Best Quick-Time Events games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated quick-time events games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free quick-time events games are available at the bottom of the page.

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Dreams of Aether

A collection of dozens of Aether-flavored microgames! Dive into the Dreams of Aether, where everyone is trapped in a never-ending nightmare! Meet some of the strangest characters Aether has to offer!

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 01 Apr 2025

Hello Love: 18 Again

Unexpectedly back at 18, you embark on a thrilling and sweet campus rebirth journey with the memories! The campus goddess, the sexy girl, the childhood sweetheart, the frigid CEO, the gentle teacher. Who will ignite your heart among the dreams and regrets of youth? Relive old dreams without regrets!

Price -25% 14.62€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Jan 2025

Lost But Found

Organize and give out lost items! Lost But Found is a job simulator game where you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. Upgrade your office, manage requests, collect stickers, and more.

Price -30% 4.12€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Nov 2024

SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS

Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!

Price -21% 39.49€
Rating 9.5
Release 24 Oct 2024

Until Dawn™

Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

Price 69.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Oct 2024

Commando Collection

A reboot of classic 2D side-scrolling shooters, featuring a new Survival Mode and Workshop system. Fight as a WWII Allied soldier across diverse battlefields with imaginative weapons. Survival Mode brings fresh enemies, epic bosses, and new challenges—relive childhood memories with a twist!

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 26 Jul 2024

恋爱单选题

Male Lord Wu worry because of an accident dying, fell into a coma. Then the mysterious female NPC appeared, creating a different space for Wu Worry to create a chance to save themselves, the protagonist of the game Wu Worry to find out his true love in the end, in order to wake up and survive.

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Jul 2024

源战役

《源战役》 is an urban sci-fi adventure theme of 3D star traversal type MMORPG game, the game background of the cosmic space-time rupture, the source of the experiment declared a failure, the energy emergency, the source of the power of the war is bound to take place!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Jul 2024

Superscout

"Superscout" is a live-action interactive movie game where you will unravel the secrets of the girls you meet. The love beyond lifetimes, never let it go; the kindness in this life, engraved in your soul. Your choices will change your loved ones’ fate; those who love you will change yours...

Price 16.19€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 Jul 2024

Dollar

This dollar is an excellent steam inventory item based on a real life currency item of the same name. Every hour you will receive a dollar, with a very small chance to receive the golden dollar. Good Luck!

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 12 Jul 2024

Thriving City: Song

In 960 A.D., the Zhao Song Dynasty was established. As the mayor, you'll need to help the townspeople settle down, cultivate the land and expand. However, when the emperor issues a national mandate, conflicts between factions threaten city development—what strategy will you adopt?

Price -56% 8.12€
Rating 7.9
Release 29 May 2024

Eyes: The Horror Game

You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 May 2024

CASE: Online - Unofficial Fan Game

CASE: Online – An Unofficial Fan Game inspired by CASE 2: Animatronics Survival. Recapture the excitement of 2018’s multiplayer mode with up to 8 players, taking on roles as either animatronics or survivors!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 09 Apr 2024

反转21克

In 2055, "You", the retired soldier king, was assassinated by a comrade who once fought side by side. His peaceful life was suddenly broken. In order to find the truth, he was involved in a series of bizarre murders.

Price 8.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Feb 2024

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

Headbangers is a light-hearted, Rhythm Battle Royale Game where you and 29 other Pigeons compete against each other, all to complete your quest of claiming the title of Master Headbanger!

Price -89% 2.26€
Rating 6.8
Release 31 Oct 2023

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 23 Feb 2023

Engine Evolution 2022

PvP racing action is back - with more and better content and with formulas! Enjoy multiplayer racing action more intensely than ever before!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Feb 2023

The Bad Kids

As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.

Price 7.70€
Rating 7.2
Release 17 Jan 2023

Return to abyss 重返深渊

Return to Abyss is a mowing survival game with Rogue-Lite elements, upgrade your weapons and use your fighting skills to fight through over 10,000 monsters on screen until defeat the culprit who brought chaos!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Jan 2023

SCP: Secret Files

SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.

Price -92% 1.00€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Sep 2022

The Quarry

When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

Price -89% 6.72€
Rating 8.0
Release 09 Jun 2022

Card Shark

Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Price -67% 6.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Jun 2022

The Use of Life

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

Price -20% 11.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 May 2022

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles

Become the Blade that Destroys Demons!

Price -66% 20.45€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Oct 2021

Most played quick-time events games on Steam

Take a look at the top quick-time events games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 15th 2025.

1. Train Valley 2

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD! Train Valley 2 is a multiple endings, quick-time events and trains game developed by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy and Flazm and published by Flazm and META Publishing. Released on April 15th 2019 has received 2,847 reviews of which 2,570 were positive and 277 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played quick-time events game, thanks to its 174 peak concurrent players over the last day.
8.7
2,570
277

174
players

2. Ryse: Son of Rome

“Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge. Ryse: Son of Rome is a hack and slash, action and quick-time events game developed by and published by Crytek. Released on October 10th 2014 has received 40,291 reviews of which 34,941 were positive and 5,350 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. While seeing 149 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among quick-time events games based on player count.
8.5
34,941
5,350

149
players

3. Dreams of Aether

A collection of dozens of Aether-flavored microgames! Dive into the Dreams of Aether, where everyone is trapped in a never-ending nightmare! Meet some of the strangest characters Aether has to offer! Dreams of Aether is a minigames, quick-time events and arcade game developed by Lepioid LLC and published by Aether Studios. Released on April 01st 2025 has received 897 reviews of which 879 were positive and 18 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
9.2
879
18

25
players

4. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative. This newly remastered edition features updated textures in HD, expanded controller support, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is a story rich, quick-time events and atmospheric game developed by Quantic Dream and Aspyr Media (remastered version) and published by Quantic Dream. Released on January 28th 2015 has received 6,744 reviews of which 5,421 were positive and 1,323 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
7.8
5,421
1,323

21
players

5. Blue Estate The Game

Blue Estate is a black-humoured and corrosive rail shooter, adapted from the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award nominated graphic novel, Blue Estate by Viktor Kalvachev! Blue Estate The Game is a on-rails shooter, action and comedy game developed and published by HE SAW. Released on April 08th 2015 has received 1,692 reviews of which 1,555 were positive and 137 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
8.7
1,555
137

3
players

6. Dragon's Lair

Haven't heard of Dragon's Lair?! Well, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon! Originally released in the summer of 1983, Dragon's Lair has solidified itself as a cultural icon in gaming. Dragon's Lair is a adventure, classic and arcade game developed and published by Digital Leisure Inc.. Released on May 17th 2013 has received 656 reviews of which 505 were positive and 151 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
7.3
505
151

1
players

7. Engine Evolution 2022

PvP racing action is back - with more and better content and with formulas! Enjoy multiplayer racing action more intensely than ever before! Engine Evolution 2022 is a racing, action and pvp game developed and published by Petr Šimůnek. Released on February 21st 2023 has received 1,033 reviews of which 776 were positive and 257 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
7.2
776
257

1
players

8. Press X to Not Die

A ridiculous live-action B-movie adventure you will never forget! You wake up to find your town in chaos. Everyone has gone crazy and is just attacking each other! A cryptic message is the secret to survival-- Press X to not die! Press X to Not Die is a comedy, fmv and quick-time events game developed and published by All Seeing Eye Games. Released on October 06th 2017 has received 3,891 reviews of which 3,497 were positive and 394 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
8.7
3,497
394

9. D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One-

This is the story of a man with a very strange fate. His name is David Young. Two years ago, his wife was murdered by an unknown assailant, and Young suffered a blow to the head that cost him his memory. His wife's final words: “Look for D.” D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One- is a adventure, mystery and detective game developed by Access Games and published by PLAYISM. Released on June 05th 2015 has received 1,954 reviews of which 1,572 were positive and 382 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played quick-time events games.
7.7
1,572
382

Best deals on quick-time events games on Steam

Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of quick-time events games available on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted quick-time events games.

1. Blue Estate The Game

Blue Estate is a black-humoured and corrosive rail shooter, adapted from the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award nominated graphic novel, Blue Estate by Viktor Kalvachev! Blue Estate The Game is a on-rails shooter, action and comedy game developed and published by HE SAW. Released on April 08th 2015 has received 1,692 reviews of which 1,555 were positive and 137 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Featuring a massive 92% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for quick-time events category.
8.7
1,555
137

-92% 12.50€ 1.00€

2. Train Valley 2

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD! Train Valley 2 is a multiple endings, quick-time events and trains game developed by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy and Flazm and published by Flazm and META Publishing. Released on April 15th 2019 has received 2,847 reviews of which 2,570 were positive and 277 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 92% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in quick-time events games.
8.7
2,570
277

-92% 12.50€ 1.00€

3. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative. This newly remastered edition features updated textures in HD, expanded controller support, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is a story rich, quick-time events and atmospheric game developed by Quantic Dream and Aspyr Media (remastered version) and published by Quantic Dream. Released on January 28th 2015 has received 6,744 reviews of which 5,421 were positive and 1,323 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 80% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in quick-time events games.
7.8
5,421
1,323

-80% 9.99€ 1.99€

4. Ryse: Son of Rome

“Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge. Ryse: Son of Rome is a hack and slash, action and quick-time events game developed by and published by Crytek. Released on October 10th 2014 has received 40,291 reviews of which 34,941 were positive and 5,350 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. Currently offered at a 41% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for quick-time events games.
8.5
34,941
5,350

-41% 10.00€ 5.90€

Free quick-time events games on Steam

Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play quick-time events games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play quick-time events games.

1. Engine Evolution 2022

PvP racing action is back - with more and better content and with formulas! Enjoy multiplayer racing action more intensely than ever before! Engine Evolution 2022 is a racing, action and pvp game developed and published by Petr Šimůnek. Released on February 21st 2023 has received 1,033 reviews of which 776 were positive and 257 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free quick-time events games on Steam.
7.2
776
257

1
players