Quantum Conundrum

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

2
Average:

3
Bad:

2

Pros:

Really cool dimensional mechanic.
Nice art design.
Affordable.

Cons:

Uninteresting world.
Poor ending.

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Last revision on March 28, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Really cool dimensional mechanic
Nice art design
Affordable
Various dimensions have fun properties
Numerous smart
Challenging puzzles

Reviewers Didn't Like

Uninteresting world
Poor ending
Some weak platforming elements

Expert reviews and ratings

Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzler, just like Portal. Yes, it was designed by Kim Swift, the project lead on Portal. And yes, it shares some of Portal's core traits: there's a physics-altering arm...

By TechSpot on June 25, 2012

Anyone expecting anything close to the quality of Portal for fifteen bucks will be sorely disappointed. If approached as a distraction, disappointment may be mitigated to somewhere around "mild", and small pockets of enjoyment may...

By GamePlanet on August 30, 2012

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By reviewed.com on August 29, 2012

A solid puzzler with some interesting aspects involving four different dimensions. Expanding the solutions and employing more forgiving platforming would have improved the...

By New Game Network on July 11, 2012

As a £10 game made by a tiny team in just year, Quantum Conundrum is well worth checking out and there's no doubt that we need more games like it. It's just such a shame it dropped so many critical balls - it comes so close to greatness but undermines...

By PC Advisor on June 24, 2012

You’ve got to hand it to Kim Swift: she sticks to her principles. After guiding the fantastic Portal to creation, the moment she found out Valve didn’t want to experiment with non-portal-based puzzles for the sequel she jumped ship. No matter how...

By Strategy Informer on June 22, 2012

Quantum Conundrum's nutty interdimensional experiments don't go off without a hitch, but this inventive first-person puzzler still produces some enjoyable...

By cnet on June 22, 2012

Up until now, the Portal games have had the 3D first-person puzzle genre pretty much to themselves. But no longer. Kim Swift, one of the main brains behind Portal—she helped create Narbacular Drop, the student project Portal was based on, and served...

By Cheat Code Central on June 21, 2012

100

Quantum Conundrum is a wacky Portal-like puzzle game centered around a weird science contraption that switches dimensions. It's whimsical, fun, well made, well written, it controls well, and it's a blast to play. It's almost flawless. The puzzles...

By Destructoid on June 21, 2012

Quantum Conundrum is many things -- an innovative puzzler, a follow-up project from Portal's Kim Swift, a lesson in bad parenting skills. Seriously, who leaves their kid on the doorstep of a crazy uncle whose house is a labyrinth of murderous puzzles?...

By GameSpy on June 21, 2012

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