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Quantum Break
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Engaging time-travel narrative and characters” (48 of 104 reviews) and “Satisfying time-power combat” (31); the most common complaint is “Repetitive gunplay and clunky combat” (22). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The story here is great, and the concept of combining the gameplay and a live action show is unique and interesting. Unfortunately the gameplay is very bland. Moving between areas is generally a case of either follow…”
“I tried this game for about 2 hours, the graphics and in-depth story are really amazing and engaging. The reason I decided not to continue is the constant heavy language, a lot of religious exclamations, and some themes…”
“the game is fun & the story is pretty good. The game play & the combat is good. the skills & powers are useful. The voice acting is amazing. Normally time travel stories are hit & miss but this game does It well. The…”
31 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the game is fun & the story is pretty good. The game play & the combat is good. the skills & powers are useful. The voice acting is amazing. Normally time travel stories are hit & miss but this game does It well. The…”
“Today, I finished Quantum Break on PC through Steam. I finished the main story once, making choices that seemed fitting for me, while obtaining every single collectible, and watched its respective 4 episodes of the show…”
“It's the best underrated game I have ever played. In near future I'm definitely give this game a second chance because of this unique gameplay style.”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The story here is great, and the concept of combining the gameplay and a live action show is unique and interesting. Unfortunately the gameplay is very bland. Moving between areas is generally a case of either follow…”
“I tried this game for about 2 hours, the graphics and in-depth story are really amazing and engaging. The reason I decided not to continue is the constant heavy language, a lot of religious exclamations, and some themes…”
“Good game with great actors. You can stop the time and use it to your advantage. Between the levels you can watch a Live-Action Show where you can see the consequences of your choices. Graphics and Effects are pretty…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the game is fun & the story is pretty good. The game play & the combat is good. the skills & powers are useful. The voice acting is amazing. Normally time travel stories are hit & miss but this game does It well. The…”
“Good game with great actors. You can stop the time and use it to your advantage. Between the levels you can watch a Live-Action Show where you can see the consequences of your choices. Graphics and Effects are pretty…”
“There are just a few annoyances, including final frustrating battle - but other than that this game is amazing. Amazing story, great execution (I can't believe it's from 2016, looks really good), interesting concept…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the game is fun & the story is pretty good. The game play & the combat is good. the skills & powers are useful. The voice acting is amazing. Normally time travel stories are hit & miss but this game does It well. The…”
“I can't believe this title is 10 years old. Even more impressive is the fact that it runs relatively well on my Steam Deck, which should give you an idea of its performance on a conventional rig. While it's not quite on…”
“Great game so far. I don't really watch TV and if even this was solely a TV show I still wouldn't watch it. I'm just not a fan of TV series. However, the quality and the delivery of a TV series projected into a video…”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“The story here is great, and the concept of combining the gameplay and a live action show is unique and interesting. Unfortunately the gameplay is very bland. Moving between areas is generally a case of either follow…”
“This studio has to be one of the most garbage studios I've ever seen Remedy Should be eliminated from existence, Such an incredible story with such a garbage boss fight at the end ruining the entire game what a grabage…”
“It's a very weird and unique game. It's not perfect, but I was having fun with it until the 5th act. The final boss, if you could call it that, was very poorly designed, and the story didn't feel like it wrapped up…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a very weird and unique game. It's not perfect, but I was having fun with it until the 5th act. The final boss, if you could call it that, was very poorly designed, and the story didn't feel like it wrapped up…”
“The dialogue is mediocre, the guns feel lacking in power as in it takes a whole clip to kill and enemy. The story can be predicted easily. The main character got on my nerves for saying the most obvious things outloud.”
“Its nothing new in here. I normal story with good graphics. Gameplay is ok, but it feels like you do the same every 10 minutes”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“As much as i love Remedy and all their games (even this one), it's really hard to recommend it. This game is sadly a poorly optimized port for PC - stuttering and crashing multiple times. Character movements feel…”
“It runs like crap on a 5080.”
“It's one of those 7/10 experiences, short and sweet great on the gamepad, however after act 3 the frame rate drops significantly.”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The story here is great, and the concept of combining the gameplay and a live action show is unique and interesting. Unfortunately the gameplay is very bland. Moving between areas is generally a case of either follow…”
“It's good, sort of a worse version of Control. The lore writing is bad, but I think it's made to be information-dense rather than realistic, and there were occasional glitches but I guess nothing like when the game…”
“There are just a few annoyances, including final frustrating battle - but other than that this game is amazing. Amazing story, great execution (I can't believe it's from 2016, looks really good), interesting concept…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“As much as i love Remedy and all their games (even this one), it's really hard to recommend it. This game is sadly a poorly optimized port for PC - stuttering and crashing multiple times. Character movements feel…”
“Quantum Break is a very enjoyable game overall. The strongest part for me was the story the plot was really engaging with a unique sci-fi twist that kept me interested from start to finish. The in-game notes were a nice…”
“Os efeitos visuais são orriveis em combate, destroem a mira do personagem, e o final é a pior mecânica possível, não explica nada, toda vez que morre tem que fazer tudo de novo e esperar muito tempo para o jogo carregar.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I really enjoyed Quantum Break. It's a unique blend between a suspenseful game and live action show that gives off Inception-like vibes. That being said, if you are looking for a normal gaming experience. this ain't it. There are lengthy cutscene's and chapter ending shows that…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Still Surprised that a game from 10 years ago is better than half the AAA titles on the planet, a game + movie combo alongside a good storyline is sought after. Loved it, you must too...”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“I’m not a fan of time-travel games, but this one was executed really well. The story, effects, characters, and the main character’s superpowers were all top-notch. Overall, a great game!”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Story Rich · Time Manipulation · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Cinematic · Third Person · Third-Person Shooter · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Time Travel · Episodic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Traditional Chinese, Italian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 42 |
| Official site | http://www.quantumbreak.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 - 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 68 GB available space