The Game Census
Time Loader cover art

Time Loader

Flazm · META Publishing · 2021-11-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 10, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 10, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!

83%
positive of 571 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 11,207 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 571 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.99-90%
GreenManGaming$1.20-85%
GOG$1.49-85%
GamersGate$1.50-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $1.50 · on sale 17 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920212026Week of 2021-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.50$0.992026-08-062026-08-312026-08-06 — best price $1.192026-08-07 — best price $1.192026-08-08 — best price $1.502026-08-09 — best price $1.502026-08-10 — best price $1.502026-08-11 — best price $1.192026-08-12 — best price $1.502026-08-13 — best price $1.492026-08-14 — best price $1.492026-08-15 — best price $0.992026-08-16 — best price $0.992026-08-17 — best price $0.992026-08-18 — best price $0.992026-08-19 — best price $0.992026-08-20 — best price $0.992026-08-21 — best price $0.992026-08-22 — best price $0.992026-08-23 — best price $0.992026-08-24 — best price $0.992026-08-25 — best price $0.992026-08-26 — best price $1.202026-08-27 — best price $1.202026-08-28 — best price $1.202026-08-29 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.492026-08-31 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSubtitle Options

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)74812%29
Xbox One (Xbox)16116%29
PS4 (PlayStation)9143%30
PS4 (PlayStation)4137%30
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DramaLogicRetro1990'sActionCasualPhysicsRelaxingOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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