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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
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 17% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,957 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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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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