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Time Loader cover art

Time Loader

Flazm · META Publishing · 2021-11-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Time Loader is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 571 reviews).

83%
positive of 579 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
3.55★
PlayStation Store rating (38 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 19% of 28,403 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 579 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.19-88%
Steam$1.19-85%
GreenManGaming$1.20-85%
GOG$1.49-85%
Gamesplanet$1.49-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.54 at Gamer Thor (2025-12-02) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 231 of 250 observed days · $0.95 above the all-time low (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

$14.99$0.542021-10-272026-10-162021-10-27 — best price $14.992021-12-21 — best price $11.242022-03-01 — best price $13.732022-05-01 — best price $14.992022-06-22 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $7.342022-10-25 — best price $5.552022-12-06 — best price $11.892023-02-01 — best price $12.262023-03-24 — best price $11.012023-05-18 — best price $5.242023-06-25 — best price $14.992023-08-08 — best price $12.372023-10-10 — best price $4.492023-12-13 — best price $2.992024-02-06 — best price $3.742024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-05-30 — best price $1.602024-07-23 — best price $7.652024-09-01 — best price $7.652024-10-28 — best price $1.492024-12-11 — best price $1.542025-01-13 — best price $7.342025-02-27 — best price $1.302025-04-08 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $1.502025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-09-03 — best price $1.482025-10-13 — best price $1.242025-11-20 — best price $1.082026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-02-14 — best price $1.202026-03-30 — best price $0.792026-05-05 — best price $0.802026-06-11 — best price $1.192026-07-28 — best price $1.472026-08-24 — best price $0.992026-09-18 — best price $1.032026-10-14 — best price $1.492026-10-16 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Screwdriver"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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