Timelie
Worth it · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $17.99, a BANGER if it drops to $7.64.
- Length
- 5.1h
- Value
- $3.53/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 460 / AMD Radeon R9 350, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $7.19. It has been discounted 35 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Past sales have already crossed the $7.64 BANGER line once.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Monument Valley ($2.79, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Unpacking ($19.99, scores 67).
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 17 points higher at 94 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
4 of the 379 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 181 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 5.1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
49% start to 9% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 01:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Kinda mixed on this one, but mostly positive The timeline mechanic is great and makes for some really clever levels, especially when you have to precisely coordinate both characters. I also loved how some puzzles build on decisions made in previous levels, making the whole game feel much more cohesive. At the same time, the mechanics never evolve enough, and the difficulty ends up coming from precise movement...
For a game repeatedly praised as things like "the best indie puzzle game ever" and "a near-perfect game" in the steam trailer, I find myself rather let down by a lot of the game. Not to say the game's bad, but do not let the trailer overhype you. It's a decent way to kill a couple hours if you spot a 50% off sale A ton of the cutscenes feel like a waste of time, especially when the game tries to get you to watch a...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Timelie scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1150950/timelieReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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