Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres
Skip · Short indie · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 9, under the fair line, at $4.49.
- Length
- 4h 4.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.12/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 606 positive
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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
About the game
Fulfill your destiny, become the ruler of time, and change the course of history!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB VRAM, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
October 2015 is where it bottomed out, at $1.49. 59 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 96 percent. Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride ($14.99, scores 65) outscores it, and so does Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres
Steam's global achievement data puts 41 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
45% start to 41% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 8, 02:11 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Mhhh... MUCH better than the first one, but...! IT'S STILL not a beginner friendly game!!! Once again... Mini-games... Have no damn explanations!!! And once again once again... Only reason I know how to do 90% of these puzzles -> IS because I played a huge amount of H.O.Gs! Then again... I came across a puzzle in the Bonus Game and... I had no clue how to solve it!!! What the hell man? Did you seriously think no one...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Don't play this game if you don't hate yourself enough. 70% of my time is spent on Hidden Object and I'm glad they have moved onto newer mechanics in their later games.
A better game than the first part but barely. First of all, my recommendation is to not play the game in expert mode. There are a lot of HO scenes that are repeats, constantly. Expert mode will not show them at all, and since they are enabled with internal triggers, it makes combing every screen a chore. The plot involves time travel across 2 different locations, one small and one big. Solving some puzzles in the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres scores 9/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/313650/time-mysteries-2-the-ancient-spectresReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 5. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.