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TimeShift™
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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Time manipulation mechanics” (39 of 94 reviews) and “Aged graphics still look good” (17); the most common complaint is “Requires community patches” (32). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 94 reviews raise this.
17 of the 94 reviews raise this.
6 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“I love this game, its just under 4GB and delivers great post apocalyptic AI stuff, every gun refects this nature of the game, there are tons of guns you get when you progress the storyline including flame guns and crazy…”
6 of the 94 reviews raise this.
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32 of the 94 reviews raise this · 22 of them still recommend the game.
14 of the 94 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
13 of the 94 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 94 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 94 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 94 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ✅ Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game ✅ Good 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad ✅ Not special 🔲 Good 🔲 Beautiful ~ STORY ~ 🔲 This game has no story…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“2nd playthrough. TimeShift feels like a tech demo, and very Half-Life inspired. Pretty short campaign, but engaging gameplay. Most of the time manipulation skills get utilized in a wide variety of ways, I liked that a lot. I had a great time with this game, its definitely not a…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“played it twice and then could not load it again tried for 2 years”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-12 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · FPS · Time Manipulation · Sci-fi · Shooter · First-Person · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Bullet Time · Classic · Multiplayer · Futuristic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows(R) XP with latest service pack installed or Windows Vista™ Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.0 GHz or AMD(R) equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 6600 128 MB DirectX(R) 9.0c-compatible card with Pixel Shaders 2.0b support or equivalent (ATI(R) Radeon(R) x700) with latest DirectX drivers DirectX: DirectX(R) 9.0c Hard Drive: 8 GB free hard drive space Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card Note: TimeShift only supports multiplayer connectivity over LAN or direct connection