About this game

A Golden Joystick Award-Winning Game!

About the Game

TimeTekker is a pure arcade shoot em' up where your actions control the speed of time!
Utilize bullet deflection, ninja stars, and slow motion powers to outlast an infinite onslaught of bug creatures! Xbox controllers are supported during gameplay!
This game is also completely free to own!


Compete online against the world in a constant free for all score-fest!
Earn divisional rankings for your progress against other players. Rank up your ninja from Styrofoam tier to Silver, Gold, and beyond, beating down the opposition with your superior scoring skills! Show off your mastery with newly added Steam Achievements!


Multiple difficulty modes, ranging from balanced to absolutely impossible!
From people new to shoot em' ups to the most hardcore veterans of the genre, TimeTekker has something for everybody.


This game started as a prototype in Quinnipiac University's GDD Program, but after a year of development, it's become more than I ever imagined. I hope you enjoy this little homage to all the shoot em' up games that I grew up with. Happy scoring!

- Ryan O'Hara, Artii Games LLC

Latest news

• Announcements·11 Aug 2021Official

  TimeTekker is becoming a free game!

  In celebration of the 3rd anniversary of our previous game release, we are making our current Steam titles completely free to own! Starting 8/25/2021, TimeTekker and AstroViking will be made free, permanently! We sincerely thank everyone who has purchased or played our releases over the past few years. Though we love these games, they have remained obscure over their lifetime, and we really want people to enjoy them! We think that removing the barrier to entry at this point in their lifecycle will enable more people to try them out, and hopefully have fun with them. We also have an unannounced, but ambitious project in development that we've been keeping occupied with over the last few years. We hope to share it with you someday! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these newly free games!
  Read full article on Community Announcements (Artii)

• Announcements·9 Jul 2019Official

  Steam Achievements are live!

  Hello all! I've finished implementing achievements in the game. :lunar2019coolpig: The updated game files should now be up and available to play, with all achievements obtainable. If you encounter any bugs with the achievements, please respond to this post and I'll look into it. Enjoy!
  Read full article on Community Announcements (Artii)

• Announcements·8 Jul 2019Official

  Achievements being added!

  Hello all! I's been a while since our last update, but I have some good news. I'm currently adding Steam Achievements to the game! The roll out will take place over the course of today. You won't actually be able to obtain any of the new achievements until the game is updated. When you see the game download an update today, then you'll be able to earn them!
  Read full article on Community Announcements (Artii)

• Announcements·21 Jul 2018Official

  TimeTekker's Sister Game is on Steam!

  Our next game is almost here! Developed alongside TimeTekker with a larger team, AstroViking is a similarly styled top down shooter with horde mode inspirations! Upgrade your Viking warrior with different skill paths and 60+ upgrades to choose from as you battle endlessly against waves of alien monsters! The game will be bundled with TimeTekker at launch on Aug. 10th, so you can get it at a discount if you own TimeTekker already! It's $2.99 and will be launching at 15% off! Thank you all for playing our games! https://store.steampowered.com/app/903580/AstroViking/
  Read full article on Community Announcements (Artii)

• Announcements·8 Jul 2018Official

  Updates so far

  This is a quick summary of the changes made to the game since launch, all in one place: - Xbox controller support added and recently bugfixed - Laser pointer effect added to improve accuracy with a controller - Left handed control scheme for keyboard added - Major resolution bugfixes for Mac - Volume control slider added in the in-game settings - Leaderboard connectivity services improved and bugfixed - Slight difficulty rebalancing - Out of bounds glitch fixed - Various minor visual improvements Also, the golden joystick award we won from the TERMINUS festival ːsteamhappyː: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32705764/267ee6a4880ce25c09c7e53e794f42e9a7c11ae3.jpg Things are happening on our end with a follow up to this game, so keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming release!
  Read full article on Community Announcements (Artii)