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Quick Time Event

Video game concept

A time-limited event where the player is usually required to press buttons or move their controller according to (possibly randomized) screen prompts to achieve usually a specific results rather than the more freeform style normal gameplay allows.

284
games
29
platforms

Alternate name: QTE

Lost Planet 2 (Xbox 360)
Lost Planet 2
X360 2010-05-18
The Order: 1886 (PlayStation 4)
The Order: 1886
PS4 2015-02-20
Yakusoku no Chi Riviera (WonderSwan Color)
Yakusoku no Chi Riviera
WSC 2002
Legendary (Windows)
Legendary
WIN 2008-11-14
Dead Island Riptide (Windows)
Dead Island Riptide
WIN 2013-04-26
Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
X360 2008-11-18
The Swindle (Windows)
The Swindle
WIN 2015-07-28
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (Dreamcast)
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
DC 1999-12-16
South Park: The Stick of Truth (PlayStation 3)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
PS3 2014-03-04
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
X360 2008-09-17
Heavy Rain (PlayStation 3)
Heavy Rain
PS3 2010-02
Legendary (PlayStation 3)
Legendary
PS3 2008-11-07
The controls differ from normal movement significantly, usually falling to the arrow keys (or WASD, or similar) on PC and on consoles to the four symbol buttons (or d-pad) which are usually used for actions such as shooting rather than movement which is what the action sequences usually use them.

Not related to Apple's QuickTime in any manner.

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Parent groups

Game-like elements, Modal

Games by year

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The first Quick Time Event video game was released in 1984.

Capcom, Square Enix and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Related site

QTE at Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows 85
PS3 54
X360 49
PS2 17
Linux 13
Wii 10
Mac OS X 8
PSP 6
Arcade 5
PS4 5
Xbox One 4
Xbox 4
Mega-CD 3
Nintendo DS 2
Dreamcast 2
GameCube 2
PS Vita 2
Mega LD 2
Wii U 1
iOS 1
Android 1
WonderSwan Color 1
PS 1
Mac OS Classic 1
GBA 1
Apple II E 1
Switch 1
Stadia 1
Saturn 1

Most common companies

Capcom24
Square Enix15
Electronic Arts15
Ubisoft15
Eidos Interactive14
Activision13
Konami12
Deep Silver10
Sega9
Sony Computer Entertainment9
Telltale Games8
THQ8
Warner Bros. Interactive6
Eidos6
EA Partners6