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Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Developer Other Tales Interactive
You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection. From the Steam store page
265 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
186 positive · 34 negative
95% range 79–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 186 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,130 of 4,565 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 167 yes, 32 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 199 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (10,379 of 12,163 positive).
Players praise the cooperative puzzle design that requires constant communication. [1][2][3] Many find the game short but sweet, with a charming story and art style. [1][4][5] Some reviewers criticize the ending as unsatisfying and the game as too brief. [6][7][8]
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- [6]
Very honestly it has great art and design, the puzzles are great and at least the concept of working with someone else this way could have been really cool. However the story/plot is unpolished, unfinished, and leaves a sour taste to what could have been an amazing game. I think the "ending" was trying to be clever? but it just falls short. This doesn't feel like a complete game.
- [1]
Fun short puzzle game with a neat story, it is exclusively co-op, the puzzles are creative and the difficulty is just right to make you and your partner use your brains but not be stuck for a long time. Finished in 2.5 hours.
- [2]
A clever co-op puzzle game built entirely around communication. Each player sees different parts of the same world, so every puzzle depends on describing, listening, and thinking together. The “everything clicks” moments are really rewarding, especially when both perspectives finally line up. The hand-drawn art style is charming with a slightly eerie, fairytale vibe that fits the time-loop mystery well. Great for …
- [3]
Grab a friend, because this game will either strengthen your friendship or expose how bad you both are at communicating. Tick Tock splits all the puzzle info between two players, so you literally cannot play alone, which is honestly a bold game design choice or a cry for help, not sure which. The vibe is mysterious and cozy, like a Nordic fairytale. Puzzles are clever without being unfair and the whole thing wraps …
- [4]
Tick Tock is a small, simple game that ends up being far more special than it looks. The story is genuinely wonderful and unfolds in a really clever way between two players, making the experience feel personal and shared rather than just solved. The puzzles aren’t overly complex, but they’re well designed and satisfying, everything flows nicely without ever becoming frustrating. It’s short, sweet, and absolutely …
Summarised from 34 of the 231 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Tick Tock: A Tale for Two talk about clever co-op puzzles that require teamwork and communication; those who didn't talk about too short, with some finishing in under 2 hours. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 265 · most liked firstFun short puzzle game with a neat story, it is exclusively co-op, the puzzles are creative and the difficulty is just right to make you and your partner use your brains but not be stuck for a long time. Finished in 2.5 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random Game of the Day Day 478 - Destiny Connect - Tick-Tock Travelers A pretty unknown RPG that involves time travel and robots. I picked this up cause many of the robot designs in this reminded me of Cubix. It's pretty simple in story and gameplay but very charming Anyone here ever heard of it?
neutral · AI labelView post →𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬-𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘱-𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 '𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 '𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱? 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬-𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘱-𝘵𝘰𝘱…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game 7: Tick Tock 🕓 Stroking to the beat of a metronome. One stroke per second. First to cum wins. If you've never tried metronome stroking it's so fun and frustrating at the same time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tick Tock on that film adaptation of an incredibly mid strategy game from the mid 00s, Jerry.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, but in particular, the songs "That is My Curse", "Tick Tock", and "Chess" from the Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows soundtrack are SO GOOD for writing tense/flighty/chase type scenes to and I just need to let everyone know this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing that the Tick Tock Tavern in my old hood is closing & while it could get bad weird there, I have fond memories of watching Game 1 of the 2016 World Series there with a graffiti writer who listened to my radio show and we were in awe of a guy there who was a dead ringer for Lil Wayne.
neutral · AI labelView post →It has some levels that are a bit annoying (Tick Tock Clock 🫣), but even then I always have a blast playing it from start to finish. Also I love the credits of this game so much. And the soundtrack. And the asthetics. And, and... Gosh, what a great game 🥰 [3/3]
neutral · AI labelView post →Tick Tock is a small, simple game that ends up being far more special than it looks. The story is genuinely wonderful and unfolds in a really clever way between two players, making the experience feel personal and shared rather than just solved. The puzzles aren’t overly complex, but they’re well designed and satisfying, everything flows nicely without ever becoming frustrating. It’s short, sweet, and absolutely worth the time. The kind of game you finish and just appreciate having…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good way to connect and spend time with my long distance partner ! we loved solving the puzzles !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seriously! WTF are we even doing?!? We are already years behind the game and while the enemy is enacting its plans for world dominion, I’m seeing large ‘democracy champion’ accounts post about their follower count. TICK TOCK MOTHAFKRS!
neutral · AI labelView post →TICK-TOCK!! Ukraine’s NEXT Drone Wave is Coming – And It’s a TOTAL GAME-CHANGER youtube.com/watch?v=9iU9...
neutral · AI labelView post →Very honestly it has great art and design, the puzzles are great and at least the concept of working with someone else this way could have been really cool. However the story/plot is unpolished, unfinished, and leaves a sour taste to what could have been an amazing game. I think the "ending" was trying to be clever? but it just falls short. This doesn't feel like a complete game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game 156/162 #Mets lose Record: 80-76 Series Record: 1-2 (loss) Game's biggest moment: Mullins forgets he is allowed to run Player of the game: Lindor Magic #: N/A Biggest takeaway: Tick Tock. No longer in control of our playoff lives. Mullins should never see the field again. #LGM #LGM #LGM
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is okay at best. Some puzzles were fun, some were mostly annoying. But I cannot recommend buying the game at its price, especially as you need 2 copies to play it with someone else. The writing started out interestingly but fell off, in the end it feels the writers just gave up. Also the ending just straight-up sucked! Spelling out that the game is a waste of your time feels like the sort of gotcha a 2000s era flash game on newgrounds would pull off to be witty. It's certainly neither…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"really cool game just. make sure you and your friends dont have memory issues if you want to play and if you do HAVE A NOTEBOOK..." Part 1/2 "It's a great short puzzle game to play and I think the story is really clever. The ending cracked me up XD" Part 2/2 (In spirit of the game, my friend and I are posting our reviews in half in each others. Try and find the other halves ;p)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"I played this with a friend of mine. Its late as all hell but it was worth it! ..." 1/2 "....AND PEN HANDY. the concept was incredibly cool and the graphics were beautiful!!!" 2/2 (In spirit of the game, my friend and I are posting our reviews in half in each others. Try and find the other halves XD)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i really dont like a game telling me i wasted my time with it. that was a cold hower ending. i liked the puzzles but 90 minutes is way to short. sure its cheap but even for the game on sale it feels like there should have been more. maybe it was the really lack luster ending, though. this seems so much effort to build the world, the beginning of a story and the mechanics and then to throw you out with a kick in the butt after just one and a half hour. i really struggle to recommend the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tick Tock Tick Tock 👀 | Download & Play This Mascot Horror Indie Survival Hororr Game For Free, Silent Mansion! | #IndieDev
neutral · AI labelView post →This track is called "Trickster"! The full title for this game is Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers. ngl this is a lowkey game! It's one of those NIS one-offs that doesn't get a lot of coverage, they have a decent amount of games like that tbh :P the OST had some pretty good tracks on it tho!
neutral · AI labelView post →**Tick Tock: a tale for two** My friend Trey, a pony tiktoker and musician, is having a birthday today!! So we decided to play a game called TICK TOCK. #furrylive #mlp twitch.tv/PhoenixRedtail
neutral · AI labelView post →Rachael reviews Tick Tock: A Tale for Two by Other Tales Interactive, a compelling cooperative puzzle game set within an eerie clockwork world. #IndieGames #CoOpGames #GameReview indie-hive.com/tick-tock-a-...
neutral · AI labelView post →The first 2 chapters were fantastic, the 3rd was genuinely the most poorly conveyed set of puzzles I've ever encountered. A terrible end to an otherwise great game. Play and enjoy the first two, skip the third.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had the privilege of working on the music and sfx for this SNES game jam game from @guacgamedev.bsky.social Check out the game here! Game: tinyurl.com/Tick-Tock-Ch... Music: tinyurl.com/Tick-Tock-Ch...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 20th Anniversary to Mario Kart DS! This is my favorite Mario Kart handheld game and it's the first Mario Kart game to support online play via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It has lot of great tracks like Waluigi's Pinball and Tick-Tock Clock. #gamesky #mariokart #nintendo #nintendods #racing
neutral · AI labelView post →You can't manage three short paragraphs? Your attention span is that completely shot? If Tick Tock has warped your brain to that level perhaps you shouldn't be giving voting advice to anybody.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished playing this with my long distance partner. We had a GREAT time! I grew up playing point and click puzzle games like Nancy Drew and Syberia, so this was a great lowkey game to get my girlfriend into puzzle games. I thought the puzzles were very well thought out to play with someone else without making it feel like there were too many cooks in the kitchen. Very similar to Keep Taking and Nobody Explodes, or whatever that game was called. I felt like all of the puzzles made sense,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty short and fun game, nice concept and can be played both locally and online, puzzles are easy enough!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A clever co-op puzzle game built entirely around communication. Each player sees different parts of the same world, so every puzzle depends on describing, listening, and thinking together. The “everything clicks” moments are really rewarding, especially when both perspectives finally line up. The hand-drawn art style is charming with a slightly eerie, fairytale vibe that fits the time-loop mystery well. Great for couples or close friends who enjoy solving things together.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I went into this blind. it was not at all the kind of game i thought it would be and it didnt play the way I thought it was. that said, it is a beautiful game and the storyline is both incredibly beautiful and sad. some of the puzzels are pretty difficult (expecially when playing with an idiot) (i am mostly joking about that) honestly 10/10 fir storyline alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is a carefully crafted cooperative puzzle adventure that revolves entirely around shared problem-solving and communication, turning collaboration into the core mechanic rather than a supporting feature. Developed and published by Other Tales Interactive, the game is built on a deceptively simple idea: two players experience the same world from different perspectives, each holding only part of the information needed to progress. Success is impossible without constant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Co-op game. You do not need to be connected in any way to play it since the 2 players play on their own but you cannot advance if you do not communicate with one another. You both need to have the game however. Highly recommended !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only flaw this Game has is that its maybe too short. The idea that you dont even need to connect to another device is brilliant! The riddles and challenges are hard enough that you need to think outside the box but are incredibly rewarding when you and the other player finally crack the code! Brilliant game, beautiful artstyle! You can really tell how much love was involved in making this game! 10/10!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Banger OST time! This was the battle theme for Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers. For how lowkey this game was, the soundtrack was kinda crazy, especially this track. With the soft instrumentation opening the track up, with the guitar ripping it up afterwards, this is perfect for a battle theme!
neutral · AI labelView post →I realeased 2 open-source projects today! 1⃣ lua-immutable is a runtime immutability for Lua tables implementation 2⃣ Tick Tock Toe is a game with undo mechanics made with Defold that uses immutable table and has interesting game architecture, kind of FBP forum.defold.com/t/tick-tock-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tick-Tock! Time is running out to submit your game for the Uncrank'd Game Jam. Don't miss out! #playdate #SupportPlaydateDevs
neutral · AI labelView post →Tick Tock. Welcome back, doll. Let's play another game together. I've prepared a few lovely outfits just for you~ I promise I'll make you look absolutely lovely. After all... you're My favorite doll. Teasing Dollmaker F4A ASMR RP > Nov 1 at 4PM Central > Preview on YouTube > Full vr Patreon
neutral · AI labelView post →Worth the time!...lost my 165 mins to my friend and he lost 166 mins to me...lol! only those who finished the game will understand!..@Vedhahari is that friend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worth the time!...lost my 165 mins to my friend and he lost 166 mins to me...lol! only those who finished the game will understand!..@ctg is that friend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game, unfortunately I played with a dumbass and had to carry him through out the whole thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game to play! Just challenging enough to not be frustrating but definitely get the noodle thinking.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grab a friend, because this game will either strengthen your friendship or expose how bad you both are at communicating. Tick Tock splits all the puzzle info between two players, so you literally cannot play alone, which is honestly a bold game design choice or a cry for help, not sure which. The vibe is mysterious and cozy, like a Nordic fairytale. Puzzles are clever without being unfair and the whole thing wraps up in a neat two to three hour session. Short, sweet, no filler. Only real…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly fun to figure out the puzzles, too short, disappointing as ♥♥♥♥ in the end. should be more like 5-7 chapters or time periods. with no actual suspenseful lore that keeps us interested, the puzzles become frustrating as there is nothing driving either player forward. you would be better off buying It Takes Two and getting frustrated at actual game mechanics rather than conspicuous puzzles that don't actually lead you anywhere. 1/5 will uninstall and actively try to stop people buying…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I felt like i was beeing trolled. I spent 4,6 hours of my precious lifetime. Didnt know if i should laugh or cry 9/10 puzzles where hard asf but can recommend because it was fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really clever writing and such fun puzzles. Took 136 minutes for us to complete and worth every bit. Trully recommend for both playing and also just for the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game is absolutely fantastic, me and my partner played it and didn't really get the story at first but the more we talked about it after, like the time everyone spends on the game keeping the character alive and our time being stolen in jars and stuff, i think it breaking the fourth wall a bit just make it so spooky and fun, id 100% recommend it to anyone, it wasn't too easy but not frustrating which most puzzle games seem to get wrong, they think puzzle and just make it difficult…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tick Tock Tactics: a time bending three in a row game (Not a real game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Super short and not sweet. There was such a good story and it goes nowhere they just make it crash and burn at the end. Wish there was more depth. Go play the Rusty Lake series. Very similar but so much better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so much fun. My girlfriend and I played this for apariently 136 minutes. The puzzles were and at times a bit fustrasting, just like all good puzzles should be. We both had our genius moments and felt accommlished. This game would not be as much fun to me if before we even knew the plot my girlfriend and I choosing player numbers picked based on the fact that I am an elder sibling and she is a younger. This made every plot twist soooo much better. 100% reccomend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of fun with friends. Great puzzle design, fun collaboration between your friend as you go through the puzzles. The art style was beautiful. Sound design was awesome too. It's a short game, but I didn't mind. Very memorable experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool Game tbh. You have to communicate with your friend correctly to get the puzzles done. There are no Hints but thats okay cuz you dont need hints if can communicate correctly. Lovely game <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was right! I did lose 133 minutes of my life. Chapters 1 and 2 are pretty interesting and quite enjoyable. Chapter 3 sucks, frankly. It is very poorly designed and has far too many leaps in logic. I especially despise this convention in puzzle games of assuming that a grid of 9 objects must necessarily be a keypad - ESPECIALLY when there are several different keypad conventions worldwide, and the one right in front of me differed from the one expected in game (which was not hinted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A super creative and brillant game. The creators have infinite amount of brain cells, way more than me and my friend's combined. we struggled for almost 4 hrs and checked a 1 hr YouTube walkthough video several times. A wonderful hell experience cuz a lot of puzzles don't have sufficient guides. It's absolutely a worthy game if you want to toture your friend. I'd recommend this game cuz I had a lot of fun. I wouldn't recommend this game cus I used too much energy. I was completely exhausted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Pretty fun game to play through in an afternoon. Cons: Had a bug that prevent progression where we had the correct answer but the game would not let me progress so we had to skip it by looking up the next clue.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe I should've lowered expectations of a game that cost $7, but after feeling frustrated from struggling to solve several puzzles (and having to look up a walkthrough for a few of them), having an ending that just tells me how much time in my life I've wasted on this game only added insult to injury.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a super cute short-time game (took us 1.5h, so less than most of the comments estimate!). But i would recommend it anyways! One big plus point is that you don`t have a real multiplayer, but you play two seperate games where you need answers from one another to go on in the story, so no internet problems! The puzzles were really cute (but a bit challenging), the story was a bit disturbing but interesting and the mechanics were really cool! If you look for a shorttime game to play and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not bad but way two expensive, considering you have to buy it twice. Get it only when it's 50% off at least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short puzzle game that is relatively challenging, but I found it enjoyable to play with my girlfriend so big thumbs up
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though me and my friend both bought the game for half price. We still werent satisfied by the game since we wanted more from it. It took us 3 hours to beat and while the art and puzzles are good it really needs to be a lot cheaper than it already is. The ending was not good enough it didnt "pack a punch" or anything but i guess it was my fault for havving expectations. Overall its a good game to play with a friend only thing is get it on 70% discount or more its not worth paying full or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun gameplay and beautiful graphics. Only downside: it's way too short.
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