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Quintet cover art

Quintet

Carmine T. Guida · 2015-05-11

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 11, 2015 (Linux), May 11, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 11, 2015 (Mac)

A cooperative, cross-platform, multiplayer scifi game where players control the same ship through 5 roles — Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering & Science. Battle with other player crews over the Internet.

Quintet is a free-to-play Action, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (77% of 357 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 357 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (106 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 27,664 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420152026Week of 2015-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
510May 2015Mar 2026May 2015 — avg 51 · peak 138Jul 2015 — avg 5 · peak 25Sep 2015 — avg 3 · peak 16Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 21Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 18Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 12May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 19Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 16Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

Co-opIndieSpaceActionSci-fiMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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