GOST of Time - Review
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GOST of Time
42+ Ways to Use Your Dead Body in Time Travel
August 15, 2025 Nintendo Switch Top-Down Action/Puzzle £8.99
Overview
A top-down action puzzle game where you use time loop mechanics and your own dead clones to solve puzzles and retrieve medication in a dystopian future. It feels like Rick & Morty had a pixel puzzle baby that time-travelled.
The Good
- Great Pixel Art
- It gets your grey matter working
- Lots of mechanics to keep it fresh
The Not-So-Good
- The Story is a bit barren
- Possibly too short (some people may like this though)
Story
This game is set in a dystopian future where the government has subject time to government regulations. You are subservient to an elderly man who has amnesia and sends you on a quest to get his vital medication. He can’t remember why or what it’s for but he knows he needs it. You use the Time-Clone machine to manipulate time and solve puzzles to save the man's life. This game was Successfully funded on Kickstarter. Essentially that's it for the story. You get a small intro conversation and the odd chat here and there but there's not much else to the story that I can say. Ultimately it's fine it's better than a convoluted mess but it's relatively baron.
Gameplay
At it's basic level Gost of time is a time bending puzzle game. The first 3-7 levels are relatively easy once you get your head around the mechanics. The game does a good job of adding new mechanics and tools every now and again which keeps it fresh and stops the game feeling mundane. The puzzles themselves are pitched at the right level for fans of puzzle games. Sometimes you may be a little stumped on how to start solving a puzzle and you will make mistakes that you need to rectify, the puzzles are very well thought out and satisfying to solve. The time travel element / clone element is simple, that when you die or choose to respawn you create a clone at a new teleportation point. That's where the challenge is though as you only have a limited amount of clones to use and sometimes the deploy points are in other locations across the map. This is partially what makes the gameplay so enjoyable as there's a sense of danger every loop you play, especially later in the game. The controls are simple and reactive, the movement reminds me a little of among us. There are not many buttons to learn, although pressing respawn accidentally can be frustrating. The difficulty curve is steady and forgiving it's only the last 10 levels or so that need extra thought after you've learned all the games mechanics. Some levels feature eater eggs these can be harder to solve and require the most thought. When you earn them they give you a little trinket in a cabinet in your overworld.
Visual & Design
The pixel art is really well done and the decoration around the games home world is pretty impressive especially the posters and easter eggs. The design feels quite Orwellian you could imagine it being the backdrop to something like 1984. The menus are simple possibly too simple but they're easy to navigate and get the job done. The sprite design is really well done. The characters and enemies look great
Performance
Performance on the Switch 2 is flawless. The loading times are short with a smooth frame rate through out. There's not much more to add on this front
Value
The game is currently priced at £8.99 and regional equivalents. It's around 2-3 hours in length. Maybe slightly more if you want all the easter eggs. There is replay ability here especially if you want to speed run the levels there's a basic timer in the top right of every level, although there's no time stamp on the completed levels so you would have to use other software to help with that. At full price if you're puzzle game fan I'd say you'll just about get enough value out of it to make it worth while.
Score Breakdown
Story
5/10
Gameplay
7/10
Visual & Design
8/10
Performance
8/10
Value
7/10
Overall Score
7/10
Final Verdict
At this time there is no mention of a physical edition. Released Friday 15/08/2025 on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo
If you like puzzle games this worth a dabble. If you're STRETCHED for time or on a journey where you can play something in handheld mode this is well worth your attention.