Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time similar games & best alternatives

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Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

It’s About Time - the critically-acclaimed Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It's About Time is now on Steam!

What works

  • Faithful continuation of original trilogy
  • Challenging and rewarding platforming
  • Creative level design and new mechanics
  • Vibrant visuals and animations
  • Good optimization and performance

Things to keep in mind

  • Extremely difficult 100% and 106% completion
  • Hidden crates and gems can be frustrating
  • Long levels with tedious replay requirements
  • N. verted mode seen as padding and annoying
  • Some camera and hitbox issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

  • Cloudbuilt

  • Demon Turf: Queens Edition

  • Runner3

  • Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy

  • Lunistice

More relaxing

Games that feels like Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time but with a more relaxing feel

  • New Super Lucky's Tale

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

  • Yooka-Laylee

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

  • Hell Pie

More violent

Games that feels like Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time but with more combat and destruction

  • High On Life 2

  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

  • Aeterna Noctis

  • Akimbot

  • Super Meat Boy 3D

  • Another Crab's Treasure

More social

Games that feels like Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut

  • Rayman® Origins

  • Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

  • Ms. Splosion Man

  • Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 06/08/2026