AdventureFit check
Is Quarion worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who prefer short, simple platforming adventures
- Platformer players who enjoy unlocking abilities and searching for secrets
- Players seeking boss fights in a compact 2D exploration game
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a long or expansive metroidvania campaign
- Players who prefer relaxed exploration without tough foes and boss fights
- Players seeking a story-heavy RPG or a large, complex adventure
Our take on Quarion
Rather than presenting a large, sprawling metroidvania, this game focuses on a short and simple platforming journey. Its structure centers on crash-landed exploration, ability unlocks, boss encounters, and secrets within a compact 2D format.
What is Quarion?
After crash-landing on an unknown planet, the player must explore its environments and find a way back to the ship.
Progress involves locating new abilities, overcoming tough enemies, fighting bosses, and uncovering hidden secrets. The game uses 2D pixel-style platforming with a metroidvania structure, including abilities associated with the genre. It is presented as a short, simple, gameplay-focused adventure, drawing inspiration from You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
How Quarion plays
- 01Ability-based exploration
- New abilities open up further exploration across the planet’s different environments.
- 02Boss battles
- Progress includes confrontations with bosses and other tough foes.
- 03Hidden secrets
- Secret areas and discoveries form part of the exploration.
- 04Pixel platforming
- The game uses a 2D pixel-style presentation and gameplay-focused platforming.
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Quarion: platforms & release
Is Quarion worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who prefer short, simple platforming adventures. Skip it if: players looking for a long or expansive metroidvania campaign.
Where can I download Quarion?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Quarion's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Quarion on?
Windows and Linux.
