Time Rifters similar games & best alternatives

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Time Rifters

2014

Should you play it?

Be your own teammates in this unique single-player co-op shooter!

What works

  • Innovative single-player co-op mechanic
  • Engaging weapon upgrade system
  • Support for custom levels and steam workshop
  • Good optimization and performance
  • Pleasant music and visuals

Things to keep in mind

  • Short official campaign
  • Lack of real multiplayer mode
  • Weapon balance issues
  • Limited variety in content
  • No tutorial and some ui inconveniences

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Action Henk

  • Shatter

  • Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

  • Pool Nation

  • Hover

  • Fling to the Finish

More violent

Games that feels like Time Rifters but with more combat and destruction

  • Paint the Town Red

  • Prodeus

  • Sky Force Reloaded

  • Reflex Arena

  • Grapple Tournament

  • BlasterBeat

Less social

Games that feels like Time Rifters but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • DESYNC

  • AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter

  • ODDCORE

  • Vampire Hunters

  • Clone Drone in the Hyperdome

  • Time Clickers

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Similarity map

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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.
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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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Time Rifters. These titles are not in What to play next.

Time Rifters: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026