Timelie similar games & best alternatives

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Timelie

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.

What works

  • Unique and polished time manipulation mechanic
  • Well-designed and challenging puzzles
  • Atmospheric music and art style
  • Emotional and subtle storytelling
  • Free dlc with additional content

Things to keep in mind

  • Short main game length
  • Some puzzles require trial and error
  • Story is vague and minimal
  • Lack of quality of life features (e.g. skipping cutscenes)
  • Controls can be fiddly with multiple characters

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Still There

  • Lightmatter

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Grunn

  • Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1

  • See No Evil

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Timelie but with less survival pressure

  • Moncage

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Call of the Elder Gods

  • The Almost Gone

  • Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

More violent

Games that feels like Timelie but with more combat and destruction

  • Slayaway Camp

  • Party Hard 2

  • Roombo: First Blood

  • Heaven Dust

  • TUNIC

  • All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game

More expressive

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

  • QV

  • Yono and the Celestial Elephants

  • Lara Croft GO

  • Blue Prince

  • The Marvellous Miss Take

  • Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest

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Timelie: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026