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Quantum Conundrum cover art

Quantum Conundrum

Airtight Games · Square Enix · 2012-06-21

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

1
playing now
85%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 13% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–172k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$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 37 of 56 observed days · $9.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.65$0.802015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $0.982026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50182026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-13 — 28 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-22 — 40 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 29 pageviews2026-07-10 — 38 pageviews2026-07-13 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 35 pageviews2026-07-25 — 34 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 31 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 30 pageviews2026-08-18 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 33 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 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

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.

Player tags

CasualComedyPuzzlePhysicsScienceCartoonyStrategyAdventurePlatformerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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