ActionFit check
Is Timeworks worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Puzzle-platformer fans who want time-based problem solving
- Players who enjoy retrying levels to optimize their solutions
- Casual players seeking a cartoon workplace setting with more than 50 puzzles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-led adventure rather than repeated puzzle solving and route optimization
- Those who prefer fast combat or uninterrupted action over deliberate platforming challenges
- Players looking for online multiplayer or competitive ranking systems
Our take on Timeworks
Its defining mechanic is coordinating actions with earlier versions of the player character, turning each failed or completed attempt into part of the next solution.
What is Timeworks?
Timeworks is a 3D puzzle platformer set in a cartoon workplace where a new employee is sent through time to complete shifts.
Levels support repeated attempts and multiple solutions, including routes aimed at earning an S rank. Earlier versions of the player character can be used to throw objects, build stacks, or make sacrifices that enable later actions. The game contains more than 50 puzzles across three environments, each introducing different mechanics. These include navigating NETS, avoiding adhesive slime, and using handheld time machines. Players also create unique Items while completing quotas for their mysterious employers. Comedic co-workers Audrey and Gary appear alongside music from Philadelphia jazz band Atomic Fizz.
How Timeworks plays
- 01Past-self coordination
- Earlier player versions can perform actions that support later attempts, including throwing, stacking, and being sacrificed.
- 02Multiple puzzle solutions
- Levels allow unlimited retries and different approaches, with S ranks available for optimized runs.
- 03Three puzzle environments
- More than 50 puzzles are distributed across three areas that introduce their own mechanics.
- 04Time-based obstacles
- Gameplay includes NETS, sticky slime, and handheld devices used to manipulate time.
- 05Dynamic jazz soundtrack
- Music comes from Philadelphia jazz band Atomic Fizz.
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Timeworks: platforms & release
Is Timeworks worth it?
It is worth it if: puzzle-platformer fans who want time-based problem solving. Skip it if: players seeking a story-led adventure rather than repeated puzzle solving and route optimization.
Where can I download Timeworks?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Timeworks's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Timeworks on?
Windows only.
