THE QUIET MAN™
Released Nov 2018
THE QUIET MAN™ delivers an immersive story driven cinematic action experience seamlessly blending high-production live action, realistic CG and pulse-pounding action gameplay.
37% positive · 707 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
The Quiet Man launched on November 1, 2018 as a self-contained, story-driven action game explicitly designed to be completed in a single sitting of approximately three hours. On launch day, the developer announced a free patch called "THE QUIET MAN ― ANSWERED ―" set to release approximately one week later, which would add a second playthrough with full sound, voices, and subtitles in 29 languages — essentially unlocking the full narrative layer that was intentionally withheld in the initial soundless experience. This patch was announced as a deliberate part of the game's design, not as ongoing content development. There are no DLC listings, no post-launch roadmap, and no further developer communications after the launch window. The game shipped as a complete, intentionally finite product with this one planned patch fulfilling its promised feature set. No additional content has ever been announced, and Square Enix has made no statements suggesting further updates or expansions.
Evidence
Game launched on November 1, 2018. Developer announced a free patch ('THE QUIET MAN ― ANSWERED ―') releasing approximately one week later, adding a second playthrough with full sound, voices, and subtitles in 29 languages. This was framed as the final narrative component of the game's intended design.
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained cinematic action experience that 'can be completed in one sitting' — no mention of ongoing content, DLC, or future updates.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Square Enix
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
THE QUIET MAN™ delivers an immersive story driven cinematic action experience seamlessly blending high-production live action, realistic CG and pulse-pounding action gameplay. Unravelling within a single night, players take the role of deaf protagonist Dane as he fights his way through a “soundless” world to discover the motives behind the kidnapping of a songstress from a mysterious masked man. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled motion picture like experience which can be completed in one sitting.
Disclaimers:
KEY FEATURES
Disclaimers:
- You play as a deaf character, Dane, and experience the world as the character does – with very little distinct audio and no subtitles: it’s up to you to make up your own interpretation of the story as your search for the masked man unfolds.
- The content of this videogame is purely fictional, it is not intended to represent or depict any actual event, person, or entity, and any such similarities are purely coincidental. The makers and publishers of this videogame do not in any way endorse, condone, or encourage engaging in any conduct depicted in this videogame.
- Subtitles will only appear when spoken dialogue is intended to be heard or understood.
- For narrative purposes, no subtitles will be displayed for most scenes regardless of this setting.
- Language will be auto-detected based on your Computer system software language settings.
KEY FEATURES
- Experience a “soundless” world
The player not only controls Dane but also experiences the world in the way Dane does. As a deaf protagonist the audio landscape of the world he lives in consists of soundless and muffled audio, leaving it up to the player to make their own interpretation as the search for the masked man unfolds. - Exhilarating combat:
- Experience fast, visceral and adrenaline-fueled combat choreographed by Tatsuro Koike, renowned for directing the action in the Yakuza franchise.
- Simple on the surface, but with brutal combos, the combat system is easy to pick up like old school beat’em-up action games, whilst offering combat variation and thrill.
- Unleash an arsenal of combat moves ranging from punch and kick combos, to grappling and throwing enemies.
- Give stunned opponents a savage beat down or slam them into environment objects to set up brutal attacks.
- Defend yourself with split second dodges that can result in close-shaves and counterattacks. - Blurring the lines between live action and gameplay
In addition to high production live action, THE QUIET MAN™ features state of the art CG sequences, facial animations produced in partnership with 3Lateral, Cubic Motion and Human Head Studios to deliver stunning visual fidelity, strongly-felt emotions such as rage, joy and pain, and enables seamless transition and continuity between live action, engine cut scenes and actual gameplay.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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