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Quadrilateral Cowboy

When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.

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Developer
Blendo Games
Publisher
Blendo Games, Klei Publishing
Release
July 25, 2016
10 years and 10 days ago
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Very Positive1,009 reviews92.0%

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About the Game

Hacking. Dial tone. Cassette decks. Sabotage. Suitcase decks. Brainbox injectors.

Quadrilateral Cowboy is a first-person adventure in a cyberpunk world. Tread lightly through security systems with your hacking deck and grey-market equipment. With top-of-the-line hardware like this, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.

šŸ† Winner of the Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize

šŸ† Winner of theĀ Independent Games Festival Excellence in Design award

šŸ† Winner of the IndieCade Grand Jury award

PLAY YOUR WAY

Do you want to infiltrate quietly, low and slow? Or smash and grab, loud and fast? The choice is yours. Each heist is a systemic clockworld world of security systems waiting to be broken.

A HACKABLE WORLD

Type commands into our intuitive hacking interface to hijack doors, weapons, cameras, robots, and more. Subvert burglar alarms, master your hacking deck, and devise your own unique route like a smooth operator.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Use your Deck to hack. Blast yourself across the sky with the Launcher Pad. Remotely control the high-powered rifle in the Autocase. Pilot the tiny but mighty Weevil robot. The only limit is your creativity.

GET IMMERSED

Explore the retro-futuristic world of Quadrilateral Cowboy and experience the many highs and lows of your cyber-heist crew. Saddle up, cowboy.

EDITIONS:

The Standard Edition includes:

  • Quadrilateral Cowboy.

  • Developer Commentary.

  • Reference Manual.

The Deluxe Edition includes:

  • Everything In the Standard Edition.

  • Quadrilateral Cowboy interactive art book.

  • PDFs for box art, poster, and papercraft characters.

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