Browse Games like Other platforms How it works

/

Obscure

Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer

78% positive of 52 Steam reviews

Released: 2018
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, PlayStation, itch.io

Made by Fishing Cactus.

About the game

Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.

Tagged by players

Level Editor
Puzzle Platformer
Philosophical
Dystopian
Platformer
2.5D
Action
Logic
Sci-fi
Stylized
Difficult
Atmospheric

What players say

Games like this

See all games like this

Innoquous 5

59% matchLevel Editor, Puzzle Platformer

OneShift

55% matchPuzzle Platformer, Sci-fi, Similar premise

SuperPosition

49% matchLevel Editor, Logic, Similar premise

Naught

48% matchPuzzle Platformer, 2.5D

Layers

53% matchPuzzle Platformer, Level Editor, Similar premise

Shift Happens

45% matchPuzzle Platformer, 2.5D, Similar premise

78%3.3K reviewsDeck

Etherborn

45% matchPuzzle Platformer, Philosophical

76%103 reviews2 hDeck

Quantum Odyssey

44% matchLevel Editor, Philosophical, Similar premise

91%147 reviewsDeck

Dimensional Gears

48% matchPuzzle Platformer, 2.5D

Through the Mirror

49% matchPuzzle Platformer, Platformer

The Swapper

46% matchPuzzle Platformer, Philosophical

93%5.1K reviewsDeck

Timeshift

46% matchPuzzle Platformer, Platformer, Similar premise

Not affiliated with Valve. Steam is a trademark of Valve Corporation.Privacy Settings

Positive

What players say

Recommended
An Piece of art from the developers of Epistory - Typing Chronicles Even though I am not a huge fan of this genre, the fact that it was developed by Fishing Cactus convinced me buying it. Shift Quantum is a great cyber-punk puzzle platformer. One of the great things is difficulty being build up nicely. In the beginning you'll be introduced to the games mechanics, get a hang of the shifting. Once you get the hang…
2.6 h played when written. 18 found it helpful.
Read on Steam
Not recommended
5/10 - kinda meh. Pick it up if you haven't played the Flash game, but a fairly forgettable experience otherwise. The game is a "spiritual successor" of sorts of the original Flash game. The foundational mechanic of shifting between the black and white "portions" of the level is here, but with better graphics, cool soundtrack, some lore, and support for modern systems (although you need Proton to run under Linux).…
6.3 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
Read on Steam

All reviews on Steam