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Time Wasters

Proton Studio · 2023-09-25

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

Time Wasters is an Action, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 2619 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

19
playing now
88%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

In the far reaches of space, there exists a mysterious and powerful artifact known as the Time Cube. It is said that whoever possesses this artifact has the ability to manipulate time itself, bending it to their will and gaining an unparalleled advantage in any conflict. As a skilled space ship captain, you have been chosen to embark on a mission to collect as many Time Cubes as possible and use them in the fight against the hordes of enemy ships that threaten the peace of the galaxy.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (611 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–118k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,619 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-08-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54754720232026Week of 2023-03-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4165Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 416 · peak 925May 2023 — avg 175 · peak 487Jul 2023 — avg 111 · peak 226Sep 2023 — avg 178 · peak 925Nov 2023 — avg 140 · peak 257Jan 2024 — avg 73 · peak 151Mar 2024 — avg 50 · peak 110May 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 62Sep 2024 — avg 32 · peak 72Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 74Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 19 · peak 48Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.492023-03-102026-07-302023-03-10 — best price $2.692023-05-05 — best price $2.692023-05-26 — best price $4.992023-07-27 — best price $4.992023-10-02 — best price $4.992023-11-20 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-02-20 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-05-31 — best price $4.992024-07-25 — best price $4.992024-09-12 — best price $4.992024-11-01 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-16 — best price $4.992025-04-03 — best price $4.992025-05-29 — best price $4.992025-07-24 — best price $4.992025-09-06 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-12-04 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-04-09 — best price $4.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.3%
earned "Azurene Bronze Victory"
45.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1819%96

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DAnimeActionCasualShooterTop-DownControllerRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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