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Life & fun · July 25, 2016

Quadrilateral Cowboy

A single-player adventure in a cyberpunk world

Quadrilateral Cowboy launched on July 25, 2016 with 67 votes, #841 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

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.

“Like Gravity Bone and Thirty Flights of Loving before it, this is a game that cannot be missed by fans of the medium.” 8/10 – Destructoid “Quadrilateral Cowboy is a strange, fantastic journey that will likely charm and test you in equal measure.” 9.5/10 – Game Informer “Quadrilateral Cowboy succeeds in astonishing ways: It makes you feel like an incredibly accomplished computer hacker and agent of espionage.” 9/10 – Gamespot 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…from store.steampowered.com

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