Tick Tock Isle similar games & best alternatives

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Tick Tock Isle

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower.  Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.

What works

  • Charming pixel art and music
  • Relaxing and heartwarming story
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Excellent value for price
  • Interesting time travel mechanic

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime
  • Confusing map/navigation
  • Some tedious backtracking
  • Limited platforming minigames
  • Lack of controller support and fullscreen

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hiiro

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure

  • Missing Translation

  • Dreaming Sarah

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

More thrilling

Games that feels like Tick Tock Isle but with more suspense and thrill

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Faefever

  • Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders

  • The Darkside Detective

  • The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

  • Loco Motive

More intimate

Games that feels like Tick Tock Isle but with more focus on close relationships

  • A Space for the Unbound

  • LiEat

  • Bear's Restaurant

  • When The Past Was Around - Prologue

  • Space Pilgrim Episode III: Delta Pavonis

  • Evan's Remains

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Tick Tock Isle but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Ministry of Broadcast

  • Metal Dead

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • The Great Perhaps

  • BirdGut

  • Alwa's Legacy

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

Last update: 21/08/2026