While none of these developers can necessarily be accused of jumping on (or into) the time loop bandwagon (due to the average length it takes to make a game). The Forgotten City is the first of the four to make its debut and also what spurred me to look into this trope’s increased use.
There is also a quartet of time looping games on the immediate horizon: The Forgotten City, 12 Minutes, Lemnis Gate, and Death Loop (Xbox gamers will have to wait a bit for this one, unfortunately). Its use in video games might not have been as prolific over the past few years but there’s been a steady flow – Outer Wilds, and Minit are two recent examples. The movie Palm Springs, and the series Russian Doll are two recent releases with modern tales that make use of time loops, and it’s sprinkled all over the Marvel cinematic universe with Loki being the latest creation to utilize it. In the past, it was most commonly used as a narrative device in traditional Sci-Fi, but its use has become just as popular in more “down-to-earth” stories. In recent years, the trope has become increasingly popular in multimedia. Have you heard? Time loops are all the rage these days.
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