DaRmaZat Indie developer Whiteboard Games has officially announced Tempus Vitae, an ambitious sci-fi first-person shooter that blends time-travel mechanics with a traditional Metroidvania structure. The newly revealed title is scheduled to launch across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2027, introducing a dual-timeline puzzle-box setting centered around a decaying space station.
The narrative casts you in the role of Alex, a time-displaced astronaut exploring the massive space station Theia. Your primary objective is to locate your lost brother while unravelling a century-spanning conflict that has left the vessel trapped in two distinct historical eras: a war-torn state in the year 2185 and a completely post-apocalyptic ruin in 2385. Progression through the station relies on non-linear, interconnected paths, where standard Metroidvania-style roadblocks are bypassed using an evolving arsenal of high-tech weaponry and temporal abilities.
Tempus Vitae‘s core gameplay heavily emphasizes altering the flow of time to manipulate environments and defeat enemies. You will need to jump 200 years forward and backward across timelines to find routing differences, utilize temporal displacement for swift fast-travel across the station, and stop time entirely to freeze incoming enemy bullet streams mid-air. The game features creative puzzle-solving hooks – such as firing weapons backward through chronological time to interact with distant locking mechanisms – alongside side quests, an NPC dialogue system, and fast-paced boss encounters.
