Quadrilateral Cowboy

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84 25 July 2016

Adventure Indie Puzzle Action Science fiction Stealth

Quadrilateral Cowboy is an adventure developed by Blendo Games, released 25 July 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.

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What Quadrilateral Cowboy is

Quadrilateral Cowboy is an adventure game developed by Blendo Games and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Quadrilateral Cowboy is a first-person puzzle-adventure video game by independent developer Blendo Games. The game was released on July 25, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, and on October 1, 2016, for macOS and Linux.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Quadrilateral Cowboy holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB video RAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Quadrilateral Cowboy launched on 25 July 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked! and Starbound. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked!, Starbound.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Quadrilateral Cowboy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quadrilateral Cowboy gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Quadrilateral Cowboy — frequently asked questions

When did Quadrilateral Cowboy come out?

Quadrilateral Cowboy was released on 25 July 2016 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Quadrilateral Cowboy?

At minimum, Quadrilateral Cowboy needs 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB video RAM graphics, 1200 MB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Quadrilateral Cowboy?

The main story of Quadrilateral Cowboy takes around 6 hrs.

How many GB is Quadrilateral Cowboy?

The PC version needs about 1.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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