Quantic Dream

Quantic Dream is a Paris-founded AAA video game developer and independent publisher known for cinematic interactive dramas shaped by player choice. Its games combine branching narratives, moral decisions and performance-captured characters to explore emotionally driven storytelling in an interactive form.

The studio developed a distinctive catalogue spanning Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Fahrenheit—released as Indigo Prophecy in North America—Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human. It is also developing Star Wars Eclipse with Lucasfilm Games. In 2026, Quantic Dream released the experimental action-strategy title Spellcasters Chronicles into Steam Early Access; its servers were decommissioned in June that year following an evaluation of player metrics.

Development capabilities

Quantic Dream handles full-cycle AAA development, from conception, writing, art and engineering through production. Its technical capabilities include:

• Interactive narrative design and branching-story development
• Performance, motion and facial capture
• Real-time 3D facial animation and cinematic production
• Proprietary engine development
• Photogrammetry, spatial audio and Dolby Atmos recording

The company works as a unified two-studio production organization, with teams collaborating on gameplay systems, level design, engine architecture and AAA production.

Publishing and production services

Following its transition to a multiplatform publisher, Quantic Dream launched Spotlight by Quantic Dream in 2023. The label provides independent developers with publishing, marketing, funding, co-production and technical support, including access to performance-capture facilities. Its published catalogue includes Sea of Solitude: The Director's Cut, Under The Waves, Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, and Dustborn.

Quantic Dream has operated as an independent subsidiary within NetEase Games since NetEase acquired the company in August 2022. The studio retains editorial and creative independence while continuing to develop and publish interactive entertainment across its own productions and third-party collaborations.