A Timely Intervention

A Timely Intervention

Aldorlea Games · 2017 · RPG, Female Protagonist, Time Travel, Casual, Adventure

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About A Timely Intervention

✦ AI summary

A Timely Intervention is a time-travel RPG where you control two separate parties across branching timelines, each with their own goals and secrets, before they eventually unite to face an uncertain future. Packed with 30+ hours of content, dynamic battles, 10 unique characters, and the storytelling expertise of the Common Man team, it challenges you to decide whether changing the past is worth the risk.

"Those who control the present, control the past. And those who control the past control the future."

Storyline



That's what they say, anyway, but maybe they are wrong. Who knows?
If you were able to go back in time and take the risk of changing everything you know, would you do it?

"A Timely Intervention" is an innovative role-playing game featuring spectacular battle visuals, polished gameplay mechanisms, an intricate storyline and a cast of colourful characters.

For the first part of the game, play as 2 separate parties, as the story goes back and forth between them. Each party has its own hopes and goals; when they meet can those be reconciled as they join forces? And how can they know what their choices will bring? Delve into a brand new world full of characters, secrets and possibilities.

Features



Customize your game to suit your preferences
  • Choose between visible and invisible enemies
  • If you choose invisible enemies, vary the encounter rate from the menu
  • Choose your difficulty level: Easy, Normal, Hard, Legendary. Be warned - it's called Legendary for a reason
  • Choose enable/disable mouse as often as you like

General
  • 10 characters
  • Five characters in the active party to add strategic depth
  • Many skills level up with use - how strong they are depends on you
  • 8-direction movement with mouse or keyboard
  • 17 side quests
  • 30 secret rooms to discover
  • 30+ hours of addictive gameplay
  • Fresh-looking enemies, dynamic battles, beautiful environments and charming music
  • The "Common Man" team back for another epic of masterful storytelling

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 26, 2026
A Timely Intervention is a fantasy role-playing game developed and published by Aldorlea Games that embraces classic RPG traditions while introducing systems built around flexibility, exploration, and long-form adventure design. Created by the developers behind The Tale of a Common Man, the game focuses heavily on giving players control over how they experience its world, combining story progression, party management, hidden discoveries, and strategic combat into a package designed for fans of traditional independent role-playing games. One of the first things that stands out is how much freedom the game gives players when shaping their experience. Difficulty settings allow players to tailor challenge levels according to personal preference, creating options that support both relaxed exploration and more demanding progression. Additional customization settings further reinforce this design philosophy by letting players adjust encounter visibility and gameplay flow. This flexibility makes A Timely Intervention approachable to newcomers while still offering enough resistance for players who prefer more strategic planning. The adventure itself revolves around a fantasy setting drive…
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Recommended Mar 17, 2026
Well though out story rpg by Aldorlea, always great games. Great replay value due to multiple party choices. Highly customizable regarding difficulty, monster visibility and encounter rate.
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Recommended Nov 9, 2024
I liked this game a lot and think it's a pretty good example of how RPG maker games can still be a lot of fun. Without spoiling a lot of details, this is a pretty classic time traveling meets fantasy past story, with several characters being from the future and having to deal with the effects they're having with timelines in the past. There's some generic time traveling tropes that don't necessarily make this a compelling SCI FI story, but the game more than makes up for this with its design. A lot of the playable party characters might be a little generic in their characterizations but there's some charm to the writing and interactions with the characters that make me root for them and want to see the rest of the adventure through. For a small RPG title this one is pretty meaty, I was able to play the game all the way through, completing all the side quests and finding all the hidden rooms with the help of a guide in about 19 hours. I wouldn't say that a ton of grinding is necessary, but if you absolutely can't stand grinding this may be a game to avoid. I think the game has a very good progression system that makes you characters slowly build in power, as well as a system that …
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Recommended May 5, 2026
Great visuals. Great music. Good scifi/fantasy story. The game rewards exploration, the combat isn't boring and the charactors are interesting. I could've happily stayed in that world for another 20 hours. Thank you to the game creator.
Recommended Jan 22, 2026
An old school classic rpg that presents an interesting story involving time travel. I have not seen this particular variant used in Aldorlea's games before and they have made it both fun and interesting. As with all of Aldorlea's games, the conversation moves the story and its explanation along nicely without getting boring. It does not take very long at all to be completely absorbed in the gameplay. Graphics are well done, game mechanics are fine, and the music is appropriate. There are plenty of side quests, there are secret rooms (30?), lots of characters, and plenty of battle customization that is carefully explained in the tutorials. There is a quest journal to keep you on track in what appears to be a lengthy game. All in all, everything a fan of this style game has come to expect from Aldorlea games. Another fine choice from the Aldorlea catalog of superior games that I recommend wholeheartedly.
Recommended Dec 31, 2024
i like the plot

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