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Tower of Time cover art

Tower of Time

Event Horizon · 2018-04-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

7
playing now
83%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 7 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 14% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 66k–158k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,640 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-92%
GOG$24.99
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 68 of 90 observed days · $23.62 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

3442026-08-06 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.492017-07-142026-08-302017-07-14 — 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 $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
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

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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