Best Quick-Time Events Games on Steam
Games using timed button prompts to drive action scenes or reactions.
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1Tomb Raider Game of the Year
- Players say: Shipwrecked on Yamatai, young Lara explores hostile ruins, solves tomb puzzles, and fights to survive while upgrading her gear. Players like: Atmospheric Island · Satisfying Bow Combat · Lara’s Character Arc
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Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
Mar 4, 2013
In this game, you can…
- upgrade your bow into fire arrows and napalm arrows that change how fights play out.
- chain climbing-axe routes, rope arrows, and rope ascenders to open new vertical paths through cliffs, ruins, and hidden areas.
- craft and scavenge upgrades until your weapons evolve into heavier gear like an automatic rifle with a grenade launcher.
- survive a shipwrecking storm and scramble to reunite with your crew while the island's people, animals, and ancient forces hunt you down.
- silently pick off guards with a bow from treetops at night.
- find hidden tombs that each play like their own puzzle space, tucked off the main survival route.
- escape collapsing set pieces where planes crash, villages tumble, and you keep pushing forward through the destruction.
- hunt animals for food and tackle survival side objectives like blowing up old sea mines.
2Resident Evil 4 (2005)
- Players say: Agent Leon enters a hostile European village to rescue the president’s daughter, scavenging and fighting to survive its infected inhabitants. Players like: Combat and Pacing · Replayable Campaign · Tense Atmosphere
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(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
Feb 27, 2014
In this game, you can…
- shoot an enemy's head off and still have the parasite erupt out and keep attacking you.
- suplex a cultist so hard his head explodes.
- order your escort target to hide in a dumpster while you clear a fight, then call her back when it's safe.
- hold off a whole village mob until a church bell ends the assault.
- push cabinets against doors and windows, then shoot climbers off ladders to keep a house from being overrun.
- shoot legs to stagger enemies, then follow up with a kick to knock down a whole group and save ammo.
- rearrange a suitcase-style inventory between fights to decide what weapons, ammo, and treasures you can physically carry.
- shoot down a giant hanging treasure in the castle for a huge payout.
3Stellar Blade™
- Players say: As colony soldier EVE, fight across a ruined Earth to reclaim it from the Naytiba and uncover the truth behind its fall. Players like: Timed Combat · Boss Fights · Strong Soundtrack
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Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
Jun 11, 2025
In this game, you can…
- buy 99 explosive shells and spam rockets to keep many bosses stunlocked for as long as you can keep firing.
- revive mid-boss fight with an item and restart quickly to try again without losing key progress.
- earn crossover outfits through a minigame-and-hunt process instead of having them just appear in your inventory.
- perfect-parry boss attacks, counter instantly, and interrupt their moves if your timing is precise enough.
- swap between different combat loadouts and build around burst skills, risky combo chains, and animation-locked attacks.
- find secret entrances, shortcuts, and hidden rewards by combing through dense side paths off the main route.
- jump straight into a boss challenge mode to replay fights, practice timing, and chase rewards without rerunning the campaign.
- spend hours in photo mode posing characters and changing expressions to set up custom shots.
4The Walking Dead
- Players say: As Lee Everett, guide an orphaned girl through a zombie-ravaged world in an episodic adventure of dialogue, choices, and survival. Players like: Emotional Story · Memorable Characters · Lee and Clementine
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A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Apr 24, 2012
In this game, you can…
- make a choice in an early episode, then watch it come back much later to change relationships and who lives
- pick dialogue answers in seconds while danger is happening, like choosing who to save as people get overrun
- decide between awful options like shooting a child before it turns, stealing supplies, or lying to survive
- start the story as a convicted murderer when your police ride crashes into a zombie
- find an 8-year-old girl alone, then spend the story making choices that shape how you protect her
- finish chapters with a screen showing how other players chose, so you can compare your big decisions
- build trust with survivors in a small group, then watch alliances flip fast when someone betrays you or dies
- walk around small areas, talk to everyone, and piece together who they are before the group falls apart
5The Wolf Among Us
- Players say: As Fabletown’s sheriff, Bigby Wolf investigates a murder among hidden fairy-tale exiles through dialogue choices and timed fights. Players like: Noir Fairy-Tale World · Twisty Murder Mystery · Bigby and Cast
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From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Oct 11, 2013
In this game, you can…
- choose which lead to follow first, and lose the other one forever when it means evidence gets destroyed or someone dies.
- track clues by scent, sniffing out evidence around crime scenes instead of relying on gadgets or lab tools.
- decide whether to act like a restrained sheriff or beat a suspect down, and have characters remember how far you went later.
- solve a brutal murder as the Big Bad Wolf, where the first body is just the start and everyone in the fable community becomes a suspect.
- replay a chapter, take the other location first, and watch the whole investigation chain change—who you catch, who escapes, and what you learn.
- interrogate fairy-tale suspects in loaded conversations where your tone can win trust, provoke fear, or trigger a confession.
- get slammed into cinematic brawls where you trade brutal hits and can lose control enough to start turning into a wolf.
6The Walking Dead: Season Two
- Players say: As Clementine searches for safety in a zombie-ravaged world, make survival decisions through dialogue, exploration, and timed action. Players like: Emotional Story · Clementine's Growth · Hard Moral Choices
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The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
Dec 17, 2013
In this game, you can…
- import your Season 1 save and watch Season Two react to those old choices.
- reunite with Kenny and decide what your relationship is going to be now.
- get kidnapped by a new group, escape their camp, and stumble straight into delivering a baby under crisis conditions.
- play as Clementine all season and shape whether she stays kind or turns vicious.
- choose who to save when two people are getting attacked at once, knowing one is already bitten.
- sneak through areas as Clementine, rummage for useful objects, and decide how to deal with the survivors you run into.
- trek toward Wellington through snow, walkers, and hostile people as your supposed safe haven keeps slipping farther away.
7Tales from the Borderlands
- Players say: A Hyperion employee and a con artist team up on Pandora in a five-part adventure of dialogue choices, exploration, and quick-time action. Players like: Memorable Characters · Comedy and Heart · Strong Voice Acting
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Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Feb 16, 2021
In this game, you can…
- start a finger-gun shootout in a corporate propaganda museum and turn it into a real slaughter-fest.
- fight off two bounty hunters while hanging upside down as your partner rockets past riding a legless Loader Bot.
- assemble your own dream vault hunter squad in the finale, then take that team into a giant robot fight.
- steal an alien Vault Key from your new boss.
- replay the same events as Rhys and Fiona, then watch their stories disagree until the real version snaps into place.
- carry choices across episodes so later scenes, who lives, and even the ending can swing hard based on what you picked earlier.
8SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
- Players say: Two campaigns pair Sonic’s fast 2D and 3D platforming with Shadow’s new powers, revisited stages, and an explorable hub. Players like: Shadow Level Design · Responsive Shadow Controls · Doom Powers
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Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Oct 24, 2024
In this game, you can…
- stop time mid-level with Chaos Control to set up warps and skips.
- pick your stage music before you enter, including classic tracks from older Sonic and Shadow games.
- sprout wings or turn into a jellyfish, then use the transformation to change how you traverse a level.
- surf across water and fly over obstacles using new Doom Powers.
- warp from one enemy to another while blasting through a 2D/3D hybrid stage.
- watch the hub world expand as you gain abilities, opening new areas and hidden secrets.
- take branching routes and clever shortcuts through long, handcrafted stages.
- hunt red rings, hidden Chao, tokens, and chests that push you onto slower or alternate paths.
9Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
- Players say: Play Bruce Wayne and Batman as you infiltrate Gotham’s criminal circles, investigate Riddler’s traps, and make choices that shape relationships. Players like: Bruce–John Relationship · Difficult Story Choices · Character Writing
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In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.
Aug 8, 2017
In this game, you can…
- turn John Doe into either a crime-fighting vigilante partner or a full-on Joker villain, based on how you treat him.
- hit a finale that splits into two radically different final acts, with a different climax and even a different final boss depending on Joker's path.
- go undercover as Bruce Wayne inside a villain crew and talk your way through every meeting without blowing your cover.
- get coached into teaching John Doe how to talk to Harley Quinn, then deal with how fast that relationship spirals.
- choose who to attack, who to help, or which way to dodge while a fight is happening.
- watch Harley Quinn become the levelheaded mastermind while Joker scrambles to impress her.
- import your save from the first season so earlier decisions carry forward into changed relationships and who knows Bruce is Batman.
10Costume Quest
- Players say: Lead a costumed kid through Halloween neighborhoods to rescue a sibling, gather friends, and battle monsters in turn-based fights. Players like: Halloween Atmosphere · Costume Transformations · Funny Dialogue
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A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.
Oct 14, 2011
In this game, you can…
- knock on houses for candy, knowing any door might throw you into a monster fight.
- transform from a cardboard Halloween costume into a giant, real battle version of it.
- spend trick-or-treat candy on battle stickers that add effects like poison, stun, splash damage, or healing.
- roller-skate around town as a robot to move faster and reach new places.
- collect costume parts and schematics, then craft new outfits that change both your combat moves and exploration powers.
- build a party out of absurd costumes—like a unicorn, Statue of Liberty, and giant fries—and mix their abilities for bosses.
- play quick input challenges during attacks, with each costume using its own rhythm and button patterns.
