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About the Game

In this one of a kind puzzle platformer, tease your brain with a unique mechanic called Shifting. Create negative space by inverting the black and white world to transform barriers into escape routes.

Shift the world, twist your environment, bend your mind to unveil its secrets and solve each brain-drilling level.

Make use of all special gameplay blocks to overcome obstacles and get to the exit to find the happiness you have been searching for and promised by Axon Vertigo, the secret company behind the Shift Quantum brain program.





Make use of the embedded level editor to create your own custom levels and publish them to the community, then play an unlimited amount of community levels coming from all platforms, STEAM, PS4™, Xbox and Switch!

Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits.

FEATURES

• Stylish black and white game world set in a cerebral cyber reality
  
• 8 new and unique gameplay elements to challenge your brain with puzzle and action mechanics
  
• A brand new story based on a mysterious AI controlled character
  
• Solo content with over 100 unique levels that will test your abilities like never before
  
• An easy-to-use, fully fledged cross-platforms level editor allowing you to create your own levels
  
• Share and play levels from other platforms (Xbox one, Playstation 4 and Switch)
  
• Level creation contests, speedruns and weekly votes for top levels and showcase
  
• Astounding cyber-noir soundtrack to Shift Quantum created by Volkor X and Simon Felix.
  
• Controller and keyboard support
  
• Big picture support
  
• Steam achievements and leaderboards
  
• Cloud save progression
  
• 4K Supported
  
• Steam Controller supported

Latest news

• Patch Notes·23 Jan 2026Official

  Fixes for Shift Quantum

  Hey Shifters, it’s been a while!Some of you recently reported issues when launching or playing Shift Quantum, especially related to connectivity or offline play, sometimes resulting in crashes. While working on our other projects, we took the time to revisit the game and release an update to address those problems. Because the game has been out for quite some time now, a few libraries and third-party services we were relying on are no longer supported. One of the biggest impacts of this is the Community tab, which hosted all the levels created by players. Unfortunately, there was no simple or safe way to restore that service, and the content hosted there is sadly gone for good. As a result, we decided to remove access to that part of the game to avoid further issues. On the bright side, we’re currently exploring the possibility of adding new extra levels to Shift Quantum in the coming months, completely free of charge, of course. We’ll keep you posted as things move forward. If you’re still encountering any issues after this updated, don’t hesitate to drop a message on the forums, we’re actively keeping an eye on them or join our Discord server to chat with us directly: discord.gg/fishingcactus Thank you once again for your continued support and for sticking with us over the years. Path to happiness lies ahead.
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• Announcements·19 Mar 2020Official

  "Le temps d'un café" - When the studio is deserted due to Covid-19

  With Corona virus all around, we are all working from home. the studio is empty, and waiting for a coffee can seem really looooooong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JmSmyOp15M&t=7s -VirginRedemption
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• Patch Notes·15 Jan 2019Official

  Update: "The Collector" achievement fixed

  Hi Shifters, We are happy to tell you that we finally found and fixed the bug related to "The Collector" achievement. You can now simply get it by entering a level and leaving it. Sorry again for the waiting. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30519649/3e26aafaffcdf457ee04c283993df3ddf9877868.png Thank you! -VirginRedemption
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• Announcements·3 Dec 2018Official

  Vote for the Indie of The Year!

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1007504/02201fe3814433c0cae00220412cdd69bf6937b0.png Hey Guys, Back for an 9th time, it's the 2018 Indie of the Year Awards, celebarating the best games released this year. In 2016, Epistory had the chance to win the Best Early Access Award. Thanks again to the community for that! ːepipartyː This year, we have two of our games competing for Indie of the Year Awards. So, if you think that they deserves to be the Indie of The Year on Indie DB, it is up to you to vote for your favorite indie games so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December. The voting process doesn't require to login; you just have to follow the link and click on VOTE. ːpalwinkː If you feel like you would prefer to vote for other indie games than ours, please do it! All indies need support and love! So, feel free to visit their indie DB page and vote for them ːshiftheartː Thank you! VirginRedemption https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1007504/32e8d1012d85c929fd81413d462eff03b9d4c4b0.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1007504/ff8994139e16fbf2873484ce373361d451bcb10a.jpg
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• Patch Notes·12 Nov 2018Official

  FREE UPDATE: 3 new deadly blocks, 30 new levels, infinite hours of fun!

  Hey Shifters, During the development of Shift Quantum, we had to cut on a few gameplay blocks that remained in our “nice to have” list. We really loved them, so we continued to work on a few after releasing the game. Three of them are now finished and available for free in game. All you have to do is to launch the game, select the new branch in the menu called “Traps” and enjoy 30 new levels specially created to showcase these new traps. We hope that you will enjoy them as much as we did and can’t wait to see the deadly levels you will create using them in the level editor. https://youtu.be/ipYx-CgDuvU Update Content Laser block Burner block Spiky movable block New menu section 30 new levels More search filters in the community tab Featured levels in the community tab Now tell us what’s your favorite gameplay block and what kind of block you imagine for the game? Thank you for the support! - VirginRedemption PS: Don’t forget to join our Discord channel discord.gg/fishingcactus
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