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Time Walker: Dark World
Developer Heartfun
Time Walker Dark World is a roguelike auto-battler with strategic combat. Players will need to adjust their formations, plan their resources, acquire loot, and upgrade skills to defeat formidable enemies and vicious bosses. From the Steam store page
173 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
135 positive · 34 negative
95% range 73–85%
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| Steam reviews | 135 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,293 of 1,510 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 173 · most liked firstThis is a fun little game but it could use some major improvements. Dev(s), if you are reading this - please give us a summary of damage after every fight. It would be nice to know who is doing what damage, who is taking the most damage, and who did the most healing. If you want to know what to base it on, check out "Tales & Tactics". That game gives the best autobattle summary I've ever seen. The stats are a little confusing as well and some of the translations are not great. There are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game went to 1.0 and a DLC was announced at the same day. The DLC will paywall stuff that was already present in the game (The Templar class)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →VERY poor english translation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time Walker: Dark World? A Strategic Dive into Darkness! (ฅ'ω'ฅ) "Time Walker: Dark World offers an engaging strategic auto-battler experience with flexible character customization, but is marred by technical issues and a need for deeper gameplay elements." Intro : Time Walker: Dark World stands out in the crowded field of roguelike auto-battlers with its strategic combat and an engaging loop of resource management and skill acquisition. As players dive into this darkly enchanting world,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this game is one of those games that has way too many translation issues. The dialogue, the descriptions, everything, some stuff you can figure out, but everything reads like they Google Translated it and just called it a day. Aside from this, there's also polish issues and laziness when it comes to graphical design. First, the buttons on the main menu aren't highlighted when being hovered over. Not the end of the world but definitely not a good first impression (outside of the translation…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched also represent the end of my spooky season watching: Game Night - really fun! Young Frankenstein - a classic, obvi Time Walker - I agree with the MST3K bots, this might be one of the worst they've done Night Crawl (2019) - quick, simple short #filmsky
unlabelledView post →I don't usually leave reviews, but I enjoy this game enough that I think sharing my experience with it is worth it. The gameplay is fun. Hell mode is challenging enough that you won't be beating it consistently until you reach a certain stage in meta progression. I like the design of most abilities though I'll admit that placing passives in the 3 slots given to you always seems like a waste. Classes are unique and varied and the way they are rewarded through progression feels rewarding.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an okay auto battler roguelike. However, there are some issues. The translation: The English translation is sometimes difficult to understand and some parts aren't translated at all, overall I think the translation needs a total overhaul. Some things aren't explained/explained clearly so you need to figure them out by yourself (not very difficult). The UI: The ui is janky at times, for example the skill icon still being there even after you sell it in the shop (will disappear…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lacks a lot of polish, should've been an Early Access and not a full release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time Walker: Dark World feels like it’s trying hard to be humorous, but unfortunately, its attempts often fall flat due to poor localization. The text contains numerous spelling errors, and the dialogue is forced upon the player in a way that detracts from the experience. It’s not only a missed opportunity for comedy but also makes reading item descriptions painful and sometimes incomprehensible. The writing can be best described as “aggressively stupid,” which only adds to the frustration. In…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Written By Hidden Gems Review : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38624426/, Follow me! Time Walker: Dark World is an autobattle Roguelite game. Great combination and evolution of characters and skills where the simplicity of the product shines a lot creating an addictive gameplay. For that price it's a must for autobattle lovers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Expected a lot more, feels more like a 0.3 game than a 1.0
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It fun. repetitive like most with this genre, sure, but still fun after 20 something hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Biggest issue? I hate autobattlers that make it when you take a certain amount of time, (I think it was about a minute?) you just instantly lose. Instead of making it go into an overtime mode, where all sources of damage doubles - good and bad. Hell even just a "Enemies now hit harder" is better than just "Nope, you lose"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game SHOULD NOT have been released as 1.0 There are still a ton of annoying bugs, resolution problems, text errors and a general lack of polish
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Single-player auto battlers are an interesting beast. Many try to be identical to their multiplayer brethren, but I don't think that works, generally. They're often left feeling empty and without personality. Time Walker feels like it's actually adapted to the format. Instead of an army of ten or so, here you have four characters on a team (outside of a specific mode), and three different items/skills that can be upgraded, combined, and tweaked. The smaller teams make the individual characters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a decent buy if around $2 I guess. Feels like an itch.io unfinished project to be honest. The devs seem to be trying to fix stuff but not enough. It's been months and the game is in a similar state from back then. Good part: - Decent skills variety (you need metaprogression to unlock more skills) - Nice hero selection and merge system (also locked behind metaprogression) - Easy to understand the main game loop Bad part: - A lot of translation issues - Bad ui/ux - Bugs that may end up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First things first: The game is playable It has a few typos, untranslated texts, skill tooltip inconsistencies, non-intuitive and/or improvable menu interactions, and the game crashed multiple times in my experience. Still, it's playable. These are not why I gave it a thumbs down. I gave it a thumbs down because the game doesn't really have much content, so it artificially creates replayability by gatekeeping progression behind highly repetitive gameplay to unlock the unlockables, then the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has way, way too many typos and nonsensical descriptions for me to place any sort of trust in the dev to make a coherent game. If you're unable to find someone to translate your garbled nonsense into English that I can understand, in order to play the game, in 2025, don't make a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The translation quite possibly could have been done by ChatGPT. Yet, I still managed to have fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoyable and simple auto battler... the last difficulty is fairly tough until you learn the best strats... endless felt impossible... until I tried a tactic that seemed dumb in this game... and it worked... very well. 100% achievement completion... guess its time for the next game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →average auto battler, not fully translated and still feels like its early access. Got bored after afew runs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a snoozefest. Very bad translation doesn't help either...almost every single line of dialogue in the first 30 minutes has a typo, incorrect grammar, or just straight up wrong words. I literally fell asleep playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amusing auto-battler definitely worth the asking price. There are a lot of classes, unlocks, and meta progression to keep you going back, and a surprisingly good soundtrack to back it up. By far the biggest issue is the translation/writing, which looks like it was machine translated, then hand typed into the game. It's pretty awful and causes a lot of confusion, but should be easy to fix. Also, what's with the cover art? Those characters don't correspond to any classes in the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw it, played 10 minutes of demo and bought it. Great little auto battler game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW If you manage to get past the English translation made with google and the poorly explained mechanics, you'll find a mediocre Chinese autobattler roguelite worth the price developers are asking for (5$). It's a couple hours of fun. So... it's okay. I guess. Best played with mouse Recommended buy price: 5$ Score: 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good but not much build variety if you want to survive. I don't think the mistranslation is that big of an issue, it's still comprehensible. For $5, it's a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is pretty fun and its cheap highly recommend and it supports the indie dev team The bad part, the translation. This felt like a machine translation than a human translating each word. For the most part, the message still gets across, but the terms are just not unified like what's a shaman and lightinger? why are they two separate terms when they're actually the same thing. what's a spitfire and ragefire? are they different things? wait they're the same thing? but the description says…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →decent gameplay, bad menus and item clicking
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play Time: 43.2hours Achievements: 44 of 44 Date/Version: August 12, 2024 / version 1.2.0.10 Rating: 6 ¾ out of 10 Endless Mode Record: 313 and I stopped upgrading around 200 An easy to learn, simplistic, yet enjoyable Auto Battler, with very lite Roguelite elements. The strategy within this game comes from several factors, team comp, item comp, class character position. There is EndGame currency, this does impact the game. There are multiple difficulty selections. For the price it was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mixed Review! In the core its a solid fun but also simple autobattler. Simple is not always bad but here it is a bit too simple! Basic functions like a map or something that indicates where you are in a run (how much battles are left to the Boss etc.) are just not present. Many descriptions also put up more questions than answers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the game is great and relaxing, meta progress is very much needed to make any headway to complete the game for sure. And now for some reason, ton of bugs appeared. My achievements are gone, my saved settings reset on relaunch. But worst of all, I can't even start a new game/run. I can change difficulty and select contracts but that start button? Nah can't click it. Game just stopped working, no idea what is happening.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently the game hasn't got much variations to offer but it's already plenty fun. Said limitation was about the party comps and there is one particular setup in which you'll easily breeze through even the highest difficulty. That being said, you can also choose to avoid the aforementioned setup solely for winning. Lots of builds are viable and I hope there's better translation and more heroes/skills in the future. Game is worth the current price, giving it solid 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After about 107 hours, I finally beat this on Hell Difficulty and opened Endless mode. Lots of luck involved due to the RNG, depending on what EX upgrades will be available near the end, and which kind of build you make. There's a fine balance between being too offensive (great early on but doomed near the later battles) or too defensive (where they cannot hurt you, but you cannot hurt them and time runs out). My best run was with an advanced fighter, a basic fighter, an advanced Idol, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Several questionable game design(s). However, will just list out the one that annoys the most. Boss spawn rotation - Not much info is included in-game but, I reckon 5 bosses completes one rotation. For my case, tried different comps/synergy and died on 5th boss, now I have to play through another 4 boss just to reach the 5th boss. Heck, I don't even know if it's correct, maybe it's rng even.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Pixel-Powered Fun on a Budget." Time Walker: Dark World isn’t trying to reinvent the genre—but that’s exactly what makes it work. It’s a straightforward auto-battler that delivers what it promises: solid fun, satisfying runs, and just enough depth to keep you coming back. For the price, you really can’t go wrong. The game shines in its class variety and spell combinations. There’s a surprising amount of build diversity packed into its modest framework, and each run feels fresh thanks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The text is terrible, but the game is pretty good. Best upgrade is the one to turn off the story. This is a pretty fun game. It is not the best auto battler, but it is a pretty fun game. I can't point to any specific part that I think is great. The upgrade system feel kinda bad, the new characters you unlock don't generally feel like you want to upgrade to them, the balance is all over the place, the different elements are kind of out of wack (Deal fire damage until you unlock ice, then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FPS capped at 60. No FPS options. No Vsync.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, it surprised me how fun it is. It's a bit much to learn what skills work together well at first, but hey, it's part of the charm.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time Walker: Dark World - A Mesmerizing Blend of Roguelite, Auto Battler, and Turn-Based Strategy in a 2D Wonderland Time Walker: Dark World takes players on a thrilling journey through a captivating fusion of genres, seamlessly combining Roguelite, Auto Battler, Turn-Based Strategy, all set in a visually stunning 2D universe. This game offers a unique and engaging experience that will keep players hooked from start to finish. The gameplay of Time Walker: Dark World is a breath of fresh air,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, but still has bugs. I'd wait a few months to see if the bugs are repaired.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full play through hell mode here: https://youtu.be/KejCTUzKtNE Overall it's a pretty fun game and tons of things to unlock even after beating the hardest difficulty and having alternating bosses in the final stage helps add to the replay value. There's quite a few neat builds and I think I got my moneys worth hell mode is heckin difficult too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →that little indie autobattler has everything you need to sink your teeth in. good overall progression great replayability gorgeous pixel art and a good soundtrack. 100 % worth it if you are into auto battle light rpg rogue-lite. the english translation is on par btw.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unoptimized and breaks constantly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Second Unit Director, Skip Schoolnik, later went on to direct some "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" episodes, having the significant demon 'Skip' named after him in the latter series. #monsterdon #TimeWalker
unlabelledView post →I was SO close (there was definitely some exposition but I don't think it ever rose to the level of "copious") #Monsterdon #TimeWalker #MonsterdonBingo
unlabelledView post →game is certainly fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The UI is terrible. Some of the text was never translated from Chinese, and even more was in completely unintelligible English. I had no idea what anything did and was just putting random abilities on random characters. Even then, I beat the game on the first try. Then when you click "back to start", the game crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →completely demolished everything just to get one shot by the worm. potentially a difficulty curve issue
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waited until I unlocked all achievements after 35 hours. Reminds me of the old adage regarding Othello - a minute to learn, a lifetime to master. Simple enough concept, but incredibly deep in terms of synergies and team composition. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% in 31 hours. All in all, decent game for what its worth. Meta progression goes along with game progress. Doesnt feel grindy at all. One thing that annoys me is that supporter pack unlock Templar character which is great early game but kinda annoying when you want to fuse either 3x healer or 3x tank because seems like the game prioritize it. Not a big deal though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really would like to be able to see how much damage each "spell" is doing, same with healing and damage blocking... I can see which champion is doing what % of overall, but I want to be able to optimize my spells... it's super hard to do that when I don't know which things are doing what :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun so far, I like the various combinations and combos.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun autobattler with RPG and roguelite elements. Addictive, also. Good synergy with the classes and skills, cheap price tag, and quite a few unlocks and upgrades. Well worth the price, and I grabbed the DLC as a tip to the dev. Would happily drop another $10 on it as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →way too Grindy and boring, 90% of the game is lock and it's not that interesting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this $5 game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slaps. Great if you enjoy auto battlers / low effort rpg experiences
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs a lot of improvement for this game to be recommended. First of all it is so RNG heavy it is borderline not fun. Way too many abilities and unable to reroll portals so it feels like youre never upgrading unless lucky. You always have to pick the purple portals because hero upgrades are so strong, but you better hope you get the class you want so you dont have 4x of the same class or have to wait 10 stages to sell and then still not have enough money to buy anything good. There is no damage…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nice game to pass the time have many skills and you can expirament on combos classes etc
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely scratched my itch of auto battlers. It's easy to pick up, doesn't stray to far from the formula, and it keeps the team comp nice and tight. My only gripe is how they did the class system, it seems that adding the classes as a drop only delays the build you want to create, then again I'm no expert.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't read the story 'cuz the dev also didn't. Within booting the first 2 minutes I've found 3 typos. That's not mentioning the actually terrible contents of the dialogue. The combat "tutorial" suffers from the same illogical sentences, though it's simplistic enough to be figured out on its own. It's however repetetive enough to lose my interest after 2 hours. You can "place" your units, but they will walk aimlessly toward the enemy with no graspable priority. My archer just suddenly decides…
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