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Games like TimeShift

Closest overall match: Vanquish (★ 4.0). Quickest to finish: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet at about 1 hours.

These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for TimeShift — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Steam Achievements and Full controller support.

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  1. Vanquish

    1. Vanquish

    Shares Bullet Time, Futuristic, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.

    Year
    2010
    Rating
    ★ 4.0
    Metacritic
    79
    Playtime
    4h
    Finish rate
    75%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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  2. Zeno Clash

    2. Zeno Clash

    Shares First-Person, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2009
    Rating
    ★ 3.6
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    67%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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  3. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

    3. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

    Shares 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 3.6
    Metacritic
    76
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    62%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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  4. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

    4. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

    Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2006
    Rating
    ★ 3.7
    Metacritic
    66
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    67%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4

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  5. Hitman: Contracts

    5. Hitman: Contracts

    Shares First-Person and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2004
    Rating
    ★ 3.9
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    82%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4

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  6. The Saboteur

    6. The Saboteur

    Shares Singleplayer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2009
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Metacritic
    66
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    67%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4

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  7. Bionic Commando (2009)

    7. Bionic Commando (2009)

    Shares Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2009
    Rating
    ★ 3.2
    Metacritic
    69
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    56%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4

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  8. Serious Sam 3: BFE

    8. Serious Sam 3: BFE

    Shares First-Person, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    72
    Playtime
    4h
    Finish rate
    67%
    Shared genres
    2, 4, Indie

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  9. Spacelords

    9. Spacelords

    Shares Futuristic, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower.

    Year
    2017
    Rating
    ★ 2.3
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    6%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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  10. Jazzpunk

    10. Jazzpunk

    Shares First-Person, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 4.0
    Metacritic
    75
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    80%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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  11. DeadCore

    11. DeadCore

    Shares First-Person, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.

    Year
    2014
    Rating
    ★ 3.4
    Metacritic
    78
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    38%
    Shared genres
    2, 4, Indie

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  12. BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

    12. BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

    Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2020
    Rating
    ★ 3.7
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    50%
    Shared genres
    2, 3, 4, Indie

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What is the best game like TimeShift?

On our similarity model, Vanquish is the closest match to TimeShift — shares Bullet Time, Futuristic, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against TimeShift on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.

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