qualia

Adventure· Interactive Fiction· Philosophical· Choose Your Own Adventure

Released Mar 2025

Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!

92% positive · 423 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

QUALIA is a free-to-play retro interactive fiction game that launched on March 13, 2025. The store description presents it as a complete, self-contained experience with a defined set of features: 6 endings, over 20,000 words, and over 300 possible unique playthroughs. On May 8, 2025 — about two months after launch — the developer released a single free DLC called "Intellica New Employee Welcome Packet," which added flavour content such as a manual, customizable badge, desk gift, meal vouchers, and a cafeteria menu. A minor bug fix patch was also released the same day. Since May 8, 2025, there have been no further developer communications, no announced upcoming content, and no unreleased DLC listed on the store. The game appears to have launched as a complete, finite narrative experience and has received no substantive updates since the one free content drop shortly after launch.

Evidence

Free DLC 'Intellica New Employee Welcome Packet' released on May 8, 2025, adding supplementary in-world flavour content. This is the last recorded developer activity.

news post · May 8, 2025 source content shipped

high

One DLC listed, marked as released. No unreleased DLC entries on the store.

dlc listing · May 8, 2025 source content shipped

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

qualia - Intellica New Employee Welcome Packet

May 2025

Media

Details

Developer

CMY2K

Publisher

CMY2K

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Interactive Fiction Philosophical Choose Your Own Adventure Text-Based Point & Click Horror Visual Novel FMV Dark Comedy Typing Psychological Horror Dark Humor Artificial Intelligence Funny Lore-Rich

About this game

Intellica believes that positivity and happiness are the keys to self-sustaining thinking programs. By taking part in the A.M.T. Study, you can help make it happen!

QUALIA is a retro-inspired Interactive Fiction text game where you analyze and categorize two participants based on their responses to a series of questions. Are they really human? Are you?

Remember, the A.M.T. Study is not a measurement of intelligence, but a questionnaire designed to determine the ability of an AI to be able to convincingly appear as a human. It is up to you to decide whether or not the participants are Human or Artificial.