Top 5 games that involve time travel

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Quantum Break (Image via Remedy Entertainment)
Quantum Break (Image via Remedy Entertainment)

The time travel concept has always been fascinating and has captivated people's imaginations for many years. Video games have long featured the idea of time travel, whether to the past or the future. The gaming industry has recently created games with time travel as their main subject. With the ability to explore several eras, alter timelines, and change the course of history, these games provide players with a distinctive and thrilling experience.

Disclaimer: This listicle is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinions.


Quantum Break and 4 other games that involve time travel

5) Bioshock Infinite

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Bioshock Infinite is a first-person shooter that features the protagonist Booker DeWitt, who travels to the floating city of Columbia to rescue a young woman named Elizabeth. The multiverse concept is included in this title, indicating that endless parallel alternate realities exist. Players can traverse these parallel universes to see various representations of Columbia and its residents and learn how specific events played out differently in each one.

Throughout the game, Booker and Elizabeth can travel through time and different dimensions by making "tears." These tears can alter the battlefield, call allies and weapons, and provide tactical advantages. The game's climactic conclusion reveals Booker's mission's true purpose and how the events are interconnected.


4) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a classic action-adventure game that follows the adventures of Link, who lives in the land of Hyrule. Link has the task of saving Hyrule from the evil Ganondorf. The Master Sword is a powerful tool in the game that may be used to traverse time.

Link can visit the Sacred Realm and switch between the game's two time periods, the present, when he is a child, and the future, where he is an adult, by removing the sword from its pedestal in the Temple of Time. Many of the game's puzzles are time-dependent, meaning you have limited time to solve them. Players learn more about Hyrule's past and the events that lead to the game's current scenario as the story unfolds.


3) Braid

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Braid is a puzzle-platformer game that revolves around the manipulation of time. The player controls a character named Tim at the start of the game. Tim is on a mission to save a princess from a monster. As the game progresses, he discovers that the princess he is attempting to save is a metaphor for his previous mistakes, and the monster represents his sorrow and shame.

The game's time manipulation mechanics are used to build the puzzles of Braid. Players must utilize their skills to manipulate things, avoid dangers and develop unique puzzle solutions. The game's gameplay and plot are closely linked, resulting in a richly immersive and emotionally impactful experience that has received appreciation for its creativity.


2) Quantum Break

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A unique action-adventure game called Quantum Break tells the tale of Jack Joyce, a man who develops the ability to time travel following a failed experiment at a research facility. Jack quickly finds himself at the center of a plot involving a powerful corporation and a mysterious time-traveling enemy called "Monarch Solutions."

Live-action TV episodes inserted randomly throughout the game are used to tell the story. The TV episodes offer a distinctive approach to the narrative by telling the plot from the enemy's point of view. Players frequently have to use their ability to manipulate time to solve puzzles and get past barriers. They also frequently have to cope with the results of their past and future actions.


1) Life is Strange

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Life is Strange is an adventure time travel game involving Max Caulfield, a high school girl who discovers she can turn back time. Max can turn back time by a few minutes, allowing her to redo talks, change how things turn out, and stay out of dangerous circumstances.

The butterfly effect states that even small changes can have significant consequences, dramatically impacting the game's plot. In addition to turning back time, Max can jump into the past and change events using specific photographs. Several pivotal game moments use this mechanic, enabling Max to find secrets and change the plot.

Life is Strange is an emotional and thought-provoking narrative that addresses friendship, love, loss, and mental health issues.


From the complex and innovative narrative of games like Life is Strange to the distinctive gameplay of Braid and Quantum Break, these time travel games surely provide entertainment for hours.

The ability of storytelling and imagination to attract players can be seen in time travel games, which will be famous for many years.

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