Quern - Undying Thoughts

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.

Quern - Undying Thoughts is a adventure, puzzle and mystery game developed by Zadbox Entertainment and published by Zadbox Entertainment and Blue Brain Games.
Released on November 28th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, Hungarian, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Polish and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 3,464 reviews of which 3,173 were positive and 291 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Quern - Undying Thoughts into these genres:

Adventure Puzzle Mystery Atmospheric Exploration Walking Simulator Singleplayer First-Person Story Rich Narration 3D Investigation Soundtrack Cinematic Relaxing Steampunk Surreal Drama Point & Click Open World

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or higher
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
Storage: 9 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
Storage: 9 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
Storage: 9 GB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

**disclaimer: I played about 4 of my 6 total hours offline, so the hours are wrong. i have more experience than shown** I do like this game, but couldn't finish it. Why? Put simply, I don't like the puzzles. The game has a cool atmosphere, solid visual style, intriguing-enough story, a nice open world design with the potential to expand, and solid fundamentals. But its puzzles are not very fun for me personally. You get little to no direction during your playthrough, having to basically dissect what it is you need to be doing on your own. This wouldn't be all that bad, and isn't early game, if the game didn't get so complex and open pretty quickly. Your inventory gets super full and hard to navigate really quickly, and you end up just running around the map in circles in a mundane effort to figure out what you need to do next. While it is, at the end of the day, totally up to a person's preference, I believe that if the game had more open-ended puzzles with stronger solution direction, it would be a great game. As it stands now, though, I have a hard time recommending it and/or finishing it. I got about halfway through the game and then decided to set it down because I felt really directionless and lost, overwhelmed by my massive inventory and stupid number of 'things' to try. I also have other games I am trying to get to and will just often set down games when I am not enjoying them. As a final verdict, this is a solid game. It has its fundamentals down and has a really nice atmosphere with a solid amount of polish. However, I can only recommend it to you if you are okay with the really 'trial and error'-ey type of puzzle games. My girlfriend loves this game and she is really smart, so she might be doing something that I don't fully understand, but I just found the puzzles to be really frustrating and mundane to complete. I am shelving the game for now, I might come back later. But as of right now, I give this game a rating of 3/5 stars: 'good, but missable'. My notes while playing the game: Sights/Sounds: -Took a solid amount of configuration to get working on my steam deck, -but runs at a solid 40 frames on medium setting -Game looks great with impressive looking levels -Sound design is crisp, music is there. Nothing necessarily positive or negative pertaining to sound at first glance Gameplay: -Basic puzzle game controls; works well -Very little guidance within the puzzles; you must exhaust all of your options to figure out how to solve each puzzle (which can be a little exhausting but is not necessarily bad) -Solid open world design. Nothing particularly good, but has a nice, clear, growing layout -Solving puzzles can be frustrating during the process because of thelack of direction, but it feels pretty good when you solve it Narrative/Story: -The concept of being on an island with a scientist’s secrets to discover isn’t particularly creative, but is executed well -Happy to have the voice acting

Dec. 2024

I won't give out any game details but I'll talk generally. I just finished Quern, and I loved it. It felt very much like Myst and Riven which is an incredible compliment. There were a wide variety of puzzles, and game had some mechanics that enhanced the game play that even the old Myst games didn't have. I kept wanting to solve the puzzles to get further in the game. If you like exploration puzzle games like the Myst games, you need to play this game.

May 2024

Definitely feel the Myst in this one. Quern looks good and is great to explore. Puzzles make sense within the world and offer a decent challenge; not too difficult and not too easy. The story is also pretty decent and the world lore compelling. I kept thinking I was close to finishing the game, but was happy to keep being proven wrong!

April 2024

This game is as good as Myst, or even better. Quern has no weaknesses, it is a product of perfection. This game is a must-play.

Feb. 2024

I like to be challenged in thought and not pressured by time. I can come up with answers when not on the clock. Next time come up with answers to similar challenges faster. The story means a lot to me and this is a good one.

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22.99€

8.8

3,173

291

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Developer

Zadbox Entertainment

Publisher

Zadbox Entertainment, Blue Brain Games

Release 28 Nov 2016

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