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Round Owl · Published by Round Owl
Positive — 100% positive (16 reviews) · 21 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?
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Experience the thrill of dodging bullets and navigating through a maze of temporal puzzles in Negative Time. Each mistake propels you further into the past, searching for clues to escape a reality erased by history.
About this game
Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. A past before time began - NEGATIVE TIME.
Get more powerful by collecting new weapons in this past realm. Then, when time becomes positive, use your newfound power to make it further through the halls of enemies in order to defeat the ones who erased you from existence.
Time Travel
Each time you die, you are sent back in time a number of seconds, called your interval. Then next time, your interval is double what it was previously. If your interval sends you back before the game started, you enter NEGATIVE TIME - an inverted copy of the game, with its own unique enemies, and new weapons to unlock.
Weird Weapons
Curate your loadout of unique weapons from 5 different tiers and 3 different categories. Some of these weapons are quite strange - try to find good combinations!
Blessings
Collect blessings to power up yourself and your weapons. But don't think you can just wait around and get by on god's gifts, because these boons don't last forever!
Difficult Opponents
Face off against 4 bosses and 20+ regular enemies, as you try to dodge their bouncing, exploding, predicting, homing, and wall-piercing bullets - even one hit sends you back before your mistake, so at the end of the day, you'll need to be flawless if you hope to win.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD R9 290X (4GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
PATCH 1.04
More bug fixes! If you find any more, please let me know in our Discord :) Added a button prompt explaining how to swap weapons using controller Fixed an issue where controller would get stuck selecting a play button that wasn't there Fixed an issue where if you swapped weapons while a tier slot wasn't in its default position, no weapon would equip Fixed a visual bug where stasis slots would stick around after trashing a blessing that was in stasis on controller Fixed an issue with trashing Frozen Over when blessings were in stasis on controller Made collision on Sentinels and Enforcers slightly thinner so they can fit between 1 wide tile gaps Fixed an issue where Hearken and Choir wouldn't attack you even if there was nobody around to support The game will no longer attempt to rewind your loadout in positive time (it was confusing and people either didn't notice it or didn't like it)Read full article on Community Announcements (Round Owl)Patch NotesOfficial
PATCH 1.03
End of day 2 patch! Make sure if you find any more bugs to report them in our Discord linked under this post, I'd really appreciate it. :) The game now saves after beating final boss, so it's actually possible to 100% scripture (oops) Fixed negative jury dropping key in wall if you kill them out of bounds. Now key will teleport in bounds if this happens. Butterfly Effect and Rewrite History achievements no longer unlock when map gets regenerated in Rogue Lite mode Fullscreen options dropdown menu no longer breaks when accessed through the pause menu Fixed an issue where weapons would rewind improperly and have an extra bullet if at some point that weapon had Volley Prosecutor no longer breaks after spawning negative jury Fixed vices/virtues toggles not being interactable if you switch slots in a weird order Save files will now actually write to the save file after you hit apply (they used to only actually save when you hit play)Read full article on Community Announcements (Round Owl)Patch NotesOfficial
PATCH 1.02
Another quick patch to end off launch day! :) Fixed Portal weapon Fixed save preview not showing weapons above tier 3 Fixed an enemy spawn location inside a wall and adjusted some other spawn locationsRead full article on Community Announcements (Round Owl)Patch NotesOfficial
PATCH 1.01
I hope everyone is enjoying the game so far! It seems some bugs fell through the cracks, so here is the day 1 patch :) Support enemies can no longer take up more than half of a room Fixed Temporal Endurance playing its animation after death while in stasis Fixed Roguelite mode occasionally taking you to the wrong room when flipping to negative time Reclaim can no longer reclaim other Reclaims Fixed issues with Bullet Time messing up timing of cutscenes Nerfed Faster Jury Most bullets no longer last quite as long Fixed Negative Blessing in room -24 forechamber not respawning after collecting once Fixed bullets sticking around into final cutscene Fixed reroll animation not playing when you use your last reroll Blessings now apply to bullets spawned by other bulletsRead full article on Community Announcements (Round Owl)
