JQ: chemistry
Skip · Short indie · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $0.49.
- Length
- 0.2h 0.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.45/hr
- Reviews
- 79% of 225 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
JQ: chemistry - is a quiz game about chemical elements in which a player must choose the correct answer from 4 options.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512 MB. Windows only.
The value story
78 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 51 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.49 at 51 percent off still sits 20 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Incredibox ($4.99, scores 64) outscores it, and so does RetroMaze ($0.99, scores 75). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about JQ: chemistry
Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 145 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 90 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
93% start to 60% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
JQ: Chemistry, developed and published by Snkl Studio, is a small yet engaging indie quiz game that aims to blend basic educational content with casual entertainment. It focuses entirely on chemical elements, testing players' knowledge of the periodic table in a light and accessible format. There's no elaborate story or deep mechanical system at play here; instead, the game embraces simplicity, offering players a...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
JQ: chemistry scores 48/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/826010/jq-chemistryReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.