Quern: Undying Thoughts Drops to $2.49 on Steam in 90% Off Sale Ending November 21

Quern Undying Thoughts Steam discount, Digi Mart USA News: The first-person puzzle adventure Quern – Undying Thoughts, from Hungarian studio Zadbox Entertainment, is currently 90 percent off on Steam. The discount reduces the game from its $24.99 list price to $2.49, its lowest recorded price on the platform, and runs until November 21, 2026.

The original soundtrack is also 90 percent off at $0.99, while the Puzzle Adventure Classics bundle with The House of Da Vinci costs $15.73. According to the publisher article, Notebookcheck noted that the discounted price was available at the time of writing and may be subject to time restrictions or limited availability.

Released on November 28, 2016, the game begins with the player arriving on a remote island as the portal that brought them there closes behind them. With no way back, players explore the island in first person and piece together its history through letters left by its previous inhabitant, Maythorn.

Rather than treating each puzzle as a one-off, Zadbox built the game around reusable mechanics. Tools such as crystals with different functions and alchemical potions return as new areas open, so players must think about the island as a whole.

Critics drew comparisons with Myst and Riven, with PC World calling it “the Riven successor we never got.”

On Steam, 90 percent of more than 2,600 English user reviews are positive, earning a Very Positive rating, and the PC version holds an 83 Metacritic score. Recent sentiment is cooler, with 82 percent of 34 English reviews posted in the last 30 days rated positive.

GOG’s store listing puts the main story at around 13.5 hours.

The game supports native Windows, macOS and Linux builds. Minimum requirements call for an Intel Core i3-2100, 3 GB of RAM, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB, and 9 GB of storage.

The game arrived on Xbox One in 2020 and reached Nintendo Switch on October 6, 2026.