Premiered at GDC 2026

Quantum Arcade

Quantum games that are actually quantum. The physics runs live as you play. Quantum Arcade licenses the Quantum Native lineup, by application, to run on a cabinet, a kiosk, or a laptop you already own.

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For museums, classrooms, and event floors

Two Licenses

Two things you can license

Quantum Arcade

Three games built on real quantum state: Quantris, ponQ, and Bloch Invaders, packaged as a dedicated arcade build for a cabinet, a kiosk, or a laptop.

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Quantum Chess Exhibit

A self-contained Quantum Chess installation for a plinth or a touchscreen. The Puzzles edition is a guided introduction and a short puzzle ladder. The Play edition adds pass-and-play and a game against the computer. Both run offline, need no accounts, and reset themselves between visitors.

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The Software

What Quantum Arcade is

Quantum Arcade is a suite of games built on Quantum Forge, the engine behind everything we make. The mechanics are driven by genuine quantum state evolution, superposition, entanglement, and interference. It is the same lineup that ran on the arcade cabinets at GDC 2026, packaged as a dedicated arcade build and licensed to run on your hardware, from a full cabinet down to a laptop.

The Quantum Arcade launcher: three virtual cabinets side by side with Quantris selected, a one-line description, and a player count beneath
The arcade build launcher. Pick a cabinet, insert coin.
Museums and science centers
Hands-on quantum mechanics for the exhibit floor. Visitors play the physics instead of reading about it.
Schools and universities
The real thing for physics and CS programs, from intro courses to outreach days.
Corporate events and trade shows
A draw that starts conversations. It held a crowd at GDC.

The Lineup

Games that run on real quantum

Three titles. Try the free web versions now; the licensed arcade build is a separate build of each, tuned for the floor.

Players watching Quantris on the big screen at the Laguna College of Art and Design booth, GDC 2026
Quantris on the LCAD big screen, GDC 2026

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For Licensees

What licensees get

The Arcade Build

A dedicated build of the Quantum Native lineup with special versions of the games, tuned for an arcade floor rather than a browser tab.

Ongoing Updates

Improvements and new builds land in the portal as they ship. Your install stays current.

Direct Support

A direct line to the team that builds the games. Questions about setup, updates, and licensing go straight to us.

The Setup

What you need to run it

Licensees run a dedicated arcade build of the lineup. Each game is cut down to what a first-time player needs: one screen, one choice, play. That was a lesson learned from GDC, where the web versions asked too much of someone walking past a booth. The games are light, so modest hardware runs them well. You bring the screen and the connection; we bring the games.

Quantris in the arcade build: two large mode tiles, Marathon and Ultra, with controller hints and an insert-coin prompt
Quantris, arcade build. Pick a mode and play. A second player joins at the countdown.

Laptop or desktop

The arcade build runs on a modern laptop or desktop. All three games support touch.

Kiosk or countertop

A touchscreen machine running the arcade build is a complete install. Good for lobbies and exhibit corners.

Full cabinet

Quantris and ponQ ship Xbox controller support, and those bindings map cleanly onto standard arcade sticks and buttons. Building a cabinet? We can share a reference spec on request.

Attendees gathered around the Quantum Arcade booth at GDC 2026, the lit quantum-processor sculpture at its center
The booth at GDC 2026

Provenance

The science behind the games

Quantum Arcade grew out of a decade of quantum game research. The lineup debuted on the quantum arcade at the Laguna College of Art and Design booth at GDC 2026, developed with support from Caltech's Institute for Quantum Information and Matter.

GDC 2026 Debuted on the show floor
The science partner
The GDC 2026 booth

The License

How licensing works

  • One annual license per organization. A single software fee, not a per-venue or per-visitor charge.
  • Sized to your setup. Any mix of cabinets, kiosks, and laptops. The number of devices is agreed with each licensee.
  • Two paths in. Schools, universities, and museums join through the education program. Trade shows, corporate events, and other installations are quoted per deal.

We are onboarding a small first cohort in 2026 and taking on partners deliberately, because every install carries our name. Tell us about your space and we will walk you through the license.

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Tell us about your venue and how you want to run the lineup. We reply within a few days, no obligation.

Tell us about your venue

Prefer email? Write to licensing@quantumnative.io.