- February 26, 2023
- motijan
- 4h median play time
q.u.q.
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About q.u.q.
q.u.q. is a single player action game with comedy, anime and post-apocalyptic themes. It was developed by motijan and was released on February 26, 2023. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.
Q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.





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Reviews
- The game features a distinctive and captivating art style with surreal and evocative visuals that effectively set the tone and atmosphere.
- The soundtrack is highly praised, complementing the mood with haunting, emotional, and well-composed music that enhances immersion.
- Despite its short length, the game offers multiple endings and a mix of humor, tragedy, and surreal storytelling that engages and resonates with players.
- The writing and plot are often seen as vague, confusing, or underdeveloped, with some players feeling the story lacks depth and clarity.
- Certain gameplay elements, such as obscure choices for endings and lack of clear guidance, can lead to frustration and reliance on external guides.
- The short game length limits character development and worldbuilding, leaving some players wishing for more content and a fuller narrative experience.
story
157 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story is a short, surreal visual novel experience that blends abstract, often nonsensical elements with moments of emotional depth, humor, and atmosphere. While its minimalism and ambiguity offer a unique, interpretive narrative appeal, many find the plot underdeveloped and characters insufficiently fleshed out, with some frustrated by its trial-and-error choices and uneven tone. Overall, it captivates through mood, art, and music but may leave players craving a more coherent and expanded storyline.
“The story had a good mix between funny duck shrimp moments to the reminiscence of crippling existential dread of unworthiness, trying to overextend capabilities that only solidifies the feeling of inadequacy, succumbing to manipulation and losing your true identity, reaching profound disorientation with overlapping psychological distress of endless suffering.”
“A tragic, fleshed-out backstory juxtaposed with a duck carrying a sink is a perfect example of the game’s formula: using the ridiculous to enhance both humor and emotional weight.”
“The premise and story itself might be simple, but the writing and execution were engrossing enough to carry the story through, despite its short length and moderate replayability.”
“The story itself is nothing to write home about and the game is littered with bad choice endings and some secret ones that further take away from the experience; this game really doesn't take itself seriously enough.”
“The story introduces extremely specific things with little effort made to properly integrate them into the world itself, seemingly all under the excuse of it trying to be surreal and mysterious. Yet the game continues to push forward a serious story that demands investment and thought, contradicting the random arbitrary elements that do not cultivate any investment or are compatible with any coherent thought.”
“The player is jolted from very random, surreal moments to more serious linear storytelling back and forth in such a stark way that completely spoils both. It does not feel like these two core facets actually coexist in the same world; rather the story is just designed to forcibly alternate between the two solely on the creator's own whim.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
q.u.q. is a action game with comedy, anime and post-apocalyptic themes. Common tags for q.u.q. include indie, trading, surreal, pixel graphics, dystopian and others.
q.u.q. is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.
On average players spend around 18 hours playing q.u.q..
q.u.q. was released on February 26, 2023.
q.u.q. was developed by motijan.
q.u.q. has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked q.u.q. for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.
q.u.q. is a single player game.
Similar games include Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, D1AL-ogue, HOPE LEFT ME, Little Misfortune and others.










