Timemelters

Item: Timemelters
Rating: 90
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-26

Summary

Unique time-loop gameplay mechanics.
Excellent, robust co-op campaign experience.
Satisfying challenge with varied puzzles.
Challenging trial-and-error gameplay loop.
Limited voice acting and dialogue.
Basic visuals and presentation quality.

Emotions

satisfaction34%excitement14%enjoyment12%appreciation12%disappointment5%

Reviews (sample size): 122
Helpful reviews: 92%
Unhelpful reviews: 8%
Protest reviews: 0%

90%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
10%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 381
Negative points: 108
Gameplay points: 206
Perf. points: 8
Rec. points: 54
Misc points: 19

Point	Description	Importance
Unique Time-Manipulation Gameplay Description The game's core time-travel, time-loop, and echo mechanics are consistently praised as innovative, unique, and well-executed, offering a fresh and engaging strategic puzzle-combat experience. Players find the concept clever and deeply satisfying, providing "Aha!" moments. Importance 100%	The game's core time-travel, time-loop, and echo mechanics are consistently praised as innovative, unique, and well-executed, offering a fresh and engaging strategic puzzle-combat experience. Players find the concept clever and deeply satisfying, providing "Aha!" moments.	100%
Excellent Co-op Campaign Description The cooperative campaign is highly regarded for being fun, solid, and offering unique ways to tackle missions. The "friend pass" feature, allowing one purchase for two players, is particularly appreciated by reviewers. Importance 18%	The cooperative campaign is highly regarded for being fun, solid, and offering unique ways to tackle missions. The "friend pass" feature, allowing one purchase for two players, is particularly appreciated by reviewers.	18%
Engaging Story & Lore Description The game's narrative, including its lore, characters, and plot, is described as captivating, intriguing, and well-written. The integration of witchcraft and time travel elements adds exciting twists to the story. Importance 15%	The game's narrative, including its lore, characters, and plot, is described as captivating, intriguing, and well-written. The integration of witchcraft and time travel elements adds exciting twists to the story.	15%
Satisfying Challenge & Controls Description The game strikes a good balance, offering challenging gameplay that remains satisfying without becoming frustrating. Reviewers appreciate the tight, simple controls and the rewarding feeling of overcoming difficult scenarios. Importance 13%	The game strikes a good balance, offering challenging gameplay that remains satisfying without becoming frustrating. Reviewers appreciate the tight, simple controls and the rewarding feeling of overcoming difficult scenarios.	13%
Responsive & Polished Development Description Reviewers commend the developers for their significant effort, resulting in a highly polished game, especially for an early access title. The team is also noted for being very responsive to community feedback and issues. Importance 12%	Reviewers commend the developers for their significant effort, resulting in a highly polished game, especially for an early access title. The team is also noted for being very responsive to community feedback and issues.	12%
Charming Art Style & Graphics Description The game's visual presentation, including its pleasant graphics, clean art direction, and charming 2D animated cutscenes, is frequently highlighted as a positive aspect. Voice acting in special cutscenes also adds to the experience. Importance 9%	The game's visual presentation, including its pleasant graphics, clean art direction, and charming 2D animated cutscenes, is frequently highlighted as a positive aspect. Voice acting in special cutscenes also adds to the experience.	9%
Effective Tower Defense Blend Description The game successfully blends tower defense, action, and puzzle elements, creating an enjoyable and strategic hybrid experience. This unique combination is seen as a strong point of the gameplay. Importance 8%	The game successfully blends tower defense, action, and puzzle elements, creating an enjoyable and strategic hybrid experience. This unique combination is seen as a strong point of the gameplay.	8%
Well-Designed Maps Description The game's maps are consistently praised for being well-made, detailed, and complex yet manageable. The "die and retry" aspect for new maps is not tedious, and resolutions are often quick once a tactic is understood. Importance 8%	The game's maps are consistently praised for being well-made, detailed, and complex yet manageable. The "die and retry" aspect for new maps is not tedious, and resolutions are often quick once a tactic is understood.	8%
Satisfying Problem Solving Description Players find immense satisfaction in completing levels and figuring out optimal strategies for each map. The "lightbulb moments" of understanding how to approach challenges are particularly rewarding. Importance 7%	Players find immense satisfaction in completing levels and figuring out optimal strategies for each map. The "lightbulb moments" of understanding how to approach challenges are particularly rewarding.	7%
Amazing Soundtrack Description The game's soundtrack is consistently praised for being amazing, epic, and perfectly complementing the game's atmosphere and mood. Importance 7%	The game's soundtrack is consistently praised for being amazing, epic, and perfectly complementing the game's atmosphere and mood.	7%
Excellent & Varied Puzzles Description The puzzles are highlighted as a great strength of the game, being excellent, challenging, and diverse enough to prevent boredom. The time-loop puzzles are particularly noted for being cool and satisfying. Importance 6%	The puzzles are highlighted as a great strength of the game, being excellent, challenging, and diverse enough to prevent boredom. The time-loop puzzles are particularly noted for being cool and satisfying.	6%
Rewarding Upgrade System Description The game features an upgrade tree that is simple, fun, and makes progression feel genuinely rewarding to players. Importance 5%	The game features an upgrade tree that is simple, fun, and makes progression feel genuinely rewarding to players.	5%