Tick Tock Isle

Tick Tock Isle

Fair · Narrative · 2015

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $0.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
1.6h 1.9h to 100%
Value
$0.62/hr
Reviews
86% of 335 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.49 (51% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Raising the score
Value$0.62/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews86% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 84% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 66 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower.  Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 123 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 35 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015 (free, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats No Time To Explain Remastered ($14.99, scores 43).

What players say

- The game isn't really straightforward with its quests and there is some figuring out to do by the player. - Lots of running back and forth to get specific items and talk with all the characters scattered throughout the area. Would I say that this game is bad though? No, by no means. + If you're a person who prefers shorter games, then this one is surely worth it for the small price of .99 cents (even lower on sale...
LemonRecommendedafter 2.0hDec 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Tick Tock Isle is a bite-sized adventure game that pays homage to the point-and-click adventures of old but trims absolutely all the fat and leaves you with a condensed and charming experience. The game has an inventory, a map, and several screens of the titular island and the house on it, but the game only has four buttons, and three of them are directional movement keys. In short, the game streamlines all...
d3sirioRecommendedafter 1.0hSep 2024Read on Steam
This game is a STEAL for 99 cents! What the heck!? It's "short" being a couple hours to complete everything most likely, BUT I prefer that honestly, like watching a good movie. It was extremely cool and funny and rewarding to work through this story.
(dae)Recommendedafter 3.1hApr 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Tick Tock Isle scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/418440/tick-tock-isle
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Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperSquiddershins
PublisherSquiddershins
GenreNarrative
Released2015
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate