TimeShift™ similar games & best alternatives

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TimeShift™

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2009

Should you play it?

Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.

What works

  • Innovative time manipulation mechanics
  • Engaging and challenging combat
  • Varied weapons with secondary fire modes
  • Atmospheric sci-fi setting
  • Good graphics for release period

Things to keep in mind

  • Weak and confusing story
  • Short campaign length
  • Linear level design
  • Limited multiplayer and social features
  • High price relative to content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

  • Bright Memory

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

  • Luna Abyss

  • Collapse

  • F.E.A.R.

More value-seeking

Games that feels like TimeShift™ but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Nightmare of Decay

  • Total Chaos

  • UberSoldier II

  • Dead Space (2008)

  • Darksiders™

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

More expressive

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

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • KIBORG

  • The Surge

  • AI LIMIT

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

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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 TimeShift™. These titles are not in What to play next.

TimeShift™: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026