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q.u.q. cover art

q.u.q.

motijan · Nikita Kryukov · 2023-02-26

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.

2
playing now
95%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 329 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 51,790 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,964 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-04-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14514520232026Week of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-16 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41Mar 2023Jul 2026Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.992023-02-272026-07-092023-02-27 — best price $1.992023-04-01 — best price $0.992023-04-15 — best price $1.992023-05-15 — best price $1.192023-05-22 — best price $1.992023-06-30 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-08-07 — best price $0.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992023-09-13 — best price $1.192023-09-27 — best price $1.992023-11-17 — best price $0.992023-12-01 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $1.192024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $1.192024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $1.192024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.192024-12-20 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $0.992025-03-10 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
63.4%
earned "Mirages are beautiful!"
47%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Korean, Polish, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Thai, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-04-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50472%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeDramaRetroCasualComedySurrealStory RichPsychedelic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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