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Timespinner
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Gorgeous game. Obvious inspiration from SotN but in a good way. Pixel art like all good metroidvanias should be. Great music, not as epic as Yamane's soundtracks but beautiful all the same. Controls are good and the…”
“Not bad. Gameplay is excellent, good simple story. Could do without the LGBTQOMGWTFBBQ, Can't wait to play the sequel.”
“Timespinner really is quite special. Even if every idea isn't fully-baked. It's a search action/mapformer/metroidvania (delete as appropriate) in the Iga tradition, which is to say it resembles Symphony of the night,…”
25 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Not recommended. The gameplay is monotonous and easy to exploit, bosses can often be defeated by button‑mashing. Weapons feel unbalanced. Generously, the game can be completed in under seven hours. The story has promise…”
“The worst metroidvania I have played so far and it's not even close. While the story is decently interesting and the artstyle is nice... I just can't be bothered with the actual gameplay and mechanics. It's so bad to…”
“Not bad. Gameplay is excellent, good simple story. Could do without the LGBTQOMGWTFBBQ, Can't wait to play the sequel.”
22 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Gorgeous game. Obvious inspiration from SotN but in a good way. Pixel art like all good metroidvanias should be. Great music, not as epic as Yamane's soundtracks but beautiful all the same. Controls are good and the…”
“The worst metroidvania I have played so far and it's not even close. While the story is decently interesting and the artstyle is nice... I just can't be bothered with the actual gameplay and mechanics. It's so bad to…”
“I actually wish I had played this game sooner; it's been sitting on my backlog for... a while. But it's genuinely good, and I really enjoyed it! Overall the vibe is a contemporary / refined version of the late 16bit era…”
16 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Gorgeous game. Obvious inspiration from SotN but in a good way. Pixel art like all good metroidvanias should be. Great music, not as epic as Yamane's soundtracks but beautiful all the same. Controls are good and the…”
“I actually wish I had played this game sooner; it's been sitting on my backlog for... a while. But it's genuinely good, and I really enjoyed it! Overall the vibe is a contemporary / refined version of the late 16bit era…”
“Timespinner really is quite special. Even if every idea isn't fully-baked. It's a search action/mapformer/metroidvania (delete as appropriate) in the Iga tradition, which is to say it resembles Symphony of the night,…”
8 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Gran metroidvania, es cortito a comparación de otros del mismo género, pero aún así es una joyita de juego. Tiene buen worldbuilding, y una historia muy interesante. La mayoría de bosses son fáciles hasta que llegas al…”
“Great game. Not long though but that's not always a bad thing. There is a lot you can miss if you just kill the obvious "final boss" Great music. The author/maker of this game seemingly solo'ed making it which is…”
16 of the 72 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Umm wow, I beat the game in less than 4 hours. I thought there was way more to do. Besides being short, the gameplay is very lackluster. Just by playing the game naturally, you become so overleveled that the game is a…”
“Not recommended. The gameplay is monotonous and easy to exploit, bosses can often be defeated by button‑mashing. Weapons feel unbalanced. Generously, the game can be completed in under seven hours. The story has promise…”
“Gran metroidvania, es cortito a comparación de otros del mismo género, pero aún así es una joyita de juego. Tiene buen worldbuilding, y una historia muy interesante. La mayoría de bosses son fáciles hasta que llegas al…”
12 of the 72 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Not recommended. The gameplay is monotonous and easy to exploit, bosses can often be defeated by button‑mashing. Weapons feel unbalanced. Generously, the game can be completed in under seven hours. The story has promise…”
“Wish there was a "neutral" button. Cannot recommend, but cannot say "it's a very bad game". There are just too many things, which I don't like. I didn't have as much fun as I had with other games, but most problematic…”
12 of the 72 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Umm wow, I beat the game in less than 4 hours. I thought there was way more to do. Besides being short, the gameplay is very lackluster. Just by playing the game naturally, you become so overleveled that the game is a…”
“Wish there was a "neutral" button. Cannot recommend, but cannot say "it's a very bad game". There are just too many things, which I don't like. I didn't have as much fun as I had with other games, but most problematic…”
12 of the 72 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Umm wow, I beat the game in less than 4 hours. I thought there was way more to do. Besides being short, the gameplay is very lackluster. Just by playing the game naturally, you become so overleveled that the game is a…”
“Not recommended. The gameplay is monotonous and easy to exploit, bosses can often be defeated by button‑mashing. Weapons feel unbalanced. Generously, the game can be completed in under seven hours. The story has promise…”
“The worst metroidvania I have played so far and it's not even close. While the story is decently interesting and the artstyle is nice... I just can't be bothered with the actual gameplay and mechanics. It's so bad to…”
10 of the 72 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Umm wow, I beat the game in less than 4 hours. I thought there was way more to do. Besides being short, the gameplay is very lackluster. Just by playing the game naturally, you become so overleveled that the game is a…”
“Not recommended. The gameplay is monotonous and easy to exploit, bosses can often be defeated by button‑mashing. Weapons feel unbalanced. Generously, the game can be completed in under seven hours. The story has promise…”
“The worst metroidvania I have played so far and it's not even close. While the story is decently interesting and the artstyle is nice... I just can't be bothered with the actual gameplay and mechanics. It's so bad to…”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This review might be a bit late, but what i was reminded of while listening to the soundtrack of this games years after its release (without spoiling too much) was that this game bridges/blends the atmosphere of classic 'igavania' castlevania with the one of metroid (3) in quite…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“The main issue this game has is thay it ends when it should be picking up. The abilities and upgrades are often for one specific moment and thats it. But its quite fun and enjoyable for what it was. Easily recommend on sale as a steam deck game. Maybe not full price though”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“REALLY GOOD METROIDVANIA. it has some things it could do better, like using the damage icons in the bestiary on your weapons, so you know the specific damage they do rather than trying to cross reference and figure it out. some symbols are obvious, some aren't. but some weapons…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Small Update: Version 1.042
- Fixed a bug introduced by 1.04 where Lunais could vibrate quickly when standing on a slope. - In Shops, when changing quantity to buy or sell, you can now go from minimum to maximum amount by going
Small Update: Version 1.041
Quick little patch! The FNA update yesterday did not play well with some machines, so I've rolled back FNA to the stable version from 2021. Hopefully this will work better!
Accessibility Update: Version 1.04
Hello everyone, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Since the last patch in 2021, I’ve been steadily working on making Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream. It’s coming along really well and I’ve recently begun wor
Introducing Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream!
Hello everyone! Happy Timespinner Anniversary! It's hard to believe that it's been 5 years since the game came out. To celebrate the occasion, I have some exciting news to share with you... Introducin
Small Update: Version 1.033
Hello! I've been busy working on Timespinner 2, but took some time to push this small update. The purpose of this update is primarily to restore MacOS functionality to the game, in addition to some qu
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · LGBTQ+ · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Exploration · Platformer · 2D · Pixel Graphics · RPG · Time Manipulation · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | https://timespinnergame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible, PixelShader & Vertex Shader 1.1 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible