Casual · June 21, 2012

Quantum Conundrum (2012)

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When you, as a young boy, are dropped off to visit your uncle, you notice something’s wrong. First, he’s not there to greet you. Second, there’s the explosion that happened right as you arrived. And third, the house seems to be even weirder than you remembered it. Now, your job is to find—and ultimately rescue—your uncle, by using his newest invention, the Interdimensional Shift Device (or IDS), to switch between dimensions and solve puzzles. That sofa too heavy to move? There’s a dimension for that! Switch to Fluffy Dimension and that sofa is now light as a feather. Need to get up to a high ledge? There’s a dimension for that! Just switch to Anti-Gravity Dimension and things begin to float upward. Need to make things heavier? There’s a dimension for th—well, you get the idea. Switch dimensions in real time, work your way through the crazy complex mansion wings and rescue your uncle!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Puzzle-Platformer · 156
  • Puzzle · 150
  • 3D Platformer · 104
  • First-Person · 99
  • Physics · 67
  • Comedy · 66
  • Casual · 62
  • Platformer · 61
  • Strategy · 48
  • Singleplayer · 48
  • Time Manipulation · 45
  • Science · 35
  • Cartoony · 33
  • Family Friendly · 31
  • Adventure · 21

Position in Casual

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.1k Steam reviewsTop 96% in Casual
Positive rating84% positiveGenre average: 88% — this title sits in top 78%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 76 — top 58% of Casual titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Casual

Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 2.1k reviews

1.7k positive · 332 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

1.7k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Japanese

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateJun 21, 2012
DeveloperAirtight Games
PublisherSquare Enix
Base price$0.98 -89%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

25

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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