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Chronoquartz

Chronoquartz

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Released Oct 1, 2025 Developer Infinite Stairs Platforms Windows PuzzleExplorationPixel Graphics2DTop-Down
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

97.9%positive525 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Excellent. Clever idea, well executed. No repetitions on puzzle logic and thinking requirement, which makes every new puzzle interesting.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Can't figure out how to use the monk's staff.”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Interesting concept but I found the constant backtracking far too tedious. Puzzles were cryptic rather than challenging. Got tired of roaming around the map endlessly only to have progress reset every 10 turns. Couldn't solve the Forge or Cemetery without hints... both of which…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

46achievements
73.2%median completion
23.3%rarest: Mom?
92.1% of players 91.8% of players 91.5% of players 90.4% of players 89.0% of players 88.8% of players 87.9% of players 86.3% of players 85.5% of players 83.5% of players 83.1% of players 82.8% of players 82.8% of players 82.3% of players 81.4% of players 78.7% of players 75.9% of players 75.7% of players 75.7% of players 75.3% of players 75.1% of players 74.2% of players 73.5% of players 73.2% of players 71.2% of players 71.0% of players 70.4% of players 70.3% of players 69.9% of players 69.2% of players 69.0% of players 69.0% of players 66.7% of players 66.7% of players 66.0% of players 66.0% of players 65.1% of players 65.0% of players 64.9% of players 59.1% of players 58.5% of players 56.8% of players 55.0% of players 51.7% of players 33.6% of players 23.3% of players 92.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.1%Red to Bed — Hidden achievement
91.8%Shortcut — Find you first shortcut.
91.5%First Locker — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
23.3%Mom? — The son sees his mother.
33.6%Promotion — Give the big sword to a lizard.
51.7%Happy Ending — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 21, 2026
Patch 1.1.7 - Synchronous Saving

It seems some players have their game not correctly saved. This issue appears to be related to asynchronous saving. While I investigate, I am temporarily disabling asynchronous saving and setting sync

Jan 16, 2026
Patch 1.1.6: Korean Language Added

The Korean language has been added to the game, complete with a specially adapted font. All thanks to the help of Youngchan Lee . A huge thank you to him for this work! If you spot any errors or possi

Dec 05, 2025
Time Loop X Knowledge Collection — Now Available on Steam

Hi everyone! A new thematic bundle is now live on Steam! Super Drift Blade and Chronoquartz team up in the Time Loop X Knowledge Collection, now available with a 10% discount. Both games focus on time

Nov 26, 2025
Patch 1.1.5

Chinese: improved localization for blue code hints. Settings: taller language selection dropdown. English: fixed translation of “Illuminated Monk’s Staff”. Settings: display localized olzard names for

Nov 20, 2025
Patch 1.1.4 – Localization Update

Hi everyone! This update is mainly focused on localization . Thank you so much for playing the game and for all your feedback so far. It really helps a lot! If you notice anything odd, missing, or inc

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsPuzzle · Exploration · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Top-Down · Minimalist · Retro · Colorful · Mystery · Fantasy · Sci-fi · Time Travel (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Japanese * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Korean * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements46
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space