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Plan cyber-heists by typing commands into a hacking deck to bypass security, control gadgets, and get your crew through each job.
Released 25 Jul 2016
Command-Line Heists
Pilot Tiny Robots
Disable Security Systems
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.
Developed by Blendo Games · Published by Blendo Games, Klei Publishing
In a retro-futuristic cyberpunk world, you take on heists as a hacker working with a small crew. Your portable deck lets you issue commands to breach security and support your team’s operations.
Each job is a first-person puzzle built around exploring a site and working out how to get past its systems. You can manipulate doors, cameras, alarms, weapons, and robots, then execute timed command sequences or take a more direct route.
New equipment expands your options across the campaign, including a launcher pad, a remote rifle case, and a small controllable robot. Between missions, details in the environments and crew spaces help convey the story without relying on spoken dialogue.
In this review sample, players often praise the unusual command-driven heist puzzles, the satisfaction of planning and executing a sequence, and the game’s retro-cyberpunk atmosphere. Environmental details, music, and storytelling without dialogue also stand out for many reviewers. Several say the campaign ends just as its tools become interesting, while some report bugs or clunky interactions.
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.
🏆 Winner of the Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize
🏆 Winner of the Independent Games Festival Excellence in Design award
🏆 Winner of the IndieCade Grand Jury award
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.
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.
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.
Explore the retro-futuristic world of Quadrilateral Cowboy and experience the many highs and lows of your cyber-heist crew. Saddle up, cowboy.
Quadrilateral Cowboy.
Developer Commentary.
Reference Manual.
Everything In the Standard Edition.
Quadrilateral Cowboy interactive art book.
PDFs for box art, poster, and papercraft characters.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 10 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 81/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
