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The Twin Paradox

The Twin Paradox

The Twin paradox is an RPG where you must prepare yourself for the first time travel. Make decisions, explore, and learn real science with the scientists of the "Beyond" laboratory. It's up to you to make the journey a success.

Released Apr 26, 2024 Developer Beyond Standard Games Platforms Windows · Linux RPGPixel GraphicsScienceMultiple EndingsSpace
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

92.0%positive112 reviews
Recommended · 47 found this helpful

“-Half of Gameplay consists of learning various physics lessons half is completing side quests for characters around the map -The game teaches physics lessons on the basics of Einstein's Theory of Relativity and the Twin Paradox and breaks it down in a way that is easy to…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“love this game so far but may you please add a checkpoint at the spaceship sim mini game, at the part where you reach the end and need to go back ;-;”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Science, Pixel Art, and Time Travel The Twin Paradox is a short indie RPG with pixel art graphics reminiscent of Gameboy games. You explore a scientific laboratory, make decisions, and interact with characters inspired by real-life science communicators like Rafa Carbajal and…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

23achievements
19.7%median completion
9.4%rarest: No Hit
88.9% of players 49.8% of players 40.8% of players 34.1% of players 33.1% of players 24.6% of players 22.9% of players 22.8% of players 22.7% of players 21.4% of players 20.4% of players 19.7% of players 19.6% of players 19.0% of players 18.3% of players 17.6% of players 17.0% of players 16.1% of players 14.5% of players 14.4% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 9.4% of players 88.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.9%It's My First Day — Begin your journey to learn science
49.8%Can You Count To Three? — Hidden achievement
40.8%Nice To Meet You — Meet all lab members
Rarest badges of honor
9.4%No Hit — Finish the final fission without receiving any damage
11.6%To be continued? — Hidden achievement
11.7%Friendship Is Magic — Be REALLY nice to all lab members

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 02, 2024
Final Mission bug

-Solved a little bug with the alert on the final mission when going back.

May 02, 2024
Some changes to final mission

Hello time travelers! I bring you a small update that changes two things: I added and modified some dialogues to make it a little clearer in some parts that there is more to discover. I won't go into

Apr 27, 2024
Linux compatibility is up.

-Added Linux build for the game

Apr 26, 2024
The Twin Paradox is released!

Hello everyone! Today is the launch day of my video game after nearly a year of work, and I'm very excited about it. I would like to tell you a little about myself so you can understand what led to th

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsRPG · Pixel Graphics · Science · Multiple Endings · Space · Physics · Sci-fi · 2D · Choices Matter · Education · CRPG · Story Rich (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesSpanish - Latin America, English
ControllerFull support
Achievements23
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or superior Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB) or equivalent Storage: 300 MB available space