A Space Between Time

A very good 2 hour jaunt into puzzle shenanigans! Worth the 5 bux!

Sometimes the puzzles are so simple they're hard and sometimes they're so hard they're simple. As someone who LOVES playing puzzle platformers, that's one of the best things I can say about a game. It's definitely a unique twist on a 2D game to be using a non-traditional 3rd dimension and that unique feature is implemented very well.

The puzzles are very challenging, and I died just about as much as the trailers suggest. But each time I died, I felt like I figured it out a little more each time. The time control mechanics were challenging to wrap my head around but in the end it felt like an overall very rewarding experience. Despite being a small game there really is so much to it, well worth a couple bucks for a small dev.

I recently played A Space Between Time, and it’s a really charming indie puzzle game that surprised me. You control a robot with the ability to manipulate time, but here’s the catch—you can move through time along the x and y axes separately. This opens up some really interesting puzzle dynamics as you revisit areas from different moments in time to access new paths. It’s a small game, but the idle animations are adorable, and the puzzles are challenging enough to keep you thinking without getting too frustrating. Plus, there's Steam Workshop support, so you can build and play user-created levels, which adds some nice replay value. For $5, it’s absolutely worth a shot