Stuck In Time
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
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December 9, 2021
4 years and 237 days ago
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Very Positive1,056 reviews84.2%
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9 itemsAbout the Game
DISCLAIMER : This is an idle game. They are designed to be played while doing something else on the side. The progression is slower than regular games.
You like the careful planning and the thrill of exploration but hate the repetitive grind, this game is for you. It's a truly satisfying and self-contained game experience that takes the idle mechanic seriously and elevates it through an old school pixel-art adventure. The perfect game to play while idling or working on the side.
Plan your loops: Plan your actions ahead of time, choose which path to take, who to fight, what loot to take and start the loop. Craft up your different lists of actions and test them to compare their efficiency. Save them, load them and refine them over time.
Optimize your idling: Time is your main currency. Optimize your different paths as you gain experience to go faster and get the most of your idling time. As you repeat the same action it's cost get cheaper, so be sure to check if a quicker route has become available.
Explore the world: This game is all about atmosphere. Explore this dark fantasy world and get immersed in the lore and mystery that comes with it.
Meet characters: Find and meet the 10 different characters that will help you understand the world. Talk to them, learn from them or kill them and loot their corpses. It's all good, you're stuck in a time loop anyway.
Escape the loop: Redeem the curse and find out the different endings.
You like the careful planning and the thrill of exploration but hate the repetitive grind, this game is for you. It's a truly satisfying and self-contained game experience that takes the idle mechanic seriously and elevates it through an old school pixel-art adventure. The perfect game to play while idling or working on the side.
Plan your loops: Plan your actions ahead of time, choose which path to take, who to fight, what loot to take and start the loop. Craft up your different lists of actions and test them to compare their efficiency. Save them, load them and refine them over time.
Optimize your idling: Time is your main currency. Optimize your different paths as you gain experience to go faster and get the most of your idling time. As you repeat the same action it's cost get cheaper, so be sure to check if a quicker route has become available.
Explore the world: This game is all about atmosphere. Explore this dark fantasy world and get immersed in the lore and mystery that comes with it.
Meet characters: Find and meet the 10 different characters that will help you understand the world. Talk to them, learn from them or kill them and loot their corpses. It's all good, you're stuck in a time loop anyway.
Escape the loop: Redeem the curse and find out the different endings.
