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Quern - Undying Thoughts

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App ID 512790
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Blue Brain Games, Zadbox Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29712383
Last Record Update 23 June 2025 – 22:39:07 UTC ()
Release Date 28 November 2016 – 20:02:00 UTC ()
😎 87.90%
3k reviews
6
In-Game

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Additional Information

Developer Zadbox Entertainment
metacritic_name Quern - Undying Thoughts
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 83
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/quern---undying-thoughts?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Blue Brain Games
Store Release Date 28 November 2016 – 20:02:49 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/jRtBq9BuWK
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 28 November 2016 – 20:02:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 11 June 2025 – 19:18:25 UTC () (1749669505)
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name_localized
schineseQuern - 不朽之念
frenchQuern – Pensées Immortelles
czechQuern - Nehynoucí Myšlenky
hungarianQuern - Időtlen Gondolatok
italianQuern - Pensieri Eterni
polishQuern - Wieczne Myśli
russianQuern. Вечные мысли
spanishQuern: Pensamientos Inmortales
latamQuern: Pensamientos Inmortales
review_score 8
review_percentage 91
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 October 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4860431
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
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    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-4
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First seen on SteamDB 8 August 2016 – 00:51:05 UTC (), in changelist #2157834

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🧩 Puzzle 🤫 Mystery 🌫 Atmospheric 🗺 Exploration 🚶 Walking Simulator 👤 Singleplayer 🙌 First-Person 📚 Story Rich 📚 Narration 🧊 3D 🔍 Investigation 🎶 Soundtrack 🍿 Cinematic 🧘 Relaxing 🧷 Steampunk 🫠 Surreal 🔎 Point & Click 🎭 Drama 🌍 Open World

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
512791 Windows 64-bitQuern - Undying Thoughts Content 8.21 GiB 2.45 GiB
512793 Linux Quern - Undying Thoughts LINUX 8.25 GiB 2.48 GiB
512794 Windows 32-bitQuern - Undying Thoughts 32BIT win 8.20 GiB 2.45 GiB
512795 macOS 64-bitQuern - Undying Thoughts MacOS Catalina 8.23 GiB 2.46 GiB
512792 macOS Quern - Undying Thoughts OSX depot 8.26 GiB 2.47 GiB

Total size on disk is 41.17 GiB and total download size is 12.31 GiB.

Total size on disk is 16.42 GiB and total download size is 4.91 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18853645 13 June 2025 – 09:27:26 UTC
1.1.0 1913018 3 April 2018 – 12:14:33 UTC
previous_patch 2293379 2 April 2018 – 12:10:54 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech
privatebranches 1
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