Shift Quantum is an adventure developed by Fishing Cactus, released 29 May 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at IndieGala.
What Shift Quantum is
Shift Quantum is an adventure game developed by Fishing Cactus and released in 2018. It was published by Red Panda Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shift Quantum is a tech noir puzzle-action platformer that will bend your mind. It will squeeze your gray matter out with its unique SHIFT mechanic allowing you to invert black and white space. Explore Axon Vertigo, a brain power extraction platform to unveil its secrets and solve each brain-drilling level.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 28 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shift Quantum holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD6000 series -OR- GeForce GTX 600 (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $3.00 — a spread of $1.01 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Shift Quantum launched on 29 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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