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Time Walker: Dark World

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

Time Walker Dark World is a roguelike auto-battler with strategic combat. Players will need to adjust their formations, plan their resources, acquire loot, and upgrade skills to defeat formidable enemies and vicious bosses.

What works
  • Engaging strategic auto-battler gameplay
  • Strong customization and skill combination system
  • Good value for price with many unlocks and replayability
  • Accessible difficulty with meta progression
  • Charming pixel art and sound design
Things to keep in mind
  • Poor english translation and localization
  • Repetitive late-game and grindy meta progression
  • Limited character visual differentiation
  • Some ui and technical polish issues
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon

  • The Last Flame: Prologue

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • Crystal Story II

  • The Last Flame

  • City of Chains

  • EARTHLOCK

  • Monsters' Den: Godfall

  • SteamWorld Heist II
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • Crystal Story II

  • City of Chains
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Time Walker: Dark World: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

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