Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 02:15 am
TIME LOCKER – Shooter – Casual Game Review
TIME LOCKER – Shooter is a Casual/Action/Entertainment game from sotaro otsuka, first launched in 12th July 2016.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 336+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes TIME LOCKER – Shooter Stand Out
“If You Stop, Time Stops”
TIME LOCKER!
The flow of time in the game depends on the speed of your finger.
If you move slowly, time will slow down.
If you move quickly, time will speed up.
Many foes will attack you, including animals, mammoths, soldiers, and even a giant T-Rex.
Control the speed of time and upgrade your character and equipment limitlessly to achieve a high score!
- Runner-Up : App Store(JP) Best of 2016
- Grand prize : Indie Stream Award 2016
- 5STAR : Touch Arcade
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, TIME LOCKER – Shooter is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th October 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Compatible with iOS 26 and the latest devices
- Fixed various bugs
Download & Availability
TIME LOCKER – Shooter is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get TIME LOCKER – Shooter on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is absolutely amazing. Art style, addictive maniacal yet simple gameplay. And there aren't a million ads popping up to disrupt. This game is so underrated and we wish this developer would make more awesome games. THANK YOU.
Nice way for us to have fun and kill time. Just needs the controller feature and itll be 10/10.
Everything about this game is beautiful!!!! It is so fun! We've never played anything like it. The gameplay is so unique. Everything is awesome. We think it would be cool if there was an alternative game without the pixel wave coming after you.
We need Genshin impact characters and a Grubhub ad mode where the enemies are from that Grubhub commercial (the one where the people are dancing) and the enemies bullets are burritos and the drones are burgers and while you are playing destroying the enemies the Grubhub ad audio plays and we also need a mode where there is no killer wall chasing you.
If you actually save up cash and spend the cash on upgrades before you go out and have a really beefy load out when you start,GOOD LUCK. The game recognizes the upgrades that you have and spams you with nonstop chase red enemies and boss after boss. The dumb ones that run stupid fast and shoots at you so you cant actually save up and get better it wants you to spend real money because no matter how far you get all characters are real money so Im uninstalling after three weeks because we see how unfair the algorithm is in this money grabber of a shoot em up.
Not to mention the app. No annoying ads (theyre all optional at the beginning of every round for free coins.) No freemium garbage. Really just a model game.
Hi! Please update the game. This game can accept very very more new characters and mew weapons and new modes. Please dont leave this game alone.
This defines what a freemium game should be: zero in app currency, pay once and move on. We bought almost all the additional characters but they are completely unnecessary. About the only issue comes that certain power ups make it hard to see energy fire, the beam weapon combined with the enemy fire being nearly the same color as your own makes some deaths feel cheap. It annoys us but its the only issue we have and clearly not enough of one to keep us from playing the game.
We wish the enemys shots were a different color though. It is easy to confuse them with your own shots. We find that section the most difficult even when it may not be intended to be.
Love this game, Ive been playing it since it came out. Dont get us wrong, this game is amazing how it is now. But we do have to say it hasnt been updated in awhile. It would be cool to see some new enemies/ bosses, new weapons, or maybe even game modes. To be fair we havent gone through all the characters yet and we know they have custom weapons but it would still be cool to see a new collectible one or something. Anyway, other than maybe needing an update this game is perfect, the currency system is great. It really gives you a purpose to keep playing the game and isnt too easy or hard to get. And the prices for the characters seem great to us. Love the game, keep up the good work. :D.
Plz make infinite mode where no black hole chases you. For relaxing! :))).
We love this game so so much. There is only one problem. You cant permanently unlock characters. PLEASE make players able to do this. Even if it costs 5000 coins. Overall this is the best free game EVER. Great job with this game.
Our favorite game. One of the best Ive played in a long time. The doubler and persistent characters are very fairly priced and well worth it. A few things Id live to see please: 1 Zen mode with no killer wall rushing you. Sometimes would be fun to try to clear out areas. Also would be awesome if we could set down the game for a minute without dying or having to hit the tiny pause button. 2 Give the coin count for each round in addition to score. 3 Preview the paid characters so we can decide what to buy. Just let us drive them around but not cross the start line or stop us after the first wave. These arent skinsthey are very unique weapons and behavior that you cant see. 4 Better overall use of color to communicate categories would be very helpful. Youre like 90% there but then made some inconsistent choices in a few cases. Use Blue only for power cubes not any guns or rockets. In long rounds color is critical.
Its like shooty skies and super hot had a baby we really love the idea of this game.
Make a mode on this game where you stop time with a button and can still move.
Fantastic game, but the concepts spoiled by a wall of death that chases you. Would gladly pay for a version without any time constraints.
Mmmm takes u some time but b4 u know u love it.
Im not even going to lie this game is quite interesting between the style of guns and how the game plays out is fun very amusing for time consumption.
Ive been playing this game for a couple of months now and we feel like the latest version feels a bit delayed or not as smooth as before. Love the game though. Super addicting.
We love this game. Its great and really addicting. We just wish you could keep the characters you win instead of only getting three turns with them.
A hidden gem of the AppStore. Keep up the good work. Always a fun game to play.
So we play this game a lot, its is fun but just one questionable thing, whats with the weird push notifications? The weirdest one we got was we were unplug all of the nose hairs! What the heck.
We love this game! Its really good and addicting but why… In this game, you trade in 100 coins for a character. You are only allowed to use that character 3 times and then it is gone! Why.
We like this game a lot. Its extremely well done and very satisfying. The only thing that keeps it from 5 stars for us is that ultimately youre on a timer. Stop too long and a black wall catches up to you and ends the round. We understand why the developer included this. It does give the game a sense of urgency it wouldnt have otherwise. But the most satisfying part of the game, in our opinion, is evaluating where you stand and planning youre next move. Perhaps an infinite mode is in the works; Id pay for it.
Needs like levels or biomes make red enemys less annoying add health permanent upgrades for game currency not real money permanent characters and other stuff.
Amazing fun. Great replay value. Challenging enough to be difficult, easy enough to learn and get started while being fun.
Ok so we dont find to many games we really like but this is one of the best. Our favorite character is the blue Dino thing (sorry forgot name) but it cost one buck.
This game is under rated and deserves to be in top 10.
This game is a lot of fun and very simple to learn and play. Very addicting.
Surprisingly we thought this game would be fun for only a day, but Im addicted.
This is a game we play everyday during our commute to work. The gameplay never gets old with random power up drops and variety of enemies. One annoying thing we hope the developer changes is the color of the projectile from soldiers, jeeps and helicopters. It is orange and similar to the players default projectile color. We die most of the time because of it, and it slows down the pace also = not fun.
This is a fun game. Very addicting. We even decided to purchase the gorilla and we dont like to spend money on free games. Good job.
Man, the developers of this game really did a good job! We always wished that SUPERHOT would be put on the App Store(apart from on Mac) but now it kinda is. Okay, its actually a lot different, but thats good, because that means they took inspiration from that game. This was definitely one of the best games of 2016. 10/10.
Soul knight and crossy road has a baby and that baby is jacked on steroids thats the best way (we) can describe it..lol but instead of only having 2 guns like soul knight you can carry and shoot all at once and instead of multiple dungeons its one very big digital dungeon. We have been playing it everyday since we got it and its only getting better as we get more characters. Its not pay to win but you can buy special characters which In our experience arent as good as some of the free ones especially big line shooter he doesnt look all that menacing but when you add 3 lines of bullets, he is unstoppable from the front. The only ads in the game are optional but you do receive money to buy characters and weapons after watching. This game is great and if you got through our long uninteresting review you owe your self some fun so hit that get button and blast away on some elephants dinosaurs tanks helicopters snakes birds and anything else you can think of because they will try to do the same to you.
Okay Ive been playing this game like every day for the past month and things need change Im tired of seeing the white back ground there needs to be more variety and make challenges or something and we feel like the waves start getting extremely hard harder the 5th wave like they just come pouring at you. Needs more characters and variety make different skins or something to keep it fresh! We absolutely love this game and want to see it become the best game in the App Store! Just needs lots of love and attention! 5/5 stars though keep it up.
We love this game, it is absolutely amazing but it needs an update. Perhaps adding permanent upgrades to the abilities obtained through the game (such as more missile damage).
This game is fun, a lot of fun. We were turned off by the blatant ripoff of superhot's novel mechanic, but we like this game and the developer so much we can't not give it 5 stars. Optional video ads, very optional pay-to-win, no annoying, never-ending request to review it or to share a screenshot. This guy knows how to make a good app, and plus we love unity. We recommend this game to everyone.
Its great because When you touch the character prize thingy 2 times, it sounds like the first beats from s3&k act 1 boss song.
Got a notification saying we were unplug all of the nose hair.
Super fun game never gets boring.
We love this game sooooo much!!! Might buy items soon… Can we get a "sup" from the developer.
We have been playing since day of release. We've purchased every character as well as the double coin. This game is just fun and unique. The developer is also extremely engaged and will talk to you directly on twitter. He has added several of our suggestions and has helped when we had issues. This game has iCloud save support so when we just upgraded we lost nothing. We had no problems with this update unlike the previous person.
The game is great and slot of fun. It has so much potential to be even more: 1. Add challenges to work towards eg. Destroy 100 penguins, dogs etc 2. Add a feature that enables the user to upgrade the main character 3. Package deal for characters such as 4 characters for $2.50.
We bought some characters as well as the big red coin and all the characters we unlocked are gone and our score please fix.
This game is addictive, and pretty to look at! We love the design of the animal characters. It's also a perfect combination of puzzle game and an action / shooter. So much fun.
Great original idea with fun ways to progress.
This game is honestly so much fun!! It should be way more popular.
Love this game. It's simple and in-app purchases are one time purchases and not annoying. Overall a feel-good game we've been playing all weekend. Great job.
Clearly, this us has taken inspiration from "Superhot". But it is not a ripoff. It has unique gameplay, and is free. The IAP'S aren't pushy, and the game is very well made. It just feels right, and the developers clearly put a lot of work into it. We would 100% recommend trying this game out.
Super addicting and we love it. Nonstop action.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.7.5
- Size: 64.21 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory: Loot Boxes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: sotaro otsuka
Last updated: 9th October 2025 | Genre: Casual, Action | Developer: sotaro otsuka