolving gameplay
Tormenta do Tempo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Tormenta do Tempo is an Hack N Slash Action RPG about Time Travel. Find out all about the origin of time travel, annihilate hordes of enemies, choose from 3 types of classes, grow your talent tree, loots, and try to save the Past, Present and Future, from a cruel fate.
XEL
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Third-strongest match for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
XEL is an epic 3D sci-fi fantasy action-adventure. Explore the mysterious world of XEL and help protagonist Reid to uncover her enigmatic past. Make new friends and foes along the way and collect exciting gadgets to master challenging dungeons and solve time bending puzzles.
Intruder Alert
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Ranked #4 for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Intruder Alert is an action-stealth 2D adventure combined with multiple other genres packed into a single game. Stealthily avoid other shapes, defeat them when necessary, and complete various tasks along your journey.
Time to Love
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Ranked #5 for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Time to Love is a 2D, top-down, co-op roguelike centered around two protagonists trying to keep reality from collapsing. You will traverse from timeline to timeline, strengthening yourself from each unique branch, seeking to bind what little remains after past mistakes.
FRAGMENTS
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Ranked #6 for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
◼️Fragments, an action-adventure RPG where puzzle-solving and survival take center stage. Your mission is to uncover elusive fragments of your memories, unraveling the intricacies of your current existence and the extraordinary nature of being a mnemonist
DragonLoop
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Ranked #7 for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Miracle Heroes: Temporal Bounty Hunter
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Ranked #8 for A Matter of Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Miracle Heroes is a multiplayer light rogue-like game. In the game, players must choose suitable combinations from a rich arsenal of weapons and items, with each playthrough offering a fresh experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Matter of Time at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Matter of Time.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~50% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares RPG with A Matter of Time.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under A Matter of Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with A Matter 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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter 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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Matter of Time.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A Matter of Time.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with A Matter of Time.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about A Matter of Time
- How much does A Matter of Time cost?
- A Matter of Time is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Matter of Time?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Matter of Time are Back In Time, Tormenta do Tempo, XEL.
- Who developed A Matter of Time?
- A Matter of Time was developed by Haywire Game Studios.
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 A Matter of Time.
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