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Costume Quest cover art

Costume Quest

Double Fine Productions · 2011-10-14

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 17, 2015 (Android), Oct 14, 2011 (Linux), Oct 14, 2011 (Mac), Oct 14, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Oct 19, 2010 (Xbox 360)

A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.

10
playing now
94%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (92 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 6.8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Costume Quest is a party-based role-playing video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by THQ on October 20, 2010. In the game, the player controls a child who is trick-or-treating with their twin on Halloween night when they encounter a monster that kidnaps their sibling. The player must travel around the local neighborhood collecting items for their costume, candy, and fellow children as companions in order to face the leader of the monsters and rescue their sibling. The costume aspects are used in turn-based battle segments, where the player character and companions are transformed into whatever they are dressed as to fight other monsters; the costume aspects are also used for abilities outside of battles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 164k–328k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2015-10-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 67 of 109 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-08-06 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.16$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-06-05 — best price $9.992015-07-30 — best price $1.992015-11-25 — best price $0.992016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-11-23 — best price $0.992017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-08-16 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $9.992018-04-23 — best price $8.712018-08-28 — best price $9.992018-11-30 — best price $9.992019-03-07 — best price $2.502019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-10-18 — best price $2.492020-01-04 — best price $4.542020-04-07 — best price $5.432020-06-21 — best price $4.252020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-08-19 — best price $4.792021-12-29 — best price $9.992022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-08-05 — best price $4.242022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-02-16 — best price $4.992023-06-01 — best price $8.092023-10-19 — best price $3.192024-01-08 — best price $8.092024-05-10 — best price $5.002024-09-09 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-16 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $1.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-03-16 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

460392026-05-28 — 64 pageviews2026-05-31 — 69 pageviews2026-06-03 — 47 pageviews2026-06-06 — 55 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 73 pageviews2026-06-15 — 148 pageviews2026-06-18 — 114 pageviews2026-06-21 — 82 pageviews2026-06-24 — 55 pageviews2026-06-27 — 54 pageviews2026-06-30 — 82 pageviews2026-07-03 — 151 pageviews2026-07-06 — 336 pageviews2026-07-09 — 79 pageviews2026-07-12 — 86 pageviews2026-07-15 — 79 pageviews2026-07-18 — 97 pageviews2026-07-21 — 64 pageviews2026-07-24 — 62 pageviews2026-07-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-30 — 69 pageviews2026-08-02 — 85 pageviews2026-08-05 — 64 pageviews2026-08-08 — 66 pageviews2026-08-11 — 70 pageviews2026-08-14 — 88 pageviews2026-08-17 — 67 pageviews2026-08-20 — 62 pageviews2026-08-23 — 145 pageviews2026-08-25 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "Battle Buds"
27.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)19,68132%17
Steam (Steam)16,80323%21
Xbox 360 (Xbox)12,63134%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCuteFunnyIndieShortCasualComedyPuzzleAdventureTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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