Tower of Time similar games & best alternatives

Tower of Time

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

Should you play it?

A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.

What works

  • Engaging tactical combat
  • Deep character customization and crafting
  • Immersive story and lore
  • Beautiful graphics and music
  • Long playtime and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat encounters can feel repetitive
  • Some text/dialogue quality issues
  • Linear progression with limited player choice in story
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some ui and quality of life improvements desired

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • King's Bounty: Crossworlds

  • Zoria: Age of Shattering

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

  • Blightstone

  • The Hand of Merlin

More social

Games that feels like Tower of Time but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Aarklash: Legacy

  • Expeditions: Viking

  • Wasteland 3

  • Gorky 17

  • Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Tower of Time but with less leadership over others

  • Netherworld Covenant

  • Cinderia

  • Heretical

  • Sands of Aura

  • Lost in Random: The Eternal Die

  • Weird West: Definitive Edition

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Similarity map

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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.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Tower of Time: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Relaxation, Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026