PPG Game Of The Year 2024 - 54 - It's About Time (And Loops)

Time loops have been a popular mainstay in media for a while now, and whether it's simply time based mechanics, looping as an idea in itself or a combination of the two, this list has you covered.

Time Glitch
Tabletop Roguelike RPG
A pico-ish pixel time loop RPG with predetermined dice rolls and a bent for comedy. Nice and tight package, cheap price, fun time.

TEST TEST TEST
Free Top Down Puzzler
A couple of hour jaunt depending on your puzzle solving capabilities, with a neat out-of-game ARG style component switching things up somewhat. It's also free!

Anomaly Agent
2D Platforming Beat-em-up
Cyberpunk action adventure using action combat with some neat and interesting weapons, branching choices and great pixel art.

Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
Isometric Timey Action
An isometric action game with a unique mechanic of creating clones of your past self to take on the grotesque creatures standing in your way.

Timemelters
Timeshift Magic Action
A time based action puzzle game that "is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves." Full campaigns for single player and co-op.

Neoproxima
Point N Click Mystery
Text based adventure with some RPG mechanics added in. The game revolves around your ability to plan out your next run through the loop, attempting to get as far in as you can to discover as much info as possible before doing it all again.

Eternal Escape: castle of shadows
First Person Escape Room
Attempt to escape the castle by paying close attention to your surroundings to work out the differences between each loop of the space. Short and inexpensive, good single afternoon puzzle game.

Time Turned
Time Based Puzzles
Despite being quite simple graphically, there's a really cool hook here in solving top down puzzles using "time clones" of oneself to solve. Every second counts.

The Holy Gosh Darn
Comedy Point N Click
A time traveling adventure game with a focus on comedy. Part of a larger group of games that can be played in any order.

And The Best Game About Time (And Loops) Of 2024 Is…

Extra Coin
Top Notch Pixel Animation
With a world turned to shit, dive into "The Arcade", a virtual utopia(?) to pretend life is better. The game plays with the concept of loops despite it being a forward propelling narrative in a neat way. A really excellent treatise on why paying attention to reality, and acting on it, is incredibly important - escapism is fine, but it can’t replace the real deal. Something that continues to be ever so important as we march forward over the coming years. Really cool art, animation and premise, deserves way more attention.