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Tower of Time cover art

Tower of Time

Event Horizon · 2018-04-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: 2018 (iOS), Jun 26, 2020 (Xbox One), Jun 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 20, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Apr 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 12, 2018 (Linux)

A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.

Tower of Time is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2018 priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (82% of 2662 reviews).

14
playing now
82%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (29 downloads)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (52 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

You live in a broken world. Long time ago a great cataclysm had shattered the world and destroyed grand civilization of your ancestors. Yet little is know about the origins, since history is all but forgotten. Remaining survivors are slowly dying off. You task to to reach a bottom of the tower buried upside down, for within there lies a mysterious power that can help you save what little remains.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 67k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,662 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-92%
Steam$1.99-92%
GOG$1.99-92%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.37 at Fanatical (2025-12-11) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 89 of 129 observed days · $0.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16216220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10932026-09-14 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1370Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2017 — avg 7 · peak 33Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 19Mar 2018 — avg 12 · peak 53Jun 2018 — avg 74 · peak 190Sep 2018 — avg 28 · peak 89Dec 2018 — avg 44 · peak 117Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 124Jun 2019 — avg 45 · peak 149Sep 2019 — avg 75 · peak 665Dec 2019 — avg 28 · peak 66Mar 2020 — avg 27 · peak 81Jun 2020 — avg 39 · peak 119Sep 2020 — avg 27 · peak 78Dec 2020 — avg 14 · peak 50Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 49Jun 2021 — avg 28 · peak 60Sep 2021 — avg 19 · peak 52Dec 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 33Sep 2022 — avg 14 · peak 38Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.492017-07-142026-10-142017-07-14 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $24.992018-10-13 — best price $14.992018-12-14 — best price $24.992019-03-28 — best price $12.492019-08-05 — best price $24.992019-11-28 — best price $7.492020-03-16 — best price $7.492020-09-07 — best price $12.492020-10-29 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-02-04 — best price $22.392021-03-01 — best price $24.992021-04-02 — best price $22.392021-04-25 — best price $24.992021-05-20 — best price $17.932021-07-29 — best price $18.362021-10-07 — best price $24.992022-01-11 — best price $18.362022-05-26 — best price $18.362022-12-22 — best price $6.242023-05-20 — best price $4.992023-11-15 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $18.742024-06-13 — best price $7.492024-10-08 — best price $24.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-04-15 — best price $24.992025-07-23 — best price $24.992025-11-04 — best price $24.992026-01-23 — best price $24.992026-04-13 — best price $24.992026-06-17 — best price $24.992026-08-11 — best price $1.992026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-09-10 — best price $1.742026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-10 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "First Blood"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Polish, Russian, French, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-09-13, latest 2025-04-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5712%77
Xbox One (Xbox)1123%50
PS4 (PlayStation)885%51
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

RPGFantasyStrategyAdventureIsometricLore-RichReal-TimeStory RichTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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