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Costume Quest

Double Fine Productions · 2011-10-14

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AdventureCasualRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Costume Quest is an Adventure, Casual, and RPG game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4,110 reviews).

7
playing now
94%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

Costume Quest trailer thumbnail

Costume Quest: Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 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 6% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 164k–329k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,110 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
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 82 of 142 observed days · $1.00 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

5922026-09-14 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 38 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 33 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1263Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 119 · peak 318Dec 2012 — avg 22 · peak 78May 2013 — avg 126 · peak 493Oct 2013 — avg 39 · peak 264Mar 2014 — avg 35 · peak 87Aug 2014 — avg 25 · peak 94Jan 2015 — avg 29 · peak 76Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 51Nov 2015 — avg 57 · peak 299Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 31Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 36Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 38Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 62Dec 2017 — avg 19 · peak 58May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2018 — avg 21 · peak 97Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 17Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 18 · peak 130Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 25May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 77Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 97Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.16$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-06-13 — best price $9.992015-09-11 — best price $1.992016-01-17 — best price $2.492016-05-29 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $0.992017-04-21 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $2.502018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-07-20 — best price $2.282018-11-30 — best price $9.992019-03-21 — best price $9.992019-07-26 — best price $2.502019-12-02 — best price $9.992020-02-27 — best price $9.992020-06-21 — best price $4.252020-12-15 — best price $2.492021-06-18 — best price $4.132021-11-26 — best price $4.992022-03-10 — best price $2.492022-08-05 — best price $4.242022-12-05 — best price $3.652023-04-05 — best price $4.992023-08-18 — best price $2.492023-12-22 — best price $2.492024-05-10 — best price $5.002024-10-16 — best price $3.392025-02-03 — best price $9.992025-06-18 — best price $1.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-03-16 — best price $1.492026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

262462026-05-28 — 64 pageviews2026-06-01 — 51 pageviews2026-06-05 — 56 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-13 — 76 pageviews2026-06-17 — 205 pageviews2026-06-21 — 82 pageviews2026-06-25 — 89 pageviews2026-06-29 — 106 pageviews2026-07-03 — 151 pageviews2026-07-07 — 262 pageviews2026-07-11 — 79 pageviews2026-07-15 — 79 pageviews2026-07-19 — 57 pageviews2026-07-23 — 78 pageviews2026-07-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-31 — 60 pageviews2026-08-04 — 59 pageviews2026-08-08 — 66 pageviews2026-08-12 — 62 pageviews2026-08-16 — 75 pageviews2026-08-20 — 62 pageviews2026-08-24 — 127 pageviews2026-08-28 — 81 pageviews2026-09-01 — 233 pageviews2026-09-05 — 144 pageviews2026-09-09 — 182 pageviews2026-09-13 — 98 pageviews2026-09-17 — 92 pageviews2026-09-21 — 168 pageviews2026-09-25 — 145 pageviews2026-09-29 — 116 pageviews2026-10-03 — 147 pageviews2026-10-07 — 161 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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