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Where Time Stood Still

Ocean Software · Ziggurat · 2018-04-13

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 1987 (DOS), 1988 (ZX Spectrum), 1988 (Atari ST/STE), Apr 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your plane has ditched on a mountain plateau somewhere in deepest Tibet. You and your companions are alive but recovery from the impact is short lived; a large shape is moving towards you. As it gets closer you rub your eyes in disbelief: a Dinosaur! Where are you?... and when?

Where Time Stood Still is an Action, Adventure, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $1.19, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 28 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

50%
positive of 28 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
−70% · $1.19
was $3.99
steam price (US) · on sale
Where Time Stood Still is an isometric action-adventure game released by Ocean in 1988 for the Sinclair Spectrum 128K, MS-DOS, and Atari ST. The game was developed by Denton Designs as a follow-up to The Great Escape from 1986.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182026Week of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Census log

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

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