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Full Game Production
Concept to launch across PC & console in Unreal 5. Dedicated pod of 8–12, 12–24 month cycles, weekly playable builds and a shared Perforce depot.
Independent game studio · Sydney
We build games that bend perception.
Quantum Reactor Studio is a Surry Hills game development house crafting original IP, co-development and live-service titles for PC, console and mobile — from vertical slice to launch and beyond.
The studio
A tight crew of 24 building loud, strange, beautiful games.
Founded in 2016 above a record store on Crown Street, we have shipped four original titles and co-developed on twelve more.
Our team pairs a Sydney-based art and design core with a distributed engineering group across Australia and New Zealand. We work in Unreal 5 and a custom Rust toolchain, and we prototype fast — most projects reach a playable vertical slice inside eight weeks.
We take on a maximum of three client projects at once so every title gets senior attention. Whether you need a full production partner or a strike team to rescue a slipping milestone, we scope honestly and ship on time.
4
Original titles shipped
12
Co-dev collaborations
6.8M
Players reached
2016
Studio founded
What we do
Services engineered end to end.
From a napkin pitch to a live game with a season roadmap — pick the slice you need.
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Co-Development
Drop-in strike teams for combat, tools, UI or optimisation. Embedded with your engineers, from AUD $18,000/month per specialist.
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Live-Ops & Seasons
Content pipelines, season passes and telemetry dashboards that keep players returning. Includes 24/7 build monitoring for launch windows.
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Console Porting
Certified porting to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch. Full cert submission handling, typically 10–14 weeks per platform.
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Prototyping Sprints
A two-week paid discovery sprint that ends with a playable prototype, a risk register and a costed production plan. From AUD $12,000.
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Audio & Vertical FX
In-house adaptive music, sound design and Niagara VFX. Book the audio team standalone or bundled into a production.
Selected work
Games we have shipped and shaped.
Filter by platform to see what we build.
Moiré Drift
Original IP · 2023A neon racer built around optical illusion tracks. 480k copies sold on Steam.
Hollow Signal
Co-dev · 2022Atmospheric horror shooter — we built the enemy AI and lighting pipeline.
Pocket Reactor
Original IP · 2021A physics puzzler with 3.1M downloads and an Apple Design Award nod.
Static Bloom
Original IP · 2024Hand-drawn metroidvania with a live seasonal event calendar.
Verge Tactics
Co-dev · 2023Turn-based strategy — our team delivered the full UI and netcode.
Lumen Loop
Original IP · 2020A rhythm-runner featured in over 40 App Store markets.
Voices
What partners say.
Quantum Reactor rescued a milestone we were three weeks from missing. Their combat pod embedded in days and shipped cleaner code than we had internally.
Priya M.
Executive Producer, Melbourne
The porting team took our PC build to Switch and passed cert first try. No drama, honest scoping, and they hit every date.
Callum T.
Studio Director, Auckland
We came in for a two-week prototype sprint and left with a playable slice our board could greenlight. Worth every dollar.
Sarah D.
Founder, Brisbane
Engagements
Ways to work with us.
Transparent starting points in AUD. Every project is scoped after a discovery call.
Discovery Sprint
AUD $12,000
Two-week fixed engagement
- Playable prototype
- Technical risk register
- Costed production plan
- One senior designer + engineer
- Wrap-up workshop
Co-Dev Pod
AUD $18,000
Per specialist, per month
- Embedded senior specialists
- Combat, tools, UI or optimisation
- Your engine, your repo
- Weekly playable builds
- Rolling monthly commitment
Full Production
From AUD $1.4M
Multi-milestone build
- Dedicated 8–12 person team
- Concept to launch
- PC & console delivery
- Live-ops handover
- Shared Perforce & dashboards
Get in touch
Tell us about your game.
Send a brief and we will reply within two business days to book a discovery call.
- Phone+61 2 9248 9472
- Studio29 Albion Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- Email[email protected]
- Studio hoursMon–Fri, 9:30am – 6:00pm AEST
Find us in Surry Hills
29 Albion Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010