Timespinner similar games & best alternatives

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Timespinner

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

What works

  • Polished pixel art and animation
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Smooth controls and gameplay
  • Interesting orb customization system
  • Multiple endings and new game+

Things to keep in mind

  • Game is relatively short
  • Low difficulty and easy boss fights
  • Some find story and dialogue awkward
  • Limited use of time stop mechanic
  • Repetitive enemy design and backtracking

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gunbrella

  • Super Chibi Knight

  • Flynn: Son of Crimson

  • Chasm

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • Catmaze

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Timespinner but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Nightmare: The Lunatic

  • Castlevania Advance Collection

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Chronicles of the Wolf

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • Death's Gambit: Afterlife

More expressive

Games that feels like Timespinner but with more self-expression and customization

  • Heroine Anthem Zero 2 : Scalescars Oath

  • Fresh Body

  • Chained Echoes

  • Voidwrought

  • Underhero

  • Nefarious

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • 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.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Timespinner: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026