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Quantum Conundrum

Airtight Games · Square Enix · 2012-06-21

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 10, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Jun 21, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 11, 2012 (Xbox 360)

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Quantum Conundrum is a Casual and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 2150 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Quantum Conundrum is a puzzle-platform game developed by Airtight Games and published by Square Enix. It was directed by Portal lead designer Kim Swift. The game was released for Microsoft Windows via Steam in June 2012, and for PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network, and Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade in July 2012.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 86k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.98-89%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Fanatical (2020-07-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 42 of 65 observed days · $9.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.65$0.802015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $2.242015-02-12 — best price $10.452015-04-03 — best price $9.592015-05-25 — best price $2.242015-07-24 — best price $4.932015-11-26 — best price $2.242016-02-23 — best price $2.692016-06-17 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $8.992017-05-22 — best price $8.992018-01-11 — best price $8.992018-07-17 — best price $7.192019-01-28 — best price $8.992019-05-24 — best price $8.992019-09-23 — best price $2.242019-12-13 — best price $8.432020-02-14 — best price $8.662020-05-30 — best price $1.192020-08-01 — best price $7.832020-11-03 — best price $0.892021-01-14 — best price $0.982021-04-01 — best price $1.072021-07-09 — best price $1.072021-11-19 — best price $0.982022-03-29 — best price $8.992022-07-29 — best price $8.992023-04-03 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $0.982024-05-25 — best price $8.992024-12-16 — best price $0.982025-06-26 — best price $0.982025-12-04 — best price $8.992026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-08-20 — best price $0.982026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50192026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 28 pageviews2026-06-17 — 35 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-29 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 29 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 29 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-20 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 33 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 46 pageviews2026-09-05 — 35 pageviews2026-09-09 — 33 pageviews2026-09-13 — 37 pageviews2026-09-17 — 37 pageviews2026-09-21 — 27 pageviews2026-09-25 — 38 pageviews2026-09-29 — 38 pageviews2026-10-03 — 37 pageviews2026-10-07 — 37 pageviews2026-10-11 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
91.8%
earned "Nuclear Nooby"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-06-21, latest 2012-08-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)24,1861%25
Steam (Steam)13,8441%25
Xbox 360 (Xbox)8,9531%25
PS3 (PlayStation)2958%25

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualComedyPuzzlePhysicsScienceCartoonyStrategyAdventurePlatformerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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