Best Time Travel Games for PC

Why it's here: The best time travel game on PC, and the one I would start with. The sun explodes every 22 minutes, the solar system resets, and the only thing you carry over is what your ship's computer logged, so knowledge is the entire upgrade path. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is puzzles that turn tedious and a clock that adds stress, which makes it a hard sell if deadlines wear on you. 95% positive from 53,744 reviews, rated E10+. Couldn't recommend it more as a first loop.

Why it's here: Time travel as a conversation tool. You rewind a moment you just got wrong, use what you learned, and find out later what that fix did to the future, so the power and the plot are the same system. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is the final choice, which some players feel undercuts everything before it. 95% positive from 77,296 reviews, rated Mature. Episode 1 is free on Steam, so there is no reason to read further before trying it.

Why it's here: One level is the reason this shooter is here. In Effect and Cause, a device flips you between the present and the past of the same location, mid-fight and on a button press, and threads on r/gamingsuggestions keep naming it whenever time travel comes up. The rest is a sharp mech shooter with no time mechanic at all. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is a short story and thin matchmaking. 95% positive from 97,627 reviews, rated Mature. Worth the price for that one mission alone.

Why it's here: The easiest game on this list to hand to a younger player, and the best-reviewed on Steam. Modern and Classic Sonic team up across a time-traveling adventure, while Shadow goes back through his own past and stops time with Chaos Control. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is value: the Sonic half reads as a simple port next to the new Shadow half, and some call the price high. 96% positive from 9,162 reviews, rated E10+. Buy it for Shadow, on sale if you already own the original.

Why it's here: The only game here where time travel changes the graphics. The past is 8-bit, the future is 16-bit, and warps flip a level between them, rearranging its layout and opening new routes. What starts as a straight ninja platformer turns into a backtracking metroidvania across both eras, and that turn is the recurring complaint in Steam reviews. 92% positive from 4,836 reviews, rated E10+. Pick it for a tight platformer with a real time mechanic, and go in knowing the second half changes shape.

Why it's here: The best time travel plot here, and it belongs to the second game in this pair. In Soul Reaver 2, Raziel moves between eras of Nosgoth and his presence triggers paradoxes that rewrite its history, while the first game sets up why that matters. Buy it for the story, because the recurring complaint in Steam reviews is outdated controls, a clunky camera and confusing navigation. 90% positive from 1,568 reviews, rated Mature. Newcomers should expect friction, and the plot is what repays it.

Why it's here: Sargon uses time the way other heroes use a sword: as a set of powers that chain into combos against time-corrupted enemies on a cursed Mount Qaf. It sits this low because time is your toolkit here rather than a place to visit. Steam reviews praise the platforming and combat, and the loudest complaint is the Ubisoft Connect launcher, not the game. 85% positive from 3,313 reviews, rated T. Take this one if you want time to make you stronger rather than confused.

Why it's here: The co-op pick, and the only game here built for local play with someone younger. Kang the Conqueror mashes Marvel eras into the city of Chronopolis, and you move objects and characters through the centuries to solve puzzles. Treat time as the premise more than the system. Bugs, crashes and repetitive missions are the recurring complaints in Steam reviews, so expect the odd restart. 83% positive from 2,929 reviews, rated E10+. Worth the price on sale for a shared couch.

Why it's here: Time loop as a roguelike: Selene dies, wakes at the crash site, and the planet has rearranged itself around her. That makes it the one game here where the reset is a difficulty system first and a story device second. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is technical, with stutter and performance trouble on PC, followed by punishing difficulty. 80% positive from 4,980 reviews, rated T, with two-player online co-op. Check your hardware before you buy, then take it if you want the loop to hurt.

Why it's here: The lowest Steam score on this list, kept because no other pick here builds an RPG on the loop. You work through a mental-health-themed story inside a repeating loop, testing different answers and timelines knowing the reset will wipe them. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is repetitive pacing, and players who came for Disco Elysium tend to leave disappointed. 70% positive from 1,947 reviews, with recent reviews warmer at 80%. Try Outer Wilds first, and come here only if talking your way out of a loop sounds better than flying.